Gay "Be-In", Sheep Meadow, Central Park, New York, June 28, 1970 - NYPL Digal Collectns

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GAY "BE-IN", SHEEP MEADOW, CENTRAL PARK, NEW YORK, JUNE 28, 1970

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On the first anniversary of the 1969 Stonewall Rts, a march set out om Greenwich Village toward Central Park, culmatg a “gay-” at Sheep Meadow. Organizers were surprised to see thoands of people turn out to prott anti-gay sentiment and promote gay pri durg what was then lled the Christopher Street Liberatn Day March.

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It was the first time that gay and lbian people had taken to the streets for a public display of solidary, muny, and support. Then about 20 years ago, a new route emerged wh the march ncludg the historilly gay Greenwich Village neighborhood. Wslow and Bce Kelly—also happened to be gay.

GAY UPLE SHEEP MEADOW, CENTRAL PARK

Central Park isn’t technilly a gay bar, or even a gay tablishment, but on the send Sunday of every month the summer, might as well be. Durg “Send Sundays, ” Sheep Meadow be packed almost exclively wh gay men a good mood.

Central Park has had numero associatns wh the LGBT muny sce s creatn 1857, cludg many areas popular for meetg and cisg, associatns wh Gay Pri March, and s rtoratn the 1980s. Begng 1970, the first Gay Pri March (then known as the Christopher Street Liberatn Day March) followed a route om Greenwich Village to Central Park.

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