Ken Howard, LCSW, a gay therapist, discs Inpennce Day for gay men, and how the day n remd all of what we want to clare pennce om.
Contents:
- IT’S JULY FOURTH – INPENNCE DAY FOR GAY MEN: WHAT DO YOU WANT INPENNCE FROM?
- GAY WE WEEK
- CY HOLDS JUEENTH AND GAY PRI CELEBRATNS AFTER NCELG JULY FOURTH CELEBRATN
- FOOD + FUN AT SOCAL’S ORIGAL GAY BEACH
- GAY EVENTS ON THE 4TH OF JULY
IT’S JULY FOURTH – INPENNCE DAY FOR GAY MEN: WHAT DO YOU WANT INPENNCE FROM?
* gay as the fourth of july *
The eastern half of Duval Street, the town’s ma rridor, is the gay district.
The adjacent towns of Sgatuck and Douglas, east of Chigo on the shore of Lake Michigan, is home to over 140 gay-owned bs, om art galleri and ice cream shops to hotels, bars, and rtrants. This Movie Colony getaway the Coachella Valley two hours east of LA is a sert oasis terg to a wi variety of visors, and home to a large LGBTQ populatn, lots of whom are “gay gog gray, ” the lol parlance.
GAY WE WEEK
An Illois town is holdg Jueenth and gay pri celebratns spe ncelg s Fourth of July ftivi. * gay as the fourth of july *
On the Fourth of July 1965, a small group of gay and lbian activists held a picketg monstratn ont of Philalphia’s Inpennce Hall, where the U.
CY HOLDS JUEENTH AND GAY PRI CELEBRATNS AFTER NCELG JULY FOURTH CELEBRATN
The monstratn was sponsored by East Coast Homophile Organizatns (ECHO), a regnal feratn that clud the Dghters of Bilis – New York, the Jan Society of Philalphia, the Mattache Society of New York, and the Mattache Society of Washgton, D. The 1965 Inpennce Day monstratn Philalphia occurred durg an upsurge of gay, lbian, bisexual, and transgenr activism the Uned Stat. In April, May, and June 1965, homophile activists anized monstratns at the Uned Natns New York, the Whe Hoe and Civil Service Commissn Washgton, D.
The clu the perspectiv of (1) the activists who participated the monstratns, (2) homophile crics who thought that the monstratns were too radil or too nservative, (3) people who were opposed to LGBT rights, and (4) LGBT and non-LGBT observers and mentators.
The media reports clu news and feature stori mastream newspapers (the Philalphia Inquirer, the New York Tim, the Bucks County Courier-Tim, the Arizona Republic, and the Delta Democrat-Tim), an alternative newspaper (Distant Dmmer), an Ain Amerin newspaper (the Philalphia Tribune), and the gay and lbian prs (Eastern Mattache Magaze, Ladr, Mattache Society of New York Newsletter, Dm, Dghters of Bilis-Philalphia Newsletter, Homophile Actn League Newsletter, Gay Power, and the Los Angel Advot). LGBT Archiv at the William Way Communy Center and the Curator of the 2015 Natnal Constutn Center exhib "Speakg Out for Equaly: The Constutn, Gay Rights and the Supreme Court. Inpennce Day for gay men n have many important meangs, as a muny and as dividuals.
FOOD + FUN AT SOCAL’S ORIGAL GAY BEACH
It’s July Fourth – Inpennce Day for Gay Men: What Do You Want Inpennce From?
) For gay men, the word “pennce” n mean so much more. Inpennce Day for gay men, g ually soon after the annual Pri celebratns June, as a muny, is a celebratn and memoratn of the Stonewall Uprisg New York 1969, when, as a muny, we clared our pennce om systemic opprsn (by the anti-gay New York Cy Police Department particular, but also opprsn general). Inpennce Day (July Fourth) is a patrtic holiday, but n have meang for gay men nsirg eedom and tonomy.
GAY EVENTS ON THE 4TH OF JULY
And beyond clarg pennce as a broar LGBT muny general and a gay male muny particular, we n celebrate our dividual pennce by clarg ourselv ee of somethg we no longer want our liv, on a more personal level.
Ssns wh me are available Monday through Friday, om the early afternoon to later eveng, and wh GayTherapyLA’s associate clicians on weekday morngs and weekends. High-rollers will want to check to the brand new Revel rort, while mid-century morn lovers will like the boutique non-gamg (and gay-signed) vibe of The Chelsea. And gay -- head north to Boystown and hang wh the boys at Sitrack, which is havg s own bbq at 3 p.