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CONTENT WARNG: IMAG OM THIS WEEKEND’S GAY PRI PARAS

Lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer Pri month is celebrated June to memorate the 1969 Stonewall uprisg Manhattan. Although the ronavis panmic curtailed ftivi, many revellers adapted to the new circumstanc * pictures of gay parades *

Gabriel Anrson march wh Suts for Equaly durg the 45th annual San Francis Gay Pri para Sunday, June 28, 2015, San Francis. A woman wearg a stume walks away om Turkish rt police durg the Gay Pri para on June 28, 2015 the Istiklal street near the Taksim square Istanbul.

Amid the flurry of rabow-lan rporate logos, sponsored events and news ems about gay pengus, is difficult to turn on a televisn or set foot public durg June whout the remr that is Pri Month for LGBT and queer people. Gee Dudley, a photographer and artist who also served as the first director of New York Cy’s Llie-Lohman Mm of Gay and Lbian Art, documented scen om pri paras New York Cy om the late 1970s through the early ‘90s. The years saw Ana Bryant’s homophobic csa through the “Save Our Children” mpaign 1977, the electn and assassatn of Harvey Milk 1978, and the Whe Night rts the followg summer after the lenient sentencg of Milk’s murrer, Dan Whe.

GAY PRI PARAS AROUND THE WORLD

Pictur om gay pri paras held across the US and around the world this past weekend. | * pictures of gay parades *

And October 1979, the Natnal March on Washgton for Gay and Lbian Rights took place wh roughly 100, 000 participants. “It was, a sense, the year we buted on the larger public stage, ” says Jim Saslow, a profsor of art history at the Cy Universy of New York and an early gay activist. “We were beg acceptable enough that a gay person uld have a signifint polil reer, but we also beme very aware of how much of a nerve that was touchg for nservative people.

But as the number of out gay people grew, says Saslow, the paras transned om timate gathergs of like-md people to events attend by a broar array of participants.

“The muny started to attract more mastream folks who weren’t necsarily polilly radil or untercultural — they jt happened to be gay. “The guy a drs wh a beard, nng ont of the task force banner, ptur a lot of the atmosphere of the early gay liberatn muny, bee so much of me out of the hippie movement, ” says Saslow.

PICTUR: PRI PARAS AROUND THE GLOBE VIEW SLISHOW PARTICIPANTS OF THE CHRISTOPHER STREET DAY (CSD) GAY PRI PARA CELEBRATE COLOGNE, WTERN GERMANY ON JULY 4, 2010. THOANDS OF GAYS AND LBIANS MARCHED THROUGH THE STREETS OF COLOGNE TO MONSTRATE FOR EQUALY AND SOCIAL ACCEPTABILY.  (PHOTO BY PATRIK STOLLARZ/AFP/GETTY IMAG) PARTICIPANTS OF THE CHRISTOPHER STREET DAY (CSD) GAY PRI PARA CELEBRATE COLOGNE, WTERN GERMANY ON JULY 4, 2010. THOANDS OF GAYS AND LBIANS MARCHED THROUGH THE STREETS OF COLOGNE TO MONSTRATE FOR EQUALY AND SOCIAL ACCEPTABILY.  (PHOTO BY PATRIK STOLLARZ/AFP/GETTY IMAG) HUNDREDS OF ACTIVISTS TAKE PART THE GAY PARA CARAS, JULY 4, 2010.  (PHOTO BY MIGUEL GUTIERREZ/AFP/GETTY IMAG) A REVELER PARTICIPAT THE GAY PRI PARA LIMA ON JULY 10, 2010. GAYS AND LBIANS MARCHED THROUGH THE STREETS OF LIMA.  (PHOTO BY ERNTO BENAVIS/AFP/GETTY IMAG) PEOPLE S ON A FLOAT DURG THE GAY PRI PARA ON JULY 10, 2010 MARSEILLE, SOUTHERN FRANCE. THOANDS OF GAYS AND LBIANS MARCHED THROUGH THE STREETS OF MARSEILLE TO MONSTRATE FOR EQUALY AND SOCIAL ACCEPTABILY.  (PHOTO BY ANNE-CHRISTE POUJOULAT/AFP/GETTY IMAG) TURKISH HOMOSEXUALS AND HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS CHANT SLOGANS AS THEY HOLD A GIANT RABOW FLAG DURG THE GAY PRI PARA MARCH ON ISTIKLAL AVENUE ISTANBUL, ON JUNE 27, 2010.  (PHOTO BY MTAFA OZER/AFP/GETTY IMAG) A PARTICIPANT REJOIC AT THE GAY AND LBIAN PRI PARA THE CENTRE OF BARCELONA ON JUNE 27, 2010.  (PHOTO BY JOP LAGO/AFP/GETTY IMAG) PARA ATTEN MARCH THE 2010 NEW YORK CY GAY PRI MARCH ON THE STREETS OF MANHATTAN ON JUNE 27, 2010 NEW YORK CY.  (PHOTO BY BEN HIR/GETTY IMAG) TURKISH HOMOSEXUALS MARCH DURG THE GAY PRI PARA MARCH ON ISTIKLAL AVENUE ISTANBUL, ON JUNE 27, 2010.  (PHOTO BY MTAFA OZER/AFP/GETTY IMAG) A PARTICIPANT OF THE CHRISTOPHER STREET DAY (CSD) GAY PRI PARA LOOKS ON BERL ON JUNE 19, 2010.  (PHOTO BY JOHANN EISELE/AFP/GETTY IMAG) TWO PARTICIPANTS OF THE CHRISTOPHER STREET DAY (CSD) GAY PRI PARA KISS BERL ON JUNE 19, 2010.  (PHOTO BY JOHANN EISELE/AFP/GETTY IMAG) PARA ATTEN MARCH THE 2010 NEW YORK CY GAY PRI MARCH ON THE STREETS OF MANHATTAN ON JUNE 27, 2010 NEW YORK CY.  (PHOTO BY BEN HIR/GETTY IMAG) A PARTICIPANT REJOIC AT THE GAY AND LBIAN PRI PARA THE CENTRE OF BARCELONA ON JUNE 27, 2010.  (PHOTO BY JOSEP LAGO/AFP/GETTY IMAG) REVELERS TAKE PART THE ANNUAL GAY PRI PARA BOGOTA ON JUNE 27, 2010  (PHOTO BY GUILLERMO LEGARIA/AFP/GETTY IMAG) PARTICIPANTS THE 15TH ANNUAL GAY PRI PARA MARCH, ENTLED ‘WE ARE FAY!,’ MARCH ON JULY 3, 2010 THE CENTER OF VIENNA.  (PHOTO BY SAMUEL KUBANI/AFP/GETTY IMAG) PARTICIPANTS OF THE CHRISTOPHER STREET DAY (CSD) GAY PRI PARA CELEBRATE ONT OF BERL’S MEMORIAL CHURCH BERL ON JUNE 19, 2010.  (PHOTO BY JOHANN EISELE/AFP/GETTY IMAG) PARTICIPANTS MARCH DOWN FZROY STREET DURG THE 15TH ANNUAL GAY PRI MARCH THROUGH THE STREETS OF MELBOURNE ON FEBARY 7, 2010 MELBOURNE, ATRALIA.  (PHOTO BY STT BARBOUR/GETTY IMAG) TWO MEN WH PATED BODI TAKE PART THE CHRISTOPHER STREET DAY (CSD) GAY AND LBIAN PRI PARA THE SOUTHERN GERMAN CY OF STUTTGART ON AUGT 1, 2009. 200,000 PEOPLE ATTEND THE EVENT.  (PHOTO BY MICHAEL LATZ/AFP/GETTY IMAG) A PARTICIPANT THE CHRISTOPHER STREET DAY (CSD) GAY AND LBIAN PRI PARA POS FOR A PHOTO THE SOUTHERN GERMAN CY OF STUTTGART ON AUGT 1, 2009. 200,000 PEOPLE ATTEND THE EVENT.  (PHOTO BY MICHAEL LATZ/AFP/GETTY IMAG) TATCHELL MARCH TAK PART THE ANNUAL GAY PRI STREET MARCH THROUGH CENTRAL LONDON ON JULY 4, 2009 LONDON, ENGLAND.  (PHOTO BY MARK WIELAND/GETTY IMAG) PARTICIPANTS ENJOY THE ‘REGENBOGENPARA’ (RABOW PARA) WH THOANDS OF LBIANS, GAYS, BISEXUALS AND TRANSGENR DIVIDUALS, TO ASK THE ATRIAN ERNMENT FOR EQUAL RIGHTS FOR GAY RELATNSHIPS ON JULY 4, 2009, VIENNA.  (PHOTO BY DIETER NAGL/AFP/GETTY IMAG) PEOPLE TAKE PART THE ANNUAL GAY PRI STREET MARCH THROUGH CENTRAL LONDON ON JULY 4, 2009 LONDON, ENGLAND.  (PHOTO BY DAN KWOOD/GETTY IMAG) AN ACTIVIST TAK PART THE GAY PARA CARAS, JULY 4, 2010.  (PHOTO BY MIGUEL GUTIERREZ/AFP/GETTY IMAG) LA PRI FTIVAL PARA ON JUNE 14, 2009 WT HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA.  (PHOTO BY VALERIE MAN/GETTY IMAG) A GENERAL VIEW AT THE LOS ANGEL PRI FTIVAL ON JUNE 14, 2009 WT HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA.  (PHOTO BY ANGELA WEISS/GETTY IMAG) LA PRI FTIVAL PARA ON JUNE 14, 2009 WT HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA.  (PHOTO BY VALERIE MAN/GETTY IMAG) A UPLE ON THEIR MOTORCYCLE MAKE A STATEMENT ABOUT THE NTENT ISSUE OF GAY MARRIAGE WHILE PARTICIPATG THE ANNUAL NEW YORK CY GAY PRI MARCH ON JUNE 28, 2009 NEW YORK CY.  (PHOTO BY SPENCER PLATT/GETTY IMAG) CHRISTMAS LBRIE WATCH THE GAY PRI PARA JUNE 28, 2009 SAN FRANCIS, CALIFORNIA.  (PHOTO BY DAVID PL MORRIS/GETTY IMAG) MEMBERS OF THE MIK ON BIK START THE GAY PRI PARA JUNE 28, 2009 SAN FRANCIS, CALIFORNIA.  (PHOTO BY DAVID PL MORRIS/GETTY IMAG) TWO WOMEN TAKE THEIR PICTURE AS THEY GET READY TO PARTICIPATE THE GAY PRI PARA JUNE 28, 2009 SAN FRANCIS, CALIFORNIA.  (PHOTO BY DAVID PL MORRIS/GETTY IMAG) 1/30SHOW SLI INFORMATN PICTUR: PRI PARAS AROUND THE GLOBE

A look back at a major turng pot the stggle for gay rights * pictures of gay parades *

Partners Charl Llie and Frz Lohman began to exhib art by gay artists their SoHo loft 1969, the same year the Stonewall uprisg took place.

“There weren’t that many people documentg the gay world at that time, so Gee’s photographs have an enormo importance, ” says Saslow. ” Wh the visibily afford to LGBT people today, and particularly to gay men, is easy to fet that embracg on the street was a bold actn to make. Spencer Grant via Getty ImagView of the large crowd, some of whom are holdg up handma signs and banners, participatg a gay and lbian Pri para the Back Bay neighborhood of Boston, 1970.

(Photo by Spencer Grant/Getty Imag)Harold Adler/Unrwood Archiv via Getty ImagA participant at a gay Pri gatherg Goln Gate Park, San Francis, California, cir Imag via Getty ImagA group, led by several people rryg an 'It's Time! Natnal Gay Task Force' banner, march up Sixth Avenue durg the annual Gay Pri para New York Cy, June 29, 1975. Allan Tannenbm via Getty ImagCoupl embrace and kiss Central Park after a gay Pri para, New York, New York, June 26, Alpert via Getty ImagA gay rights protter drag wh a banner clarg 'Not Every Boy Dreans Of Beg A Mare' durg a gay rights march up Fifth Avenue to Central Park, New York Archive via Getty ImagA group of men ri a tck at the tersectn of 32nd Street and Fifth Avenue durg the annual gay Pri para New York Cy, cir Prs via Getty ImagGay and lbian Pri para New York Cy, cir 1980.

TURNS OUT, BARBIELAND ISN'T AS GAY AS S QUEER FANS HAD HOPED

Photofn via Getty ImagA lbian and gay Pri London, Globe via Getty ImagGay Pri para march down Charl Street Boston on June 20, 1981.

Barbara Alper via Getty ImagGay Fathers take part a gay Pri para on the rner of Christopher Street and Seventh Avenue S New York Cy, June 1982.

Barbara Alper via Getty ImagA group of men relax on the street durg the gay Pri para New York Cy, June 1982. Barbara Alper via Getty ImagMembers of the People Wh AIDS movement rry a banner durg the gay Pri para New York Cy, June Reste via Getty ImagNear the tersectn of North Broadway and Wt Barry Avenue, participants march behd a banner that reads 'G. C., Gay & Lbian Physicians of Chigo' durg the annual Chigo gay and lbian Pri day para, Chigo, Illois, June 28, Sohm/Visns of Ameri via Getty ImagGay and lbian Pri para, Hollywood, California, McPartland via Getty ImagTwo women wearg 'Wife' signs around their necks, se for the mera, at the 1989 gay Pri para Greenwich Village, Manhattan, memoratg the 20th anniversary of the Stonewall Rts, June 25, 1989: #TheFutureIsQueer is HuffPost’s monthlong celebratn of queerns, not jt as an inty but as actn the world.

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