Chtertown rints were ught off guard last week when the Chtertown Town Council barely approved a measure that would perm a gay pri celebratn to
Contents:
- EXPLORE GAY ROOMS & RENTALS CHTERTOWN
- SPY ARTS DIARY: CLASSIC FTIVALS, GAY PRI, & OLD GLORY
- SPY SURVEY: DO YOU SUPPORT CHTERTOWN’S DECISN TO PERM A GAY PRI CELEBRATN?
- EXPLORE GAY ROOMS & RENTALS CHTERTOWN
EXPLORE GAY ROOMS & RENTALS CHTERTOWN
* chestertown gay pride *
Durg the 1960’s, people had bee more aware of the culture of discrimatn and tolerance that surround gays.
SPY ARTS DIARY: CLASSIC FTIVALS, GAY PRI, & OLD GLORY
In 1969, homosexualy was illegal and bar raids were monplace. The crowd outsi the bar beme agated as they watched several gay men and women beg arrted. The chant, “Gay Power” and “We Shall Overe” beme lour and lour as more and more patrol rs arrived on the scene.
The monstratns brought global attentn to the plight of the Gay muny.
SPY SURVEY: DO YOU SUPPORT CHTERTOWN’S DECISN TO PERM A GAY PRI CELEBRATN?
The Stonewall event marked the begng of the Gay Pri movement. A year after the Stonewall uprisg, to mark the anniversary on June 28, 1970, the first Gay Pri march took place New York Cy, Chigo, Los Angel, and San Francis. Wh a few years, gay rights anizatns were found across the U.
Pri is celebrated to memorate the Stonewall Rts and to prott the stggl still experienced a homophobic society. It will be anized by the Chtertown chapter of Parents and Friends of Lbians and Gays (PFLAG), a natnal anizatn dited to LGBTQ activism.
Stetson and Tolliver’s reasong behd their dissent was largely ma up of “stereotypil homophobic statements, ” acrdg to Lockard.
EXPLORE GAY ROOMS & RENTALS CHTERTOWN
27 email, “I have iends and relativ that are gay and they have always been wel- ed my home.