![]() | Pride Parades: How a Parade Changed the World Subjects: Gay pride parades -- United States -- History; Gay liberation movement -- United States -- History; Gays -- United States -- History; Multiculturalism -- United States -- History; On June 28, 1970, two thousand gay and lesbian activists in New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago paraded down the streets of their cities in a new kind of social protest, one marked by celebration, fun, and unashamed declaration of a stigmatized identity. Forty-five years later, over six million people annually participate in 115 Pride parades across the United States. They march with church congregations and college gay-straight alliance groups, perform dance routines and marching band numbers, and gather with friends to cheer from the sidelines. Bruce Katherine McFarland : Katherine McFarland Bruce is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Salem College in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. |
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