Support Pride Events in 2014
Re-posted July 27, 2014
Pride parades (also known as pride marches, pride events, and pride festivals) are annual events celebrating the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community, culture and pride. These events may also serve as demonstrations for legal rights such as same-sex marriage.
Click here to see when Pride events will be held in your area
Click here to see when Pride events will be held in your area
The notion of a Pride march began back in 1969. Later that year, on November 2, 1969 during a meeting of the Eastern Regional Conference of Homophile Organizations (ERCHO) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Craig Rodwell and his partner Fred Sargeant, along with Ellen Broidy and Linda Rhodes proposed the first Gay Pride demonstration to be held in New York City by way of a resolution that read, in part:
"That the Annual Reminder, in order to be more relevant, reach a greater number of people, and encompass the ideas and ideals of the larger struggle in which we are engaged - that of our fundamental human rights - be moved both in time and location.
We propose that a demonstration be held annually on the last Saturday in June in New York City to commemorate the 1969 spontaneous demonstrations on Christopher Street and this demonstration be called CHRISTOPHER STREET LIBERATION DAY. No dress or age regulations shall be made for this demonstration."
“Christopher Street Liberation Day” commemorated the police raid on the Stonewall Inn on Christopher Street in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of New York City. The Stonewall Inn was a gay bar that 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. During the early morning of Saturday, June 28, 1969, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning persons rioted in response to that police raid.
One year following the "Stonewall Riot", the very first Pride march was held on June 28, 1970 and covered the 51 blocks from Christopher Street at the Stonewall Inn to New York’s Central Park. The march took less than half the scheduled time due to excitement, but also due to wariness about walking through the city with gay banners and signs. Although the parade permit was delivered only two hours before the start of the march, the marchers encountered little resistance from onlookers.
Thankfully, 44-years later, we see widespread acceptance of the LGBT community and support of their human rights, including the legal right to marry. Today, people from all walks of life participate in Pride marches and parades that are now held around the world celebrating the history, courage, contributions, diversity and future of the LGBT community.
Unifor participated in this year's World Pride held in Toronto on June 29. And Unifor and its Locals have and are participating in Pride events all across Canada in 2014. Click here to see when Pride events will be held in your area
Unifor, Canada's largest Private Sector Union, is committed to representing all Unifor members and creating safer and fairer workplaces for LGBT union members. We are proud to be a union for everyone. Together we stand in solidarity and pride.
Click here and visit the Unifor Pride Facebook page
"That the Annual Reminder, in order to be more relevant, reach a greater number of people, and encompass the ideas and ideals of the larger struggle in which we are engaged - that of our fundamental human rights - be moved both in time and location.
We propose that a demonstration be held annually on the last Saturday in June in New York City to commemorate the 1969 spontaneous demonstrations on Christopher Street and this demonstration be called CHRISTOPHER STREET LIBERATION DAY. No dress or age regulations shall be made for this demonstration."
“Christopher Street Liberation Day” commemorated the police raid on the Stonewall Inn on Christopher Street in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of New York City. The Stonewall Inn was a gay bar that 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. During the early morning of Saturday, June 28, 1969, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning persons rioted in response to that police raid.
One year following the "Stonewall Riot", the very first Pride march was held on June 28, 1970 and covered the 51 blocks from Christopher Street at the Stonewall Inn to New York’s Central Park. The march took less than half the scheduled time due to excitement, but also due to wariness about walking through the city with gay banners and signs. Although the parade permit was delivered only two hours before the start of the march, the marchers encountered little resistance from onlookers.
Thankfully, 44-years later, we see widespread acceptance of the LGBT community and support of their human rights, including the legal right to marry. Today, people from all walks of life participate in Pride marches and parades that are now held around the world celebrating the history, courage, contributions, diversity and future of the LGBT community.
Unifor participated in this year's World Pride held in Toronto on June 29. And Unifor and its Locals have and are participating in Pride events all across Canada in 2014. Click here to see when Pride events will be held in your area
Unifor, Canada's largest Private Sector Union, is committed to representing all Unifor members and creating safer and fairer workplaces for LGBT union members. We are proud to be a union for everyone. Together we stand in solidarity and pride.
Click here and visit the Unifor Pride Facebook page
