New York Cy was the se of the natn’s first gay pri para on June 28, 1970. A few other ci also held march that year.
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THE FIRST GAY PRI PARAS
* gay parade history *
People march to New York's Central Park durg the natn's first gay pri para on June 28, 1970.
The event was held on the one-year anniversary of the Stonewall rts, when members of the gay muny clashed wh police who had raid the Stonewall Inn Manhattan. The rts at the gay bar and the protts that followed were a turng pot for LGBT rights the Uned Stat.
People march the Boston gay pri para.
HOW ACTIVISTS ORGANIZED THE FIRST GAY PRI PARAS
State Liquor Authory did not give out licens to tablishments that served gay patrons.
GAY PRI
Five months after the rts, activists Craig Rodwell, his partner Fred Sargeant, Ellen Brody and Lda Rhos proposed a rolutn at the Eastern Regnal Conference of Homophile Organizatns (ERCHO) Philalphia that a march be held New York Cy to memorate the one-year anniversary of the raid.