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Christopher Street Liberation Day on June 28, 1970, marked the first anniversary of the Stonewall riots with the march, which was the first Gay Pride march in New York history, and covered the 51 blocks to Central Park. The march took less than half the scheduled time due to excitement, but also due to wariness about walking through the city ...
A 1970s gay liberation protest in Washington, D.C.. The first pride marches were held in four US cities in June 1970, one year after the riots at the Stonewall Inn. [3] The New York City march, promoted as "Christopher Street Liberation Day", alongside the parallel marches in Chicago, Los Angeles, and San Francisco, marked a watershed moment for LGBT rights. [4]
In June 2009, Obama became the first president to declare the month of June to be LGBT pride month; President Clinton had declared June Gay and Lesbian Pride Month. [ 107 ] [ 108 ] Obama did so again in June 2010, [ 109 ] June 2011, [ 110 ] June 2012, [ 111 ] June 2013, [ 112 ] June 2014, [ 113 ] and June 2015.
1982: The first official "Gay Pride Parade" is hosted in Columbus and attracted more than 500 marchers. 1984: Columbus' Pride parade, then known as the Ohio-Michigan Lesbian and Gay Pride Parade ...
The first rainbow pride flag was designed by Gilbert Baker and unveiled during the San Francisco Gay Freedom Day on June 25, 1978. This flag contained hot pink, red, orange, yellow, green ...
In 2016, yet another lesbian pride flag was created—the "butch lesbian pride flag." Instead of pink and purple hues, the butch lesbian pride flag uses purples (representing lesbians or women ...
A pride parade (also known as pride event, pride festival, pride march, or pride protest) is an event celebrating lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer social and self-acceptance, achievements, legal rights, and pride.
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