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1media/Screen Shot 2023-04-03 at 3.27.20 PM_thumb.png2023-04-03T22:27:43+00:00Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a4911Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera at the 1973 Christopher Street Liberation Day Parade in New York City. The term was reclaimed by lesbians within the women’s movement in 1970 who demanded inclusion and recognition. Some staff members from NOW resigned from their jobs to join the group. That same year members of the Lavender Menace disrupted the Second Congress to Unite Women, a conference sponsored by NOW by cutting the lights and changing into shirts with the name “lavender menace” on them, Lesbian rights were included in NOW’s six key issues in 1971 and in 1977, Betty Friedan apologized for her previous remarks and actively supported a resolution against sexual preference discrimination.plain2023-04-03T22:27:43+00:001973Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a49