<strong>The long read</strong>: A police raid on a gay bar New York led to the birth of the Pri movement half a century ago – but the fight for LGBTQ+ rights go back much further than that
Contents:
- GAY PRI
- INSI THE FIRST PRI PARA—A R PROTT FOR GAY LIBERATN
- PARTY AND PROTT: THE RADIL HISTORY OF GAY LIBERATN, STONEWALL AND PRI
- LGBTQ HISTORY MONTH: THE ROAD TO AMERI'S FIRST GAY PRI MARCH
GAY PRI
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It’s basic human rights, " Walker IT STARTEDJune has been an important month for the LGBTQ+ rights movement sce New York Cy's first Pri march — then dubbed the “Christopher Street Gay Liberatn Day” march — on June 28, event marked an act of fiance om the year before, a 1969 uprisg at New York Cy's Stonewall Inn.
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INSI THE FIRST PRI PARA—A R PROTT FOR GAY LIBERATN
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PARTY AND PROTT: THE RADIL HISTORY OF GAY LIBERATN, STONEWALL AND PRI
Neher anisers nor the ernment gave a number for the marchers, though wns timated about 10, ads for the Pri para were only allowed to be aired late at night, wh most channels not takg the risk at all, Hungarian news se this week, Hungary's send-largt bookseller received a rerd fe for sellg a book that picts homosexualy whout closed wrappg.
LGBTQ HISTORY MONTH: THE ROAD TO AMERI'S FIRST GAY PRI MARCH
By Boldizsar GyoriBUDAPEST (Rters) -Thoands of Hungarians braved srchg heat for the annual Pri march Budapt on Saturday, prottg agast ernment ntrols over public displays by the LGBT Mister Viktor Orban's ernment promot a Christian-nservative agenda and 2021 banned "display and promotn of homosexualy" books and films accsible by unr-18s spe strong cricism om rights groups and the European Unn. Neher anisers nor the ernment gave a number for the marchers, though wns timated about 10, ads for the Pri para were only allowed to be aired late at night, wh most channels not takg the risk at all, Hungarian news se this week, Hungary's send-largt bookseller received a rerd fe for sellg a book that picts homosexualy whout closed Friday, the embassi of the Uned Stat, Germany and 36 other untri urged Hungary to protect LGBT rights and scrap discrimatory laws. “(Those bills) renewed the fire unr all of to realize that our rights are not guaranteed, ” said Joe Brown, one of the owners of popular Nashville gay club Play Dance Bar along wh several other LGBTQ-iendly bs town.