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The year 1970 marked what many historians nsir the first gay pri paras Ameri. * 50 years gay pride *
On June 28, 1969, members of New York Cy's gay muny rose up agast opprsn and state-sponsored vlence, fightg back an event now known as the Stonewall Rts or Stonewall a few years, anized, annual paras of pri and remembrance would emerge to mark the event. The June pri paras have spread worldwi, evolvg to addrs new challeng while rememberg gay civil rights pneers. Pri paras have always tackled multiple goals, ongog anti-gay bigotry among, gay activists prott discrimatn at the Christopher Street Gay Liberatn Day June 1971 New York Cy.
WHERE GAY PRI BEGAN 50 YEARS AGO
The Miss Gay Michigan Ameri pageant is returng to the state after a 30-year absence. Though the pageant system is 50 years old this year, there’s * 50 years gay pride *
Tensns wh police were a major factor the origal Stonewall, the LGBT para through New York Cy on Christopher Street Gay Liberatn Day reach a police le 1971.
Gay Pri. By s send anniversary, the Gay Pri Para had bee one of the biggt procsns New York Cy. Meanwhile, gay activists were anizg San Francis and timated 3, 000 people marched down Polk Street durg "Christopher Street Wt, " the first anized San Francis Gay Para, on June 25, 1972.
In 1972, members of the LGBTQ+ muny marched through London mandg equaly and celebratg their inti. Five s on, Ted Brown om the Gay Liberatn Front reunts his memori of that time * 50 years gay pride *
Here, parents march support of LGBTQ rights June 1974 Greenwich Village, New York the right is Amerin lawyer Dick Ashworth, marchg wh a sign that reads "I'm proud of my gay son. " He later beme one of the foundg members of PFLAG — Parents, Fai, and Friends of Lbians and Gays.
Pri paras ntued to grow size and populary the, a long-haired uple pos Central Park after a gay pri para New York on June 29, 1975. Here's what the San Francis pri para looked like durg Ameri's bicentennial queens pose at the "Gay Freedom Day Para" on June 27, 1976. Meanwhile, here's a look at San Francis's 1977 Gay Pri Para.
* 50 years gay pride *
Here's a view of the 1977 gay pri para on Commonwealth Avenue Boston, Massachetts. Women were a key part of pri events om the very, members of the Women's Motorcycle Contgent get ready to ri at the San Francis Gay Freedom Day on June 26, 1977.
Pri paras often serve as a way for gay people to safety exprs themselv public spac. Here, a marcher scribed as a female impersonator pos at a gay pri para Copley Square, Boston, Massachetts, 1978.