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FILE:MARSHA P. JOHNSON, JOSEPH RATANSKI AND SYLVIA RIVERA THE 1973 NYC GAY PRI PARA BY GARY
Known then as the Christopher Street Liberatn Day March — named after the street on which Stonewall is loted — the para began on Washgton Place between Sheridan Square and Sixth Avenue and moved up Sixth Avenue, endg wh a “Gay-In” Central ia that LGBTQ+ people would march through the streets of New York Cy, proudly clarg their existence, their pri and their love was tly revolutnary back then. ” The event was put on by a gay men's rights group lled the Mattache Society, which was one of the earlit LGBTQ+ rights groups the Uned Stat ( formed 1950).