The first Pride march in New York City took place in 1970, the year after the Stonewall Riots. And while the meaning or “purpose†of Pride may have shifted and changed over the years depending on America’s political and social climate at the time, visibility of LGBTQ people ― their identities and their relationships ― have always been at the heart of it.
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