This June, we explored the evolutn of the word “pri” and how beme nnected wh the morn gay rights movement.
Contents:
- MISS GAY PRI OF PORTLAND 2023 PREVIEWS PORTLAND PRI FT, PARA
- IN A FIRST FOR THE NFL, JAGUARS ACH OUT AS GAY
- REPORT: SWATCH GROUP SU COUNTRY THAT ALLEGEDLY SEIZED ITS GAY PRI WATCH
MISS GAY PRI OF PORTLAND 2023 PREVIEWS PORTLAND PRI FT, PARA
* the term gay pride *
Only after several high-profile ristance events — such as the Annual Remrs Philalphia, "Gay-Sip Ins, " and Stonewall Inn rts New York Cy — did the muny start to anize siarly to other Civil Rights Movement groups, strategilly and tentnally (via History). The first Gay Pri March were anized on the anniversary of the Stonewall Inn rts, but there is still much history left to be unpacked.
IN A FIRST FOR THE NFL, JAGUARS ACH OUT AS GAY
How should Christians rpond to Pri Month? What do the Bible have to say that would apply to gay pri? * the term gay pride *
When gay dancg was still forbidn, the Mafia took over bars. While homosexualy is mon among different animal speci and was often practiced ancient cultur — such as ancient Greece — through time, monotheistic relig fluenc all over the world have managed to exclu om society as somethg immoral and abnormal. While the gay culture thrived the 1920s, was all over soon.
The reprsn that succeed the short perd of eedom was btal, as police forc and policians like Joseph McCarthy tried to crack down on any homosexual activy the USA durg the 1950s and 1960s, makg gay bars (or even gay dancg) illegal. The Mafia seized the opportuny for profs hidn the pockets of gay people, takg over the New York gay bar scene that was evolvg Wt Manhattan.
Regardls of s state, the bar beme a safe haven for the gay muny, who mostly wanted peace om vlence and the police. At some pot durg the reprsn, gay activists anized Sip-Ins. When the World's Fair event took place New York Cy 1964, the cy admistratn worked hard to "clean up" the cy, which led to several shutdowns of gay bars as they were seen as disorrly (per History).
REPORT: SWATCH GROUP SU COUNTRY THAT ALLEGEDLY SEIZED ITS GAY PRI WATCH
Gay activists fought back, takg spiratn om the Civil Rights Movement and their peaceful s- protts — not engagg any kd of vlence, activists vised racially segregated spac and mand equal service for everyone. Craig Rodwell — the activist who anized Annual Remrs — Randy Wicker, and Dick Lesch, head of the New York Mattache Society, entered the premis, sually revealed they were gay, and orred a drk. Bars should not discrimate on sexualy, clared the State Liquor Authory, and the bar scene did warm up toward gay people — at least a b.