Fosterg pri, equaly, and rpect for all lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr muni lolly, natnally, and globally. Formed 1974 as a sponsored program of The Center for Social Servic, we produced the first Lbian and Gay Para San Diego to celebrate the 1969 Stonewall Rebelln on New York’s Christopher Street.
Contents:
- PRINTIAL PROCLAMATN -- LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR PRI MONTH, 2014
- WHEN MERS AND GAY ACTIVISTS UNED: THE REAL STORY OF THE FILM PRI
- YOUR GUI TO MADRID'S GAY PRI 2014
- ‘WE SAY GAY’: FLORIDA’S LARGT PRI PARA DRAWS HUNDREDS OF THOANDS
- LEARN MORE ABOUT OKC GAY PRIDE
PRINTIAL PROCLAMATN -- LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR PRI MONTH, 2014
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WHEN MERS AND GAY ACTIVISTS UNED: THE REAL STORY OF THE FILM PRI
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YOUR GUI TO MADRID'S GAY PRI 2014
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‘WE SAY GAY’: FLORIDA’S LARGT PRI PARA DRAWS HUNDREDS OF THOANDS
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We know about blacks and gays and nuclear disarmament and we will never be the same. Twenty-seven gay people ( the film is a dozen) slept on his floor – the morng, his six-year-old dghter "uldn't put her foot down".
LEARN MORE ABOUT OKC GAY PRIDE
We knew gay people existed – my dad worked wh a mer who was gay – but nobody openly talked about ; was nsired very personal. Produced by Ilene Chaiken, -creator of the televisn seri The L Word, the film prents a personal look at many of the stggl faced by gay Amerins the 21st century, as vout relig lears and muny members prott the subjects’ marriag and unns. Where to watch: Netflix Before Stonewall: The Makg of a Gay and Lbian Communy (1984).
The Emmy-wng documentary Before Stonewall explor the gay, lbian, bisexual and transgenr muny prr to Stonewall, analyzg the begngs of an era of activism.
This documentary prents some lser-known moments om history while monstratg how Amerin attus towards homosexualy evolved leadg up to and after Stonewall.