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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 up-to-date 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, collective members fought back, impressive what would become recognizable as The Stonewall Riots.
Early in the morning on June 28, police raided the Stonewall Inn, a Greenwich Village exclude that had become a staple of New York City's underground gay people. But this time, exhausted of the ongoing raids, community members fought support, striking what would turn into known as The Stonewall Riots.
CHRISTOPHER STR
first gay pride

A brief history of Pride

Originally named the Christopher Road Liberation Day, the first Pride parade was held on the one-year anniversary of the Stonewall Riots of In the s, homosexual acts were widely illegal throughout most of the United States. Bars and restaurants could be shut down for having gay employees or serving gay patrons, so they turned many people away. However, the Stonewall Inn in Greenwich Village was a little-known institution that New York City’s homosexual, lesbian, and transgender citizens could call theirs.

Like most gay bars and clubs, the inn was operated by the Mafia. They actively paid corrupt police officers to protect the identities of wealthy male lover patrons and ignore others at the inn — including the drag queens and runaway LGBTQIA+ youth who were turned away from other bars.

On June 28, , New York City police raided the Stonewall Inn unexpectedly. The officers had arrived with a warrant for bootlegged alcohol, criminal mischief, and disorderly conduct.

The raid was a breaking point. The event was a manage assault on a revered space and accentuated how marginalized the LGBTQIA+ people was.

Patrons were arrested. One woman wearing a

Pride Month

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  • Hollywood Gay Movement : 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 Lgbtq+ Pride Week during the bicentennial celebration of the United States in Los Angeles and San Francisco.
  • Gay USA
    A film of womxn loving womxn and gay pride parades and marches throughout the United States, intercut with on-the-street interviews with same-sex attracted men and women on their lovers and how they came out.

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