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Birth of the Pride March


Birth of the Pride March - Google Arts & Culture

Marching for visibility and in protest ... The first of what we now know as the Pride march or parade was held on June 28, 1970 on the anniversary of the ...

The History of Pride - Library of Congress

On June 28, 1970, on the one year anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising, the first Pride marches were held in New York, Los Angeles and Chicago. Thousands of ...

Our history - NYC Pride

A year after Stonewall, the first Gay Pride March was held by the Christopher Street Liberation Day Committee to commemorate the riots. The New York Times ...

The history of Pride Month - Joint Base Andrews

America's first gay pride parade was held on the one-year anniversary of the riots. Pride Month was first recognized in 1994 when a coalition of education-based ...

In Honor of Pride Month – A Little History… - NASCSP

One year later, the first Pride Week and Pride Parade took place on Christopher Street, organized by Brenda Howard and a group of other activists in New York.

A brief history of Pride | USAC

Originally named the Christopher Street Liberation Day, the first Pride parade was held on the one-year anniversary of the Stonewall Riots of 1969.

How the Pride March Made History - The New York Times

Fifty years after the first march, prominent organizers and activists tell its story and talk about how it spread across the globe.

NYC Pride March - NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project

New York City's first ever Pride March was held on Sunday, June 28, 1970 (the one-year anniversary of the Stonewall uprising), and, much to the organizers' ...

Pride parade - Wikipedia

First pride marches ; On Saturday, June 27, 1970, the Chicago Gay Liberation organized a march from Washington Square Park ("Bughouse Square") to the ; The West ...

The First Pride Was a Riot: The Origins of Pride Month

June is Pride Month, commemorating the Stonewall uprising, which began on June 28, 1969. Though the first Gay Pride Liberation March took ...

Inside the first Pride parade—a raucous protest for gay liberation

On June 28, 1970, the first Pride parade—or gay liberation march, as it was called at the time—took place in New York City ...

Pride March: The First Fifteen Years - Google Arts & Culture

A visual history of NYC's Pride March from 1970 to 1985 ... In June 1969, members of the LGBT community stood up to police during a routine raid of Stonewall, a ...

History of Pride Month: Why the NYC Pride March is Not a Parade

One of the most well-known and attended events during Pride Month takes place right here in NYC. It is held on the last Sunday in June every ...

NYC Pride March - Wikipedia

NYC Pride March ; New York City, U.S. · June 28, 1970 (1970-06-28), as part of Christopher Street Liberation Day · June 29, 2025 (2025-06-29) · Heritage of Pride, ...

First Pride Parade: History & Evolution Of LGBTQ March - Refinery29

That first Pride parade was held on June 28, 1970. Known then as the Christopher Street Liberation Day March — named after the street on which ...

Watch Footage from New York City's First Gay Pride March (1970)

The world's largest Pride parade stepped off without incident in New York City on the final Sunday in June.

Our Mission - NYC Pride

The roots of our movement began with the Stonewall Uprising of 1969. One year later, the first NYC Pride March was organized by the Christopher Street ...

Pride in the 1970's (U.S. National Park Service)

On June 28, 1970, participants, organizers, and the public stepped out on the streets in New York City, Chicago, and Los Angeles to be loud, to be proud.

The First Gay Pride March | Season 23 | Episode 9 - PBS

Remembering the first gay pride march, held one year after the Stonewall riots.

How LGBTQ+ Pride Went Global - Council on Foreign Relations

These first Pride events, particularly New York's Christopher Street Gay Liberation Day march, marked the birth of LGBTQ+ Pride celebrations and ...