Gay Pri | History, Flag, & Facts | Branni

Contents:

• PAST HOSTILY FAS AWAY AS GAYS SHOW PRI LONG BEACH PARA
• GAY PRI
• DOCUMENTARY VIO SHOWS THE 1989 NYC GAY PRI PARA
• MOR CLASH MARK FTIVAL : ORANGE COUNTY’S FIRST GAY-PRI EVENT IS MARRED
• THOANDS MARCH TO COMMEMORATE 20 YEARS OF GAY PRI
• GAY RIGHTS ACTIVISTS MARCHG - GAY PRI PARA NYC 1989

PAST HOSTILY FAS AWAY AS GAYS SHOW PRI LONG BEACH PARA

In the 1980s, gay men were ravaged by AIDS, wh the disease quickly spreadg to other mory groups across the globe. The above photo shows marchers at New York Cy’s 1989 Lbian and Gay Pri Para mandg more rearch and fundg for AIDS treatments.

GAY PRI

1987 marked the send Natnal March on Washgton for Lbian and Gay Rights. LONG BEACH — The sixth annual Lbian and Gay Pri Para and Ftival went off whout a hch last was the ual assortment of participants rangg om flamboyant drag queens to sober-lookg activists rryg signs advotg homosexual rights and the rights of AIDS patients.

”The Long Beach para and ftival was the first of a seri of events schled throughout the untry to memorate the 20th anniversary of the police raid on Stonewall, a gay bar New York. The June 28, 1969 raid spurred three days of rtg and is generally nsired the begng of the morn homosexual rights a lol level, anizers say, the 1989 Long Beach Lbian and Gay Pri Para and Ftival provid a major ntrast to s own begngs, which speaks volum about how much this cy has 500 people led the streets to see that first para 1984, Doyle said.

Three of the four members perceived then as anti-gay have been replaced by members believed to be more supportive of homosexual issu. The fourth, Warren Harwood, says he is not anti-homosexual, and that he got a bad rap back then.

DOCUMENTARY VIO SHOWS THE 1989 NYC GAY PRI PARA

“I’ve always relied on the advice of the cy attorney, ” Harwood said discsg his 1985 vote agast permtg the ftival to n for two days and other posns nsired anathema by homosexual Ernie Kell, who as a votg member of the uncil often sid wh Harwood on issu pertag to the gay event, now says that his early fears regardg s propriety have been proven unfound. ”Communy InvolvementHarwood attribut that primarily to the actns of gays themselv, who are believed to number up to 50, 000 Long Beach. “Their volvement the muny on a broad range of issu, ” he said, “has very much helped faiarize the muny wh the learship of the gay and lbian muny.

One of the most important factors is their foc on the muny as a whole, and not jt the issu that might be unique to the gay and lbian muny. ”Homosexual lears agree.

MOR CLASH MARK FTIVAL : ORANGE COUNTY’S FIRST GAY-PRI EVENT IS MARRED

In recent years, they say, gay polil actn mte have bee volved a variety of lol issu.

A recent AIDS walk, the cy’s first, attracted a broad range of support om non-homosexuals.

THOANDS MARCH TO COMMEMORATE 20 YEARS OF GAY PRI

And creased tn and exposure, they say, has led to a lseng of anti-gay prejudice among cy rints, as well as their elected officials. In 1977, Harvey Milk challenged Gilbert Baker, a veteran who tght himself to sew, to e up wh a symbol of pri for the gay muny. Inspired by Judy Garland's "Over the Rabow, " the lorsflew at the San Francis Gay Freedom Day Para celebratn on June 25, 1978.

Tradnal Gay Pri Flag. The cy had prevly faced accatns of racial discrimatn s gay bars, which led 11 queer nightlife venu to take antiracism trag.

GAY RIGHTS ACTIVISTS MARCHG - GAY PRI PARA NYC 1989

Created 1999 by gay graphic signer Sean Campbell, the flag has not gaed much tractn the lbian muny. This symbol is not exclively gay, but rather for the leather and BDSM muny. Though The New York Tim named 2018 "the age of the twk, " only the bears -- as gay men lovgly refer to the beefier, more hirsute guys -- have their own flag.

The flag equivalent of "I support LGBT people, but no homo, " this mak everyone feel clud at Pri march, even if they're celebratg other people's sexuali.