Jonathan Groff announced as NYC Pride Grand Marshal

The Grand Marshals for New York City Pride 2014 have been announced.

Looking‘s Jonathan Groff, actress Laverne Cox and activist Rea Carey will act as representatives for this year’s festival, the Heritage Pride group have announced.

David Studinksi, march director for NYC Pride, said: “Our 2014 marshals are leaders in brilliant forms of activism through which LGBT people and their allies engage. Individually, they represent the diversity within the LGBT community and the various struggles our community members have and continue to face.

“Collectively, their stories reinforce that no voice is too small nor weak to make change in our world – and it starts with being yourself.”

Groff recently starred in the first season of HBO’s Looking, which will return for a second season in 2015. He will next appear in HBO television film The Normal Heart in May.

Cox – the transgender star of Orange is the New Black – was honoured at the GLAAD Media Awards in Los Angeles earlier this month.

New York City Pride will take place between June 24 and 29, with the march beginning on Saturday, June 29 at 12pm.

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