Marchers congregate before Pride, New York, 1971. Gay and Lesbian activists protest discrimination at the Christopher Street Gay Liberation Day, 1971. McDarrah)Īn LGBT parade through New York City on Christopher Street Gay Liberation Day reaches a police line, 1971. (Leonard Freed)įollowing the Christopher Street Liberation Day March, a couple kiss in Central Park, 1970. Gay liberation movement in Central Park, 1970. McDarrah)Ī woman holds a large sign that reads 'I am a lesbian and I am beautiful' during the 1st Gay Liberation Day march, 1970. McDarrah)Ī man holds a 'Gay Pride' sign during the 1st Stonewall anniversary march, 1970. Take a look back at the pride march of New York City’s LGBT community back in the 1970s:Ī pair of shirtless men as they walk, arm in arm, during the first Stonewall anniversary march, 1970. An event as a statement of identity and a call to action, from then on it has always wavered between celebration and demonstration. Pride was born with the liberation of Christopher Street after the chaotic Stonewall rebellion on the morning of June 28, 1969, a historic event that was followed by a decade of rebellion, activism, and visibility.
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