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DALLAS' GAY PRI FTIVAL MOVG TO FAIR PARK OVER CROWD, NSTCTN NCERNS
Para HistoryDallas’ first gay Pri para was a small affair by today’s 1972, jt three after the Stonewall rts New York Cy, a ftive group of between 250 and 300 men and women gathered to show their pri. They marched through downtown, wavg signs and chantg gay rights slogans before a crowd that grew to about 3, were a few floats, but nothg elaborate; most of the participants walked the route or ro gaily rated next day, the lol daili published photos of what today would be seen as a sedate event but was, the early 70s, a bold and brave first para ma news when happened. 2 – actor Rock Hudson died, shortly after g out as a gay man and as a person wh AIDS.
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