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The first National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights was a large political rally that took place in Washington, D.C., on October 14, 1979.The first such march on Washington, it drew between 75,000 and 125,000 [1] gay men, lesbians, bisexual people, transgender people, and straight allies to demand equal civil rights and urge the passage of protective civil rights legislation.
Demonstrators holding a gay pride flag. March organizers agreed upon seven primary demands, each with further secondary demands. The primary demands were: [7] We demand passage of a lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender civil rights bill and an end to discrimination by state and federal governments including the military; repeal of all sodomy laws and other laws that criminalize private ...
The Second National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights was a large political rally that took place in Washington, D.C., on October 11, 1987. [1] [2] Around 750,000 people participated. [3] Its success, size, scope, and historical importance have led to it being called, "The Great March". [4]
After nearly three decades of holding annual silent protests to raise awareness for LGBTQ rights, students across the nation are speaking out Friday, spurred by the recent spate of laws aimed at ...
Bills targeting the rights of gay and trans people have topped conservative agendas in statehouses around the country, with state legislatures over the last two years considering hundreds of ...
Lucy Comstock-Gay, an organizer with Indivisible, speaks into a megaphone during a protest in Rodney Square in Wilmington, Delaware on Monday. Protestors rally near the U.S. Capitol during a ...
[5] Multiple sources have called the Bucks County protest one of the largest gay rights protest pre-Stonewall. [10] Per Stein, the protest in Bucks County is one of only about 30 confirmed gay rights protests to take place in the United States prior to the Stonewall riots, [ 5 ] which he said are considered the " Holy Grail " to LGBTQ ...
To protest the US military's treatment of gay people Organized by activist Randy Wicker, a small group picketed the Whitehall Street Induction Center after the confidentiality of gay men's draft records was violated. This action has been identified as the first gay rights demonstration in the United States. [14] December 2, 1964: New York City