Perry recalled the Los Angeles Police Chief Edward M. They named their organization Christopher Street West, "as ambiguous as we could be." But Rev. But securing a permit from the city was no easy task. They settled on a parade down Hollywood Boulevard. In Los Angeles, Morris Kight (Gay Liberation Front LA founder), Reverend Troy Perry (Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches founder) and Reverend Bob Humphries (United States Mission founder) gathered to plan a commemoration. The West Coast of the United States saw a march in Los Angeles on Jand a march and 'Gay-in' in San Francisco. Subsequent Chicago parades have been held on the last Sunday of June, coinciding with the date of many similar parades elsewhere. The date was chosen because the Stonewall events began on the last Saturday of June and because organizers wanted to reach the maximum number of Michigan Avenue shoppers. On Saturday, June 27, 1970, Chicago Gay Liberation organized a march from Washington Square Park ("Bughouse Square") to the Water Tower at the intersection of Michigan and Chicago avenues, which was the route originally planned, and then many of the participants spontaneously marched on to the Civic Center (now Richard J. Template:Nonspecific The Stonewall Inn was a gay bar which catered to an assortment of patrons, but which was popular with the most marginalized people in the gay community: transvestites, transgender people, effeminate young men, hustlers, and homeless youth. Įarly on the morning of Saturday June 28, 1969, lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender persons rioted following a police raid on the Stonewall Inn in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of New York City. The Stonewall Inn, New York City, site of the June 1969 riots which spawned the gay rights movement and pride parades around the world.
My favorite was the box giving out free “Gay San Diego” newspapers. In fact just about anywhere the festivities were being advertised. We plastered many street poles and “No Parking Pride Parade” signs. At times it was almost impossible to walk. The place was packed with revelers making merry. I must say this, yours truly was a bit nervous. Then we started our stealth stickering on University Avenue in Hillcrest, which is San Diego’s version of San Francisco’s Castro. ” First we all enjoyed a great meal and conversation. On Friday, July 12, eve of San Diego’s gay pride parade, 5 intrepid FIST lesbians sallied forth to put up stickers.