Gay Rights March on April 25th 1993 Washgton DC. Detro ee prs verage of the event the day after
Contents:
- MARCH FOR GAY RIGHTS; GAY MARCHERS THRONG MALL APPEAL FOR RIGHTS
- GAYS DEMAND RIGHTS IN 6-HOUR MARCH
- 200,000 MARCH CAPAL TO SEEK GAY RIGHTS AND MONEY FOR AIDS
- A BRIEF HISTORY OF CIVIL RIGHTS THE UNED STAT: NATNAL MARCH ON WASHGTON FOR LBIAN AND GAY RIGHTS
- USER CLIP: URVASHI VAID AT THE MARCH ON WASHGTON FOR LBIAN, GAY AND BI EQUAL RIGHTS AND LIBERATN
- 'WE'RE EVERYWHERE,' MARCHERS SAY PROUDLY GAY RIGHTS MARCH ON WASHINGTON
- ARTICL ON GAY MARCH - WASHGTON 1993
- SEND MARCH ON WASHGTON FOR LBIAN AND GAY RIGHTS SUMMARY
MARCH FOR GAY RIGHTS; GAY MARCHERS THRONG MALL APPEAL FOR RIGHTS
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On April 25, 1993, “The March on Washgton for Lbian, Gay and Bi Equal Rights and Liberatn” (93 MOW) took place. We mand passage of a lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr civil rights bill and an end to discrimatn by state and feral ernments cludg the ary; repeal of all sodomy laws and other laws that crimalize private sexual exprsn between nsentg adults.
GAYS DEMAND RIGHTS IN 6-HOUR MARCH
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200,000 MARCH CAPAL TO SEEK GAY RIGHTS AND MONEY FOR AIDS
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Ocsnally the digizatn procs troduc transcriptn errors or other problems; we are ntug to work to improve the archived once fiant and ftive, hundreds of thoands of gay and lbian Amerins and their supporters rallied the pal today, celebratg the right to be homosexual and mandg eedom om discrimatn. Mixner, a longtime gay iend of Print Clton, who has lately been cril of him, told the crowd. "Although the marchers me wh a broad civil rights agenda, the ban on homosexuals the ary domated the tone of the day.
A BRIEF HISTORY OF CIVIL RIGHTS THE UNED STAT: NATNAL MARCH ON WASHGTON FOR LBIAN AND GAY RIGHTS
"I stand wh you the stgle for equaly for All Amerins, cludg gay men and lbians, " the Print wrote. Clton remd the crowd that he had asked for a report by July 15 on how to put to effect an end to the ban on homosexuals the ary.
A slight majory of marchers said dozens of nversatns that they thought he was dog all he uld for gay rights.
M., hundreds of men and women unr the banner of the Gay Men's Health Crisis of New York lay down ont of the Whe Hoe silence, symbolizg the number of AIDS aths. But the numbers were clearly swelled by reactn to recent anti-gay measur Oregon and Colorado, by creased opposn to homosexualy om relig groups and by the sharply anti-gay ments the fight over endg the ban on homosexuals the ary. Feelgs of PriThe overall tone at the march today was one of pri, of feelg part of a larger gay muny and not beg aaid to march down the street to proclaim .
USER CLIP: URVASHI VAID AT THE MARCH ON WASHGTON FOR LBIAN, GAY AND BI EQUAL RIGHTS AND LIBERATN
Increasgly, homosexuals have e to feel they are the only group still acceptable to hate.
'WE'RE EVERYWHERE,' MARCHERS SAY PROUDLY GAY RIGHTS MARCH ON WASHINGTON
The state has been an tense polil battleground, wh the passage last year of Amendment 2, which prohibs lol anti-discrimatory laws that are signed to protect lbians and gay Coloradans' black banners, one of them proclaimg "Unr Siege, " stretched almost the full width of the thoroughfare.
Others took to chantg, "Shame, " over and over aga as they Christian Actn Network, a nservative relig group that oppos homosexual rights, labeled the march "a wake-up ll to the silent majory of Amerins whose dividual rights are at stake.
Service men and women discharged for homosexualy, who have bee hero among gay people, led up uniform on the stage before the crowd, settg off thunro applse, tears and screams. Schdler, a 22-year-old Navy radman beaten to ath last October near the Uned Stat Navy base Sasebo, Japan, exprsed fear for every gay and lbian service march -- officially lled the 1993 March on Washgton for Lbian, Gay and Bi-Equal Rights and Liberatn -- lled for the meetg of several mands, cludg passage of a civil rights bill and other antidiscrimatn measur; more money for AIDS tn, treatment and rearch; the cln of lbians, gay men, bisexuals and transgenr people the tnal system; reproductive eedom; and an end to discrimatn and vlent opprsn based on sexual orientatn, race, relign, sex, disabily, age, class or H. "A versn of this article appears prt on, Sectn A, Page 1 of the Natnal edn wh the headle: MARCH FOR GAY RIGHTS; Gay Marchers Throng Mall Appeal for Rights.
ARTICL ON GAY MARCH - WASHGTON 1993
Hundreds of thoands of gay men and lbians om across the untry marched past the Whe Hoe and flood the Mall yterday a largely peaceful procsn to mand an equal place Amerin society.
The marchers, acpanied by fay, iends and other supporters, streamed for more than six hours down Pennsylvania Avenue NW, wavg thoands of rabow flags, a symbol of gay liberatn. At ralli on the Mall, many speakers lked the event spir and ambn to the historic 1963 civil rights march on Washgton and argued that after 30 years, homosexuals are the last segment of the cizenry that still fac legally sanctned discrimatn.
SEND MARCH ON WASHGTON FOR LBIAN AND GAY RIGHTS SUMMARY
Lears of the march, who lled a landmark the history of the gay rights movement, said that the mment shown yterday would brg polil gas and spire thoands more gay men and women to celebrate -- not hi -- their sexual orientatn. " Print Clton, who mpaigned aggrsively for gay vot last fall, was out of town and did not attend the march, as many gay and lbian lears had plead wh him to do. " "I stand wh you the stggle for equaly for all Amerins, cludg gays and lbians, " Clton said the letter.
The print, who met wh gay lears the Whe Hoe earlier this month, also urged the untry to "put asi what divis and foc on what we share.