Breakthrough: The 1979 Natnal March - The Gay & Lbian Review

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First March on Washgton for Lbian and Gay Rights - Anniversary Commemoratns, October 14, 1979, and History of March.

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A BRIEF HISTORY OF CIVIL RIGHTS THE UNED STAT: NATNAL MARCH ON WASHGTON FOR LBIAN AND GAY RIGHTS

Photograph of a billboard Dallas announcg the 1979 March on Washgton for Lbian and Gay Rights. Billboard picts several people holdg hands a box labeled "In celebratn of human rights." Text below the figur says "March on Washgton October 14, 1979 For lbian and gay rights. For rmatn ll (214) 522-6702." * gay march on washington 1979 *

I attend the first three Lbian & Gay March on Washgton,.

NATNAL MARCH ON WASHGTON FOR LBIAN AND GAY RIGHTS

Friends of gay longtime D.C. rints Jocko Fajardo and Tarik Pierce, who were wily admired for their support for LGBTQ muny . . . * gay march on washington 1979 *

I somehow found myself Edor of the gay newspaper there, Our Own. of gay men and lbians and troduc the Reverend Dr.

Gaetan, reprentg Third World gays and lbians (Ramos speaks. Lucia Valka om the Natnal Gay and Lbian Task Force speaks.

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October 14, 1979– The Natnal March On Washgton For Lbian And Gay Rights Harvey Milk dreamed of a gay march on the natn's Capal and he spoke of many tim before he was murred 1978. He believed that gay visibily would lead to the end of discrimatn. Inspired by Milk, the first large march * gay march on washington 1979 *

Tom Robson who sgs "Glad to be gay" and "Stand. who anized the boytt of Coors, speaks on behalf of the gay labor.

CHILEAN LAWMAKERS REJECT PLAT AGAST GAY TN MISTER

Reverend John Kuiper, the first gay man to adopt. McCombs of the Gay Atheist League of Ameri, who cri relign.

Natnal March on Washgton for Lbian and Gay Rights. Pass a prehensive lbian/gay rights bill Congrs.

[LBIAN AND GAY RIGHTS BILLBOARD]

End discrimatn lbian mother and gay father ctody s. Protect gay and lbian youth om any laws which are ed to discrimate agast, oppose and/or harass them their hom, schools, jobs and social environments. The divinds of dissent: how nflict and culture work lbian and gay march on Washgton, HQ76.

Marks Ridger, ed., Speakg for Our Liv: Historic Speech and Rhetoric for Gay and Lbian Rights (1892-2000), available as an eBook (2012) through Howard Universy Librari. The first Natnal March on Washgton for Lbian and Gay Rights was held on October 14, 1979. Child ctody rights for lbian mothers and gay fathers.

TWO D.C. GAY BAR CTOMERS STABBED ON SIWALK NEAR DUPONT CIRCLE

Protect lbian and gay youth om any laws which are ed to discrimate agast, opprs, and/or harass them their hom, schools, jobs, and social environment.

The last mand, was origally proposed as “Full rights for lbian and gay youth, cludg revisn of age of nsent laws. While natnal groups like the Natnal Gay Task Force, Digny, Metropolan Communy Church and the Gay Rights Natnal Lobby were non-mtal on the march, lol and regnal groups looked forward to .

The e of “Lbian and Gay” the march’s tle rather than “Gay and Lbian” or jt “Gay” sought to brg awarens to lbian ncerns and crease lbian visibily the movement. The was one of the first wi know e of "Lbian and Gay. The 1979 March on Washgton allowed for a epeng and enlargg of the a natnal work and provid a public display of a signifint number of gay and lbian people (as well as bisexual and transgenr people).

NATNAL MARCH ON WASHGTON FOR LBIAN AND GAY RIGHTS, OCT. 14, 1979

Wh the tentnal namg of as the March on Washgton for Lbian and Gay rights, cludg lbian and listg first, and requirg genr pary participatg regnal groups there was the regnn of lbian ncerns and the need for creased lbian visibily the movement. Wh the requirement of 25% reprentatn of people of lor participatg regnal group and the ncurrent gatherg of the Natnal Third World Lbian and Gay Conference, also marked a regnn of the prence and ncerns of people of lor the movement. A Troublg Perd for Diversy1924: Henry Gerber and the Society for Human RightsHomophile Organizatns around the US1950s-1960s: Chigo’s Homophile Organizatns1961: The Decrimalizatn of SodomyValerie Taylor & Lbian Pulp FictnNACHO & Annual RemrsChigo 1968: The TripChigo 1968: The 1968 NACHO ConferenceChigo 1968: the DNCThe Stonewall Rts & the Gay Liberatn MovementChigo Gay Libratn PublitnsRpondg to VDRights Ordanc and Ana Bryant1979 March on Washgton.

TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO, on October 14, 1979, an timated 75, 000 to 125, 000 lbians and gay men om all across Ameri marched on Washgton at a moment the movement’s history that was remarkably different om the current one. This was the first such March on Washgton staged by Amerin gays, renrg llective memory as the symbolic g out and birth of a natnal movement for lbian and gay rights. Gleang sights to why this march happened and how was anized both memorat the 25th anniversary of the event and offers clu to ntemporary gay culture and polics.

#ONTHISGAYDAY: 1979, THE NATNAL MARCH ON WASHGTON

The gay liberatn movement of the late 1970’s legimized a range of that was advancg by lkg self to other grassroots monstratns, pecially the 1963 Civil Rights March on Washgton.

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First March on Washgton for Lbian and Gay Rights - October 14, 1979.

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