The Summer Of Gender Love Is Over

The end of the beginning is the beginning of the end

Multiple fights broke out at Washington Square Park during a celebration at the end of Pride Month in 2024. Confusion reigned as New York City police tried to close the park and excited bystanders jumped the police barricades to get in. ABC 7 in New York reported that 22 people were arrested.

Videos of the altercations inside the park appeared on social media immediately. “At one point, two young men threw haymakers at each other before one took a tumble to the ground,” the New York Post reported.

Seconds later, two women briefly took swings at each other while a couple [of] bystanders attempted to break up that kerfuffle, a clip shows.

In another instance of violence, one woman, who appeared to be bleeding from her face with dried blood on her white shirt, went head-to-head with a peer as the crowd loudly cheered, according to footage.

Other spats of savagery included one woman pushing another off the edge of the park’s iconic water fountain while another brawler yanked a woman in a pi…