1 of 28
The Stonewall riots occurred in the early hours of June 28, 1969 in response to a police raid on the Stonewall Inn, a New York City bar that served openly gay customers. Wikimedia
2 of 28
The Gay Liberation Front picketing at the Time-Life Building in New York, in response to a 1969 article that emphasized the effeminate side of homosexuality to the exclusion of everyone else in the community. New York Public Library
3 of 28
The Gay Liberation Front urging Time magazine to not attempt to dictate morality in New York, 1969. New York Public Library
4 of 28
Three participants in the Gay Liberation Front march on Times Square, New York City, 1969. New York Public Library
5 of 28
The Gay Liberation Front marches on Times Square, New York City, 1969. New York Public Library
6 of 28
A demonstrator named Donna Gottschalk holds a poster reading "I am your worst fear, I am your best fantasy" at the Christopher Street Gay Liberation Day parade in New York, 1970. New York Public Library
7 of 28
Child holding poster "But would you want your daughter to marry one?" New York Public Library
8 of 28
Marsha P. Johnson — gay liberation and AIDS activist — hands out flyers for support of gay students at N.Y.U. during the Weinstein Hall Demonstration in 1970. New York Public Library
9 of 28
Demonstrators Tom Doerr and Marty Robinson in 1970 during the Gay Activists Alliance sit-in at New York State Republican headquarters in NYC.New York Public Library
10 of 28
Participants in the Christopher Street Liberation Day march, 1970. New York Public Library
11 of 28
Martha Shelley sells the Gay Liberation Front paper in 1970 during the Weinstein Hall demonstration at New York University.New York Public Library
12 of 28
Frank Kameny (left), an American gay rights activist and first openly gay candidate to run for Congress. Pictured with Hernan Figueroa, 1971. New York Public Library
13 of 28
Signs displayed on Christopher Street Liberation Day, June 20, 1971. New York Public Library
14 of 28
Christopher Street Liberation Day, June 20, 1971. New York Public Library
15 of 28
The 1971 march on Albany in New York. New York Public Library
16 of 28
A woman at the gay rights demonstration, Albany, New York, 1971. New York Public Library
17 of 28
A poster imploring the government to stay out of people's bedrooms seen at Christopher Street Liberation Day in 1971.New York Public Library
18 of 28
Marchers on Christopher Street Liberation Day in 1971. New York Public Library
19 of 28
Women march to support writer and activist Kate Millett's battle with Time magazine, which had publicly outed Millett as bisexual.New York Public Library
20 of 28
Crowd with "Straights for Gays" sign, at the Philadelphia gay pride rally and march, 1972.New York Public Library
21 of 28
Barbara Gittings, a prominent American activist for gay equality, talks to a reporter at the Philadelphia gay pride rally, 1972.New York Public Library
22 of 28
Representatives of the Gay Activists Alliance of New Jersey at the "Hold Hands" demonstration, 1973.New York Public Library
23 of 28
People gather in support of passing the 1973 "Intro 475" gay rights bill at City Hall in New York. New York Public Library
24 of 28
Kady Van Deurs, author and activist, and Marsha P. Johnson at a rally for "Intro 475" in 1973. New York Public Library
25 of 28
A 1976 gay rights demonstration at the Democratic National Convention, New York City. Wikimedia Commons
26 of 28
Harvey Milk, the first openly gay person to be elected to public office in California sitting in front of Castro Camera on Castro Street in San Francisco, 1977. Milk would be assassinated by a colleague in November 1978. Flickr/HARVEY MILK ARCHIVES-SCOTT SMITH COLLECTION, HORMEL GAY & LESBIAN CENTER, SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC LIBRARY.
27 of 28
In an event which would later become known as the White Night riots, rioters outside San Francisco City Hall the evening of May 21, 1979. These demonstrators came in response to the voluntary manslaughter verdict of Dan White, who killed Harvey Milk and George Moscone. This conviction ensured White would serve only five years for the double murders of two gay rights heroes.Wikimedia Commons
28 of 28
Like this gallery?
Share it:
