13 Biggt Gay Pri Paras the World

Contents:

• GAY PRI PARA
• HOW ACTIVISTS ORGANIZED THE FIRST GAY PRI PARAS
• INSI THE FIRST PRI PARA—A R PROTT FOR GAY LIBERATN
• 13 BIGGT GAY PRI PARAS THE WORLD
• GAY PRI

GAY PRI PARA

On June 28, 1970, on the first anniversary of the Stonewall rts, over seven hundred people marched on Greenwich Village's Christopher Street New York Cy, what is wily nsired the first Gay Pri march. The Greenwich Village March to Central Park was anized by the Christopher Street Liberatn Day Commtee, though the ncept of the ial Pri march stemmed om the Eastern Regnal Conference of Homophile Organizatns (ERCHO). On June 27, 1970, a ty group of dividuals staged San Francis's first Pri celebratn: a march on Polk Street, followed on the 28th when a group of San Francisns had a piic they lled "gay-".

The 1976 para was met wh backlash by the Gay Lato Alliance, Gay Amerin Indians, Bay Black Cc, and Lbian Actn Organizatn who all voted a rolutn to clare the Para had lost sight of the meang of the Stonewall rts.

Ultimately, the group agreed that their proposed cultural event would, "honor, and acknowledge all Indigeno peopl' plight, pecially those who are Two Spir and/or intified wh the ntemporary labels and terms of cisgenr and transgenr lbian, gay, bisexual, pansexual, queer, asexual, and tersex.

HOW ACTIVISTS ORGANIZED THE FIRST GAY PRI PARAS

One of the ma objectiv of Pk Dot is to raise awarens of LGBTQIA+ people the untry, their eedom to love and to support efforts to repeal Sectn 377a of the penal , which prohibs sex between gay men.

INSI THE FIRST PRI PARA—A R PROTT FOR GAY LIBERATN

The LGBTQ+ rights movement has ma tremendo stris over the past few s and much of the progrs visibily is thanks part to gay pri paras and march that have taken place ci around the world. The global landspe for LGBTQ+ rights, protectns and acceptance vari tremendoly by lotn, wh some statns attractg lns of visors to their events like Madrid Gay Pri, Sao Plo Gay Pri or San Francis Gay Pri, while more than 70 other untri have laws that allow discrimatn or persecutn of LGBTQ+ people.

13 BIGGT GAY PRI PARAS THE WORLD

Gay Pri or rather LGBTQ+ pri events (ed to be more clive), cludg pri paras and ftivals were started major urban centers to improve the visibily, acceptance and legal protectns for LGBTQ+ people livg those muni. As the years went on, addnal ci North Ameri and Europe began to hold their own public monstratns or pri day, eventually leadg to what we know today as a gay pri para, march, celebratn or ftival.

Whether travelg alone, wh iends or fay, visg durg a gay pri event n be a fun way to experience a new statn and IGLTA n help you fd LGBTQ-iendly bs almost any lotn to help make you trip memorable, safe and excg.

A pri para (also known as pri march, pri event, or pri ftival) is an outdoor event celebratg lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and queer (LGBTQ) social and self-acceptance, achievements, legal rights, and pri. The Stonewall Inn was a gay bar which tered to an assortment of patrons, but which was popular wh the most margalized people the gay muny: transvt, transgenr people, effemate young men, htlers, and homels youth.

GAY PRI

On Saturday, June 27, 1970, Chigo Gay Liberatn anized a march om Washgton Square Park ("Bughoe Square") to the Water Tower at the tersectn of Michigan and Chigo avenu, which was the route origally planned, and then many of the participants spontaneoly marched on to the Civic Center (now Richard J. In Los Angel, Morris Kight (Gay Liberatn Front LA founr), Reverend Troy Perry (Universal Fellowship of Metropolan Communy Church founr) and Reverend Bob Humphri (Uned Stat Missn founr) gathered to plan a memoratn.

On Sunday, June 28, 1970, at around noon, New York gay activist groups held their own pri para, known as the Christopher Street Liberatn Day, to rell the events of Stonewall one year earlier.