Gay Pri, annual celebratn, ually June the Uned Stat and sometim at other tim other untri, of lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and queer (LGBTQ) inty. Gay Pri memorat the Stonewall rts New York Cy of June 28, 1969.
Contents:
- WHEN MERS AND GAY ACTIVISTS UNED: THE REAL STORY OF THE FILM PRI
- GAY PRI
- PRI OR PROTT? WAL’ FIRST GAY PRI MARCH, 1985
- 50 YEARS OF L.A. PRI, THE WORLD’S FIRST PERMTED GAY PRI PARA, POSTERS
- A STORY OF SOLIDARY: MERS AND THE GAY COMMUNY
WHEN MERS AND GAY ACTIVISTS UNED: THE REAL STORY OF THE FILM PRI
* gay pride 1985 *
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GAY PRI
The year 1970 marked what many historians nsir the first gay pri paras Ameri. * gay pride 1985 *
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PRI OR PROTT? WAL’ FIRST GAY PRI MARCH, 1985
The L.A. Pri Para and Ftival Wt Hollywood is a fixture of Los Angel life, but 50 years ago, was at the center of a heated battle between the thori and the LGBT muny’s wish to be publicly gay. * gay pride 1985 *
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50 YEARS OF L.A. PRI, THE WORLD’S FIRST PERMTED GAY PRI PARA, POSTERS
This report is by Joseph Price, one of our first year unrgraduate stunts. 35 years ago, on the 29th June 1985, London’s gay pri para received some very unlikely supporters who saw their duty to show their support for a muny who had helped them survive durg tumultuo tim. The supporters were b loads… * gay pride 1985 *
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A STORY OF SOLIDARY: MERS AND THE GAY COMMUNY
Gay Pri, also lled LGBT Pri or LGBTQ Pri, byname Pri, annual celebratn, ually June the Uned Stat and sometim at other tim other untri, of lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and queer (LGBTQ) inty. Gay Pri memorat the Stonewall rts, which began the early hours of June 28, 1969, after police raid the Stonewall Inn bar New York Cy’s Greenwich Village neighbourhood.