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. More information about the parade and the app can be found online.History File:Stonewall Inn 5 pride weekend 2016.jpg A new SF Pride app will be available in May as well.
The full lineup of people and events will be announced “in the near future,” said the organizers. The stages will include Trans Stage, Latin Stage, Homo Hip-Hop, Urban Global Village, API LGBT Stage, Soul of Pride, and a Sober Drag Show. 200 parade contingents have signed up along with more than 20 community-run stages and venues, according to Pride 52’s media spokesperson. This year’s festivities will include rallies, stages and the famous parade. Pride 52’s theme is “Love Will Keep Us Together,” sure to put the Captain and Tennille in the heads of anyone born before 1980. We have awaited a long time and now it’s finally here!”
“We are welcoming thousands of LGBTQ+ family members from across our diverse communities to dance, sing and love each other like never before. “We are looking forward to celebrating with the entire city in June,” said Carolyn Wysinger, president of the SF Pride Board of Directors. Sadly, the 50th anniversary of the celebration had to be canceled due to the pandemic, but the organizers promise to make up for lost time - and fun. The 52nd Annual San Francisco Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Pride Celebration and Parade will take place on Saturday and Sunday, June 25 and 26. The San Francisco Pride Board of Directors announced that the city’s annual Pride Parade will return after a two-year COVID-19 hiatus.