Thoands of homosexuals and supporters of homosexuals on June 24 march 4th annual Christopher St Liberatn Day para NYC; march cis wh last day of Gay Pri Week, memg night of June 27, '68 when group of homosexuals risted police raid by rtg outsi bar equented by homosexuals, the Stonewall Inn, on Christopher St; groups such as Gay Activists Alliance and Mattache Soc are reprented; ill
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HOW ACTIVISTS ORGANIZED THE FIRST GAY PRI PARAS
* gay pride parade 1973 *
State Liquor Authory did not give out licens to tablishments that served gay patrons. Five months after the rts, activists Craig Rodwell, his partner Fred Sargeant, Ellen Brody and Lda Rhos proposed a rolutn at the Eastern Regnal Conference of Homophile Organizatns (ERCHO) Philalphia that a march be held New York Cy to memorate the one-year anniversary of the raid.
” The ia of “Gay Power” was thrown around, but Schoonmaker said gay dividuals lacked real power to make change, but one thg they did have was pri.