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We propose that a demonstration be held annually on the last Saturday in June in New York City to commemorate the 1969 spontaneous demonstrations on Christopher Street and this demonstration be called CHRISTOPHER STREET LIBERATION DAY. “That the Annual Reminder, in order to be more relevant, reach a greater number of people, and encompass the ideas and ideals of the larger struggle in which we are engaged – that of our fundamental human rights – be moved both in time and location. In attendance were Ellen Broidy, Linda Rhodes, and other members of the newly formed Gay Liberation Front, and activist Foster Gunnison, Jr.Īt the final annual Eastern Regional Conference of Homophile Organizations (ERCHO) in Philadelphia, on November 2, 1969, the following resolution was proposed on behalf of Rodwell, representing the Homophile Youth Movement, and Broidy, of NYU’s Student Homophile League: In October, in Rodwell’s and his boyfriend Fred Sargeant’s apartment at 350 Bleecker Street, meetings were held to discuss an action to replace the Reminder Days. It was clear that the events at Stonewall had already changed things. Rodwell chartered a bus of younger people from New York, who joined the Philadelphia demonstration but did not adhere to the strict conservative dress code, nor did they follow the “orderly” rules of conduct of previous years. The last Reminder Day took place on July 4, 1969, only one day after the end of the Stonewall uprising. Among the earliest significant LGBT protests in the United States, these were held to highlight the community’s lack of basic civil rights. Rodwell had been an organizer of the annual Fourth of July Reminder Day demonstrations in front of Independence Hall in Philadelphia, from 1965 to 1969. Known at the time as the Christopher Street Liberation Day March, the route began on Washington Place between Sheridan Square and Sixth Avenue in Greenwich Village, moved north up Sixth Avenue, and ended with a “Gay-In” in Central Park’s Sheep Meadow.Īt the one-year anniversary of the Stonewall uprising on Sunday, June 28, 1970, a group headed by Craig Rodwell, owner of the Oscar Wilde Memorial Bookshop, led what became the first annual NYC Pride March (then known as the Christopher Street Liberation Day March). Twitter user was even kind enough to map out the rest of the year’s months into other deadly sins for the LGBTQ community to celebrate.New York City’s first ever Pride March was held on Sunday, J(the one-year anniversary of the Stonewall uprising), and, much to the organizers’ surprise, attracted thousands of participants. Tweets and social media calls to action tell everyone that as we transition from pride to wrath our gayness and queerness only grows. Good morning h*terosexuals yes Gay Pride month is over and we are moving on to Gay Wrath so watch the hell out tysm Hence, July has been dubbed (per the internet) as LGBTQ Wrath month. Since radical evangelical Christians remind the LGBTQ community year-round that pride goeth before the fall and that pride is one of the seven deadly sins, it seems only natural that we, as a community, move from one deadly sin to the next. Related | Kylie Minogue Closes NYC Pride In True Icon Style
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Once July hits it can sometimes feel like that all-encompassing sense of comradery evaporates but, if we obey our internet overlords, that doesn’t have to be the case this year.
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The LGBTQ community enjoys a short time when they are widely celebrated, commodified by billion-dollar corporations, and celebrate how far we’ve come while understanding that there’s still a long way to go. The end of Pride Month is always bittersweet.