Now you have two reasons to celebrate. The foundg of our untry, and the foundg of the morn LGBT Civil Rights movement, long before Stonewall. On July 4, 1965, a group of urageo gay and lbian activists om New York, Washgton, D.C., and Philalphia laid the foundatn for the anized LGBT civil rights movement wh monstratns
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The foundg of our untry, and the foundg of the morn LGBT Civil Rights movement, long before July 4, 1965, a group of urageo gay and lbian activists om New York, Washgton, D. Known as “Annual Remrs, ” the protts of East Coast Homophile Organizatns (ECHO) occurred every Fourth of July om 1965 to 2015 they memorated the 50th anniversary of the Annual Remrs, the Gay Pneers who staged them, and a half century of LGBT civil right the 1960s, there were approximately 200 gay activists the natn. C., and New York about an dividual issue, such as Fil Castro roundg up homosexuals, the Civil Service Commissn’s prohibn agast the feral ernment employg gay or lbian Amerins, or ary discharg.
JULY 4, 1965: FIRST ANNUAL REMR DEMONSTRATN FOR GAY AND LBIAN RIGHTS
In 1965 was the first time monstrators mand equaly for 1965 when 40 activists picketed, was the largt monstratn for gay rights world history.
The protts were a llaboratn of the East Coast Homophile Organizatns (ECHO) men and lbians om Washgton, D. It was the first time activists om more than one cy me together each July 4th om 1965 to 1969, the Annual Remrs were the movement’s first staed gay rights monstratns. The Liberty Bell lked the Gay Pneers’ aspiratns wh the black and women’s civil rights 1969 when the Stonewall rt occurred, the Gay Pneers regnized as the movement’s Boston Tea Party.
NewNowNext reported 2015: Ameri celebrated s pennce on July 4th, but Philalphia—the birthplace of pennce—thoands were celebratg the birth of the LGBT rights was 1965, four years before Stonewall, that Frank Kameny, Barbara Gtgs and 38 other activists marchg wh pickets ont of Inpennce Hall, mandg civil rights and fair was the largt gay rights monstratn the world at the time, and marked the first time activists om different ci me together to fight for jtice. “Before the Stonewall rts, there was another — very different — group of gay and lbian protts lled the Annual Remrs Philalphia.