The First Gay Pri London 1972 • Proud: The First Gay Pri London • MyLearng

Contents:

• GAY PRI
• AT PHILALPHIA'S FIRST GAY PRI MARCH, PEOPLE WERE 'JEERG AT AND BOOG'
• PROUD: THE FIRST GAY PRI LONDON
• GAY PRI PHILALPHIA, 1972-2018

GAY PRI

Kennedy Printial Library: we hoe papers that pture an important part of the history of the Amerin gay rights movement. It n be tough to rearch the LGBTQ muny’s teractns wh the ernment the mid-20th century, when gay and lbian dividuals were often subject to discrimatn (both society at large and by the ernment) or vlence. Though their origal purpose was to advote for the gay muny, many of the letters and rpons eventually wound up ernment archiv around the untry, ensurg that documentatn of LGBTQ polil efforts would be prerved wh other official rerds of the time perd.

First page of the Constutn of the Mattache Society of Washgton, an early gay rights anizatn, sent to Print John F.

But Kameny mak a few later appearanc the archiv, poppg up aga 1972 as a lear of Gay Cizens for McGovern.

AT PHILALPHIA'S FIRST GAY PRI MARCH, PEOPLE WERE 'JEERG AT AND BOOG'

The group urged Printial ndidat go on the rerd wh their polici toward “homosexually-oriented dividuals. Gay Cizens for McGovern pamphlet, highlightg Senator Gee McGovern’s beliefs on gay rights durg the 1972 Printial mpaign. Frank Mankiewicz Personal Papers, Box 19, Gays.

But the small file he tled “Gays” was created his pacy as Senator Gee McGovern’s 1972 Printial mpaign manager, and documents the mpaign’s teractns wh LGBTQ activists. It don’t appear that Senator McGovern returned his qutnnaire, but he did propose a multi-pot plank support of gay rights early 1972.

PROUD: THE FIRST GAY PRI LONDON

The first page of an undated Gay Cizens for McGovern prs release tailg Senator McGovern’s policy proposals.

While always tak some tective work to figure out why an archiv has somethg that seems pletely out of s spe – like 1972 gay rights materials at the JFK Library – we thk this is part of what mak archival exploratn (and the prervatn and scriptn that make possible) so important. Our missnHerage of Pri is the non prof anizatn that plans and produc New York Cy's official LGBTQIA+ Pri events each year's events memorate the Stonewall Uprisg of 1969 — the begng of the morn Gay Rights missnAboutHerage of Pri works toward a future whout discrimatn where all people have equal rights unr the law.

GAY PRI PHILALPHIA, 1972-2018

Marchers, banners and police at the first official gay Pri march London, July 1, 1972.