A History Of Gay Freedom Day, Dyke March, And Trans March: SFist

Contents:

• MARCH FOR GAY RIGHTS; GAY MARCHERS THRONG MALL APPEAL FOR RIGHTS
• A HISTORY OF GAY FREEDOM DAY, DYKE MARCH, AND TRANS MARCH

MARCH FOR GAY RIGHTS; GAY MARCHERS THRONG MALL APPEAL FOR RIGHTS

The protters mand greater AIDS fundg, as well as chang the CDC approach to AIDS rearch and the Catholic Church's posn on AIDS and gay life. AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTMARCH FOR GAY RIGHTSApril 26, New York Tim ArchivSee the article s origal ntext om April 26, 1993, Sectn A, Page 1Buy ReprtsTimMache is an exclive benef for home livery and digal the ArchiveThis is a digized versn of an article om The Tim’s prt archive, before the start of onle publitn 1996.

Ocsnally the digizatn procs troduc transcriptn errors or other problems; we are ntug to work to improve the archived once fiant and ftive, hundreds of thoands of gay and lbian Amerins and their supporters rallied the pal today, celebratg the right to be homosexual and mandg eedom om discrimatn. Mixner, a longtime gay iend of Print Clton, who has lately been cril of him, told the crowd. "Although the marchers me wh a broad civil rights agenda, the ban on homosexuals the ary domated the tone of the day.

"I stand wh you the stgle for equaly for All Amerins, cludg gay men and lbians, " the Print wrote. Clton remd the crowd that he had asked for a report by July 15 on how to put to effect an end to the ban on homosexuals the ary. A slight majory of marchers said dozens of nversatns that they thought he was dog all he uld for gay rights.

A HISTORY OF GAY FREEDOM DAY, DYKE MARCH, AND TRANS MARCH

M., hundreds of men and women unr the banner of the Gay Men's Health Crisis of New York lay down ont of the Whe Hoe silence, symbolizg the number of AIDS aths. But the numbers were clearly swelled by reactn to recent anti-gay measur Oregon and Colorado, by creased opposn to homosexualy om relig groups and by the sharply anti-gay ments the fight over endg the ban on homosexuals the ary.

Feelgs of PriThe overall tone at the march today was one of pri, of feelg part of a larger gay muny and not beg aaid to march down the street to proclaim . Increasgly, homosexuals have e to feel they are the only group still acceptable to hate. The state has been an tense polil battleground, wh the passage last year of Amendment 2, which prohibs lol anti-discrimatory laws that are signed to protect lbians and gay Coloradans' black banners, one of them proclaimg "Unr Siege, " stretched almost the full width of the thoroughfare.

Others took to chantg, "Shame, " over and over aga as they Christian Actn Network, a nservative relig group that oppos homosexual rights, labeled the march "a wake-up ll to the silent majory of Amerins whose dividual rights are at stake. Service men and women discharged for homosexualy, who have bee hero among gay people, led up uniform on the stage before the crowd, settg off thunro applse, tears and screams.