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PRI MONTH 2019 | WORLD’S BIGGT GAY PARAS & LGBTQ MARCH
A seri of news and views to mark this year's month-long celebratn of lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, tersex pl all other sexual orientatns and genrs. * what month is gay pride month 2019 *
Back the 1970s, Gallup found Amerins were evenly spl on whether homosexualy should be legal the first place. That first march, back when the events were known as Gay Pri March, took place New York Cy 1970 memoratn of the Stonewall Rts. Through the 1960s, was fairly mon for police to raid gay- and trans-iendly bars.
“Police btaly (particularly NYPD raids of gay bars, nightclubs, and bathho) had been documented New York Cy sce the begng of the century, ” Kev Nadal, executive director at the Center for Lbian and Gay Studi, prevly wrote an email. “Before Stonewall, gay lears had primarily promoted silent vigils and pole pickets, such as the ‘Annual Remr’ Philalphia, ” Sargeant wrote.
“Sce 1965, a small, pole group of gays and lbians had been picketg outsi Liberty Hall. The Christopher Street Liberatn Day Umbrella Commtee had to negotiate wh a dozen small LGBTQ anizatns to give everyone a seat at the table, and the mtee had to leverage the mailg list Sargeant and Rodwell had built up after they opened one of the natn’s first gay bookstor. As Kameny later scribed, “By the time of Stonewall, we had 50 to 60 gay groups the untry.