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From the start of the LGBTQ rights movement the 1970s, Massachetts has been a pneer supportg the LGBTQ muny. Wh s gay-beach mec Pr ... * gay history boston *
Wh s gay-beach mec Provcetown to boastg one of the bt Pri Ftivals the untry, Massachetts and s people are known to be some of the most acceptg groups out there. 1978: A group of people led by gay attorney John Ward meets the basement of the Old Wt Church and found GLAD (Gay & Lbian Advot and Defenrs), which is now the pneerg group of lawyers who reprent gay and lbian terts urtPhoto Cred: Charl Dixon, Boston Globe Staff1979: What is now the Fay Equaly Council is formed after a group of gay fathers got together and formed the Gay Fathers Coaln.
Knowg that there were other gay dads out there, they were mted to fdg each other and formg a work of support.
1982: The Boston Gay Men’s Chos is found. 1988: A small group of young people wh gay and lbian parents together while their parents are attendg an annual nference sponsored by the Gay and Lbian Parents Coaln Internatnal (GLPCI – now known as Fay Equaly Council). Much ls known was the mass terrogatn and subsequent firgs of thoands of gays and lbians durg this same perd often lled “The Lavenr Sre.