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1977 New York Gay Rights Demonstration
1media/Screen Shot 2023-04-03 at 3.14.51 PM_thumb.png2023-04-03T22:15:29+00:00Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a4911A gay-rights demonstration in New York's Greenwich Village, June 8, 1977. The decade of the 1970s, represent a remarkable period of transformation for gays and lesbians, particularly those living in America's coastal cities. At its core, that transformation was about visibility. During those years, there was the first gay television movie; a sexy on-screen kiss between two men in Sunday, Blood Sunday; and the release of Cabaret, which has been hailed as the first movie that "really celebrated homosexuality." There were gains in politics too: Edward Koch, then serving in Congress, "became one of the first elected officials to publicly lobby on behalf of the homosexuals of Greenwich Village," Kaiser writes. Gay Pride Week was established.plain2023-04-03T22:15:29+00:00June 8, 1977Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a49