By Kastalia Medrano, Thrillist -- Utah’s first Gay and Lbian Pri March, 1990, drew maybe 250 people. It went more or ls unopposed. The biggt issue ran to was that the route took marchers past a bunch of parked horse rriag, the sort tourists ri around the downtown. “We were marchg by, chantg and screamg,” says Connell
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- A MOB WAS YELLG SLURS AND CHASG GAY PEOPLE AFTER UTAH’S PRI FTIVAL. ONE MAN STEPPED TO FIGHT THEM OFF.
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A MOB WAS YELLG SLURS AND CHASG GAY PEOPLE AFTER UTAH’S PRI FTIVAL. ONE MAN STEPPED TO FIGHT THEM OFF.
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It wasn't symbolism, imagery or bety that ma Connell O'Donovan ci to fish the send annual Gay and Lbian Pri March at Washgton Square, the teemed park and home of the jaw-droppgly geo Cy and County Buildg. The prev year, 1990, O'Donovan had anized Salt Lake Cy's first Gay and Lbian Pri March, memoratg the 21st anniversary of the Stonewall rts. The day after Gay Pri Day Sunnysi Park, about 200 people ngregated on the State Capol's steps to hear speech om proment gay and lbian lears, then marched down Ma Street, turned right onto South Temple and passed the Salt Lake Temple.
The roots of the Utah Pri Ftival—which clus the Pri Para, the state's send-largt behd the Days of '47 procsn—stretch back to 1974, when Joe Redburn, owner of the former Sun Tavern, sponsored an event which some 200 people went to the Great Salt Lake's "Bare Ass Beach" to celebrate Gay Pri Utah.
"One of the reasons they went out there, was they didn't thk they uld have a public gatherg of that many gay people who wanted to be seen, " Ben Williams, retired schoolteacher and wrer for QSaltLake Magaze, says.
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The followg year, the Gay Communy Service Center anized the first muny-wi sponsored pri celebratn, shuttlg people om lol gay bars to and om Cy Creek Canyon, where the "Gay Freedom Day" was held. Bce Barton reventg the Pri March and Rally and morphg to a Gay Pri Para 1994, Williams says Gay Pri Days Utah were more polil.
But once Freedman was elected to the chair of the Gay and Lbian Communy Council of Utah's Gay Pri Day mtee the mid-'90s, he ma the events more celebratory, creasg turnout.
1969: Eastern Regnal Conference of Homophile Organizatns adopts a motn to memorate the New York Cy Stonewall Inn rts.
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1975: Gay Communy Service Center aniz the first muny-wi sponsored Gay Freedom Day Utah, held Cy Creek Canyon.
1977: The Salt Lake Coaln for Human Rights celebrat Gay Freedom Day wh a three-day symposium.
Leonard Matlovich as the keynote speaker, the first openly gay person on the ver of Time, or any other U.
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1983: Individuals om the Royal Court of the Goln Spike Empire revolutnize Gay Pri Day's ncept; a Tavern Guild mtee aniz a "Basket Social" Fairmont Park. 1986: Gay and Lbian Pri Day held Pneer Park. 1987: The Gay and Lbian Communy Council of Utah tak over Pri days.
1988: Ben Williams mak motn that there should be a sign notg that 's, "Gay and Lbian Pri Day, " bee, "How n we be lears of this muny if we're timid?