Pride marches- origins & milestones

1. Pride marches- origins & milestones Jennie Mejaes

2. Christopher street day liberation march -1970 Instrumental advocates: • Craig Rodwell – dissatisfied with the silent protests. • Fred Seargent • Ellen Broidy – lesbian activist who represented the resolution of the parade at the conference. • Linda Rhodes – partner.

3. Christopher street liberation day march - 1970 • Marked the beginning of the gay movement, after stonewall, as it was the first gay pride parade ever. • Started on Sixth avenue from Greenwich Village to Central Park.

4. The first National march on Washington -1979 • In light of the Milk& Moscone assassinations. • Milk- first openly gay politician to be elected to office. • Moscone – an early proponent of gay rights. • Anita Bryant

5. The first National march on Washington -1979 • One of the largest political gatherings in support of LGBT rights to date. • Inclusive of gay people of color: Billy Jones, Gil Gerald.

6. Second national march on Washington - 1987 • More federal funding for research and treatment of AIDS. • Elected officials, members of Congress, and other prominent civic, labor and religious leaders signed letters endorsing the march.

7. Second national march on Washington - 1987 • Addressed it at the end of his presidency. • Put under strain by his support group, who consisted of the newly identified religious right and the Moral Majority, a political-action group founded by the Rev. Jerry Falwell. • 20,849 people had died but the time he spoke. • Caused a lot of anger and resentment towards the government, and Reagan in the gay community.

8. Gay pride parade new york - 2011 • Same-sex marriage law passed. • Andrew Cuomo. • New momentum to the National Gay rights movement, puts pressure on other states to legalize same-sex marriage.

9. San Diego gay pride parade - 2012 • “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” • Troops march in uniform. • Defense department made an allowance for this march. • More than 300 active duty members participated.