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IN SOME CI, GAYS FACE GREATER RISK OF BEG HOMELS
* gay pride homeless spikes *
In the 1980s, gay men were ravaged by AIDS, wh the disease quickly spreadg to other mory groups across the globe.
The above photo shows marchers at New York Cy’s 1989 Lbian and Gay Pri Para mandg more rearch and fundg for AIDS treatments.
1987 marked the send Natnal March on Washgton for Lbian and Gay Rights.
HOW ACTIVISTS ORGANIZED THE FIRST GAY PRI PARAS
"If you wore my logo T-shirt, people knew you were gay all over the world, " he says.