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A TALE OF TWO PARAS: HALLOWEEN AND GAY PRI

By Jeanne Flemg Before Pri, there was Halloween. 1973. It was a night when everyone uld COME OUT and stt their stuff a safe environment that clud the gay muny wh the muny at large. Halloween, the gay muny of New York, and the Halloween Para have been tritely tertwed sce the para’s origs * gay pride halloween parade *

It was a night when everyone uld COME OUT and stt their stuff a safe environment that clud the gay muny wh the muny at large.

WHY HALLOWEEN IS 'GAY CHRISTMAS' TO MANY LGBTQ AMERINS

Savannah Pri Ftival and Para 2023 Takg place durg Halloween bg two big gay holidays one! What uld be better? * gay pride halloween parade *

Halloween, the gay muny of New York, and the Halloween Para have been tritely tertwed sce the para’s origs 1973.

Along wh, and sometim domatg, the array of puppets, creatur and other attractns, the gay muny seized the day to display s creativy, outrageons, love, and pri—so much so, that the Halloween Para beme known as the Gay Para. Wh the onset of AIDS, the para beme a polil fom for gay rights activists and groups such as ACT UP, Dyk on Bik, and the Radil Fairi.

THE BT LGBT AND GAY HALLOWEEN EVENTS NYC

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This actually beat the Gay Pri Para attendance numbers acrdg to the event page. "Merrie cherryAn extravaganza of the supernatural, all thgs sweet and larger-than-life stum, many LGBTQ Amerins like Roberts hail Halloween as "gay Christmas.

" But the ntemporary excement around the supernatural holiday has a long history wh the LGBTQ morn phrase "gay Christmas" actually stems om an earlier queer nickname for the holiday, "bch Christmas, " acrdg to Marc Ste, a profsor of history at San Francis State Universy, and thor of "Cy of Sisterly and Brotherly Lov.

"Durg the 1950s and '60s, Philalphia's LGBTQ muny celebrated "bch Christmas" by drsg up drag and partyg the cy's gay bars, Ste said.

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