Gay Freedom Day 1974 - FoundSF

lesbian gay freedom day parade and celebration

Gay Pri, annual celebratn, ually June the Uned Stat and sometim at other tim other untri, of lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and queer (LGBTQ) inty. Gay Pri memorat the Stonewall rts New York Cy of June 28, 1969.

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INTERNATNAL LBIAN AND GAY FREEDOM DAY PARA - GROUP MARCHG WH RABOW FLAG

A group of people rryg a large rabow flag the Internatnal Lbian & Gay Freedom Day Para. Gay, Lbian, Bisexual, Transgenr (GLBT) Historil Society, San Francis CA.

Groups and figur featured clu Harvey Milk, Gay Amerin Indians, Gay Disabili Rights, Ana Bryant, Briggs Iniative, Gay Teachers, Gay Veterans, California NOW, and others.

CONTINGENTS/PARTICIPANTSGay VetsGay Amerin IndiansBay Area Coaln Agast the Briggs AmendmentSupervisor Harvey Milkgay teachersanti-Ana Bryant ntgent ("Ana Bryant: Emprs of the Bigots")tersectnal ntgents -- agast racism, for workers'/workg class rights"Separatn of Church om State"Women Uned to Defeat BriggsOlivia RerdsDeaf Gays of San FrancisSEIU/Department Store Employe Unn Lol 1100Gays for LSDL.

1978 GAY FREEDOM DAY PARA VIO

Gay StuntsGay Vets"Time Is Runng OutAsk Alice What You Can Do" [Alice B. Marchers holdg “Gay Freedom by ’76” banner at O’Farrell and Polk durg Gay Freedom Day Para, June 30, 1974.

The San Francis Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr Pri Para and Celebratn (“San Francis Pri”) turns 50 years old this year. The imag featured here are om the 1974 para, then lled the Gay Freedom Day Para.

The spontaneo Stonewall Uprisg occurred there rponse to a police raid at the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar Greenwich Village on June 28, 1969. In San Francis, 30 gays and lbians marched down Polk Street on Saturday, June 27, 1970. The followg day, hundreds of people held a “gay-” at Speedway Meadow Goln Gate Park.

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There was no event June 1971, but the Age of Aquari Para on Folsom Street Augt 1971 featured some gay marchers and floats. Celebrants on motorized ble r at O’Farrell and Polk durg Gay Freedom Day Para, June 30, 1974.

About 15, 000 people turned out to see “elaborate floats, gay horseback rirs, marchg bands, and drag queens throwg kiss. ”(1) Durg Civic Center speech, the crowd nounced Mayor Joseph Alto for failg to proclaim the day as “Gay Liberatn Day.

Miss Cowgirl 74/75 on hay bale back of r at O’Farrell and Polk durg Gay Freedom Day Para, June 30, 1974. 1974’s Gay Freedom Day Para was the biggt yet, brgg 60, 000 people to watch thoands of celebrants.

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