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Amplified Voices! Read about what lead to change

In the &#;s, a tipping point changes the conversation and 2SLGBTQIA+ Black, Indigenous and Racialized voices are amplified.

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Celebration! Read about notable Queer folks

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Hollywood Gay Parade : Parades and Festivals from to
This video, by Pat Rocco, is a compilation of short home movies recording gay pride parades and festivals in Hollywood during the s.
We Were There
This short film by Pat Rocco is about Same-sex attracted Pride Week during the bicentennial celebration of the United States in Los Angeles and San Francisco.
Gay USA
A film of woman loving woman and gay pride parades and marches throughout the United States, intercut with on-the-street interviews with queer men and women on their lovers and how they came out.

The First Pride Marches, in Photos

A look back at a major turning point in the battle for gay rights

The first iteration of Pride had a strict rulebook: Walk in an even line, wear professional clothing, and do not display affection for a partner of the identical gender. Held in Philadelphia and Washington, D.C. every Fourth of July beginning in , the Reminder marches—named after the demand to "remind" the public of the oppression faced by the gay community—aimed to secure acceptance by showing how unthreatening LGBT people were to the repose of society.

But in , July 4 came just a week after the New York Municipality police arrested patrons inside Recent York City’s Stonewall Inn. The Reminder march bore the first sign of splintering as some marchers didn't dress according to the code. They didn’t hike together; they held hands with their partners, outraging group leaders. In the wake of Stonewall, a more radical energy was spreading across the country.

One year later, in , activists enjoy Brenda Howard brainstormed an alternative set of marches that would embrace the new ethos of gay liberat

The Spirit of
Stonewall Lives On

Heritage of Pride is a nonprofit organization that plans and produces Recent York City’s official LGBTQIA+ Pride events each year to commemorate the Stonewall Riots of — the beginning of the contemporary Gay Rights movement.

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Early in the morning on June 28, police raided the Stonewall Inn, a Greenwich Village bar that had become a staple of New York City's underground gay community. But this time, tired of the ongoing raids, community members fought back, striking what would become known as The Stonewall Riots.

Early in the morning on June 28, police raided the Stonewall Inn, a Greenwich Village bar that had become a staple of New York City's underground gay community. But this time, tired of the ongoing raids, people members fought back, noticeable what would become established as The Stonewall Riots.

Early in the morning on June 28, police raided the Stonewall Inn, a Greenwich Village prevent that had become a staple of New York City's underground gay society. But this time, drained of the ongoing raids, community me