In 1972, members of the LGBTQ+ muny marched through London mandg equaly and celebratg their inti. Five s on, Ted Brown om the Gay Liberatn Front reunts his memori of that time
Contents:
- GAY-PRI PARA SETS MASTREAM ACCEPTANCE OF GAYS BACK 50 YEARS
- GAY PRI
- MISS GAY MICHIGAN AMERI PAGEANT PROMIS GRAND GLAM
- GAY RIGHTS TIMELE: A LOOK BACK AT THE PAST 50 YEARS
GAY-PRI PARA SETS MASTREAM ACCEPTANCE OF GAYS BACK 50 YEARS
The year 1970 marked what many historians nsir the first gay pri paras Ameri. * gay pride 50 years *
On June 28, 1969, members of New York Cy's gay muny rose up agast opprsn and state-sponsored vlence, fightg back an event now known as the Stonewall Rts or Stonewall a few years, anized, annual paras of pri and remembrance would emerge to mark the event. The June pri paras have spread worldwi, evolvg to addrs new challeng while rememberg gay civil rights pneers.
Pri paras have always tackled multiple goals, ongog anti-gay bigotry among, gay activists prott discrimatn at the Christopher Street Gay Liberatn Day June 1971 New York Cy. Tensns wh police were a major factor the origal Stonewall, the LGBT para through New York Cy on Christopher Street Gay Liberatn Day reach a police le 1971.
Meanwhile, gay activists were anizg San Francis and timated 3, 000 people marched down Polk Street durg "Christopher Street Wt, " the first anized San Francis Gay Para, on June 25, 1972. Here, parents march support of LGBTQ rights June 1974 Greenwich Village, New York the right is Amerin lawyer Dick Ashworth, marchg wh a sign that reads "I'm proud of my gay son.
GAY PRI
WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA–The mastream acceptance of gays and lbians, a hard-won civil-rights victory gaed through s of stggle agast prejudice and discrimatn, was set back at least 50 years Saturday the wake of the annual Los Angel Gay Pri Para. * gay pride 50 years *
" He later beme one of the foundg members of PFLAG — Parents, Fai, and Friends of Lbians and Gays. Pri paras ntued to grow size and populary the, a long-haired uple pos Central Park after a gay pri para New York on June 29, 1975. Here's what the San Francis pri para looked like durg Ameri's bicentennial queens pose at the "Gay Freedom Day Para" on June 27, 1976.
Women were a key part of pri events om the very, members of the Women's Motorcycle Contgent get ready to ri at the San Francis Gay Freedom Day on June 26, 1977. Here, a marcher scribed as a female impersonator pos at a gay pri para Copley Square, Boston, Massachetts, 1978. Here, police arrt a protter durg a gay rights monstratn, which would bee known as the first Sydney Gay and Lbian Mardi Gras, June 1978.
In 1972, amid a large migratn of gay men, a buddg lear named Harvey Milk moved om New York Cy to the Castro District of San Francis, where he would later bee the first openly gay elected official , Harvey Milk appears at a Gay Pri Para 1978.
MISS GAY MICHIGAN AMERI PAGEANT PROMIS GRAND GLAM
Ellen Broidy, an anizer of the first gay pri march, says she's optimistic the revolutn she's been fightg for sce 1970 "might jt e to beg now." * gay pride 50 years *
Pri paras often allow diverse groups to e forward and seek, a group of lbian and gay Catholic activists hold a banner at the annual Pri Para New York Cy June 1980. By the 1980s, pri paras had popped up Mexi Cy, Montreal and, two women embrace durg the Gay Pri para New York Cy June 1982.
Three men, arm arm, se outsi the San Francis Civic Center durg the Internatnal Lbian & Gay Freedom Day Para. Counterprotters and hate msag have long acpanied pri, protters show their disapproval at a Gay Pri para New York June 1983. Two years after the first news story about AIDS appeared a New York publitn, gay activists are seen takg their fight agast the disease to the 's a view of the 1983 para New York Cy.
GAY RIGHTS TIMELE: A LOOK BACK AT THE PAST 50 YEARS
* gay pride 50 years *
Among a crowd on the grass outsi the Civic Center San Francis, two women share a event: The 1984 Internatnal Lbian & Gay Freedom Day Para. A homophobic monstratn is seen on Fifth Avenue durg Gay Pri Day New York June protters hold plards equatg the current mayor wh the AIDS crisis. Marchers appear on Market Street the Internatnal Lbian & Gay Freedom Day Para San Francis, California on June 28, 1987.
As seen om above, marchers, cludg a bagpipe player, display a Police Gay Officers Actn League banner on Christopher event: The annual New York Cy Pri March New York on June 30, 1985. A young girl intified only as Jennifer ris ont of her mother among the Dyk on Bik group, tablished event: The Internatnal Lbian & Gay Freedom Day Para, San Francis, June 15, 1985. A man intified only as Pierre stands a doorway on Market Street durg the Internatnal Lbian & Gay Freedom Day Para San year: 1987.
Their fac reflected the motorcycle mirror unr a Pri flag, a pair of women the Dyk on Bik group wa the Castro District for the start of the Internatnal Lbian & Gay Freedom Day Para, San Francis, on June 26, known as the San Francis Dyk on Bik Women's Motorcycle Contgent, the group supports chari the LGBT muny.
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. * gay pride 50 years *
A shirtls man pos a crowd on Market Street durg the Internatnal Lbian & Gay Freedom Day Para San Francis , para anizers say the annual San Francis event is the largt gatherg of s kd the natn. Amerin textile artist and gay rights activist Gilbert Baker (1951-2017) seen here stumed as J, rri a cross as he march wh others on Market Street durg the Internatnal Lbian & Gay Freedom Day Para San Francis, California, on June 24, 1990. Men march the Gay Pri Para on June 1, 1991 Wt Hollywood, 2021, Los Angel-area pri events were nceled bee of the ronavis panmic.
A group lled the Bety Queens pos, drsed up for a pri para 1950s-style bathg Pastel, a red glterg body su, would lead the group the Sydney Gay and Lbian Mardi Gras on Febary 27, 1993. Performer RuPl attends the Gay and Lbian Pri Para on June 12, 1994 at Santa Moni Boulevard Wt Hollywood, TV personaly now hosts "RuPl's Drag Race. A marcher drsed as Marilyn Monroe wav a rabow flag at the Lbian and Gay Pri event London July first UK pri rally was held 1972.
A gay rights activist wearg an elaborate stume, mask, and headdrs walks on stilts bi other activists durg the New York Gay Pri March, 1994. Marchers at a Lbian and Gay Pri event pose outsi Wtmster Abbey London on June 24, the 1990s, this particular event had grown more party-like, wh a fair after the march.