Poster with the word “Gay” repeated six times in faded red ink, the last mention preceded by the words “Christopher Street Liberation Day” and information about activities taking place on June 28, 1970

Poster for first Christopher Street Liberation Day
ca. 1970
International Gay Information Center Collection, Manuscripts and Archives Division

Poster for first Christopher Street Liberation Day

This poster is from the first Christopher Street Liberation Day march held in New York City on June 28, 1970, the predecessor of current LGBTQ+ Pride marches. Previously, LGBTQ+ activists in the 1960s had organized annual “Reminder” marches at Independence Hall in Philadelphia calling for equal rights. These were small protests with carefully orchestrated signs and a dress code. In 1970 the annual protest moved to New York City to help commemorate the first anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising. Inspired by the radical politics of the 1960s, thousands attended the new Christopher Street Liberation Day march, marking the arrival of a new generation of LGBTQ+ activists demanding not just rights, but liberation.

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