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.
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THE FIRST GAY PRI PARAS
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. * 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. State Liquor Authory did not give out licens to tablishments that served gay patrons.
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.
HOW ACTIVISTS ORGANIZED THE FIRST GAY PRI PARAS
” The ia of “Gay Power” was thrown around, but Schoonmaker said gay dividuals lacked real power to make change, but one thg they did have was pri. ’” The official chant for the march beme, “Say loud, gay is proud. ”The Stonewall Inn is a bar loted New York Cy’s Greenwich Village that served as a haven the 1960s for the cy’s gay, lbian and transgenr muny.
At the time, homosexual acts remaed illegal every state except Illois, and bars and rtrants uld get shut down for havg gay employe or servg gay patrons. Most gay bars and clubs New York at the time were operated by the Mafia, who paid rptible police officers to look the other way and blackmailed wealthy gay patrons by threateng to “out” them. Here, protters monstrate outsi the New York gay bar, Christopher's the early hours of June 28, 1969, the Stonewall Inn was raid by police wh no warng.
They are pictured at a 1973 rally for gay rights New York P.
GAY PRI
Sylvia Rivera was a Lata-Amerin drag queen who beme one of the most radil gay and transgenr activists of the 1960s and '70s. As -founr of the Gay Liberatn Front, Rivera was known for participatg the Stonewall Rts and tablishg the polil anizatn STAR (Street Transvte Actn Revolutnari). After the Stonewall Rts, a msage was pated on the outsi of the board-up bar readg, "We homosexuals plead wh out people to please help mata peaceful and quiet nduct on the streets of the village.
" This sign was wrten by the Mattache Society–an early anizatn dited to fightg for gay unintified group of young people celebrate outsi the board-up Stonewall Inn after the rts.
More and more supporters gathered outsi the bar, chantg slogans like “gay power” and “we shall overe. ”Over the next several nights, gay activists ntued to gather near the Stonewall, takg advantage of the moment to spread rmatn and build the muny that would fuel the growth of the gay rights movement. The Gay Liberatn Front was formed the years after the rts.