At that conference, radical gay liberationists argued successfully for the discontinuation of the Annual Reminder gay rights demonstrations that had taken place at Independence Hall in Philadelphia on July 4 in 1965, 1966, 1967, 19. The idea for “Christopher Street Liberation Day,” which is what the pride parade was originally called, first gained support at a regional LGBT movement conference held in Philadelphia in November 1969, five months after the Stonewall Riots. What are the origins of the pride parade? To commemorate that milestone, we asked San Francisco State University Professor of History Marc Stein - author of “The Stonewall Riots: A Documentary History” (NYU Press) - about the origins of the parade, how it’s advanced the gay rights movement and where the movement and parade go from here.
That’s why 2020 marks the 50th anniversary for LGBTQ pride parades: The now-common celebrations began the year after Stonewall. Last year marked the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, the protests against oppressive police tactics that helped mobilize and transform the gay liberation movement.
