"For the people to publicly make a statement that they were gay or lbian was this enormo risk for them — they uld have lost everythg."
Contents:
GAY RIGHTS
A look back at a major turng pot the stggle for gay rights * gay rights pictures *
Every Fourth of July begng 1965, the Remr march—named after the need to "remd" the public of the opprsn faced by the gay muny—aimed to secure acceptance by showg how unthreateng LGBT people were to the rt of society. One year later, 1970, activists like Brenda Howard brastormed an alternative set of march that would embrace the new ethos of gay liberatn.
* gay rights pictures *
” The march would also be natnal spe— a forhadowg of Pri celebratns today, they wanted "a natnwi show of support" for gay rights. A ntgent at the first Christopher Street Liberatn Day New York clutch a sign that reads "Gay Liberatn, " 1970. View of the large crowd, some of whom are holdg up handma signs and banners, participatg a gay and lbian pri para the Back Bay neighborhood of Boston, 1970.
An LGBT para through New York Cy on Christopher Street Gay Liberatn Day 1971. A uple at an LGBT para through New York Cy on Christopher Street Gay Liberatn Day 1971.