(Phil Velasquez/Chicago Tribune and handout photo)įirst Gay Pride Parade in the U.S.: More a march than a parade, the city's Gay Liberation Movement staged its first rally and procession as part of Gay Pride Week on June 27, 1970. Crilly Court in the Old Town Triangle neighborhood was designated a National Historic Landmark.
He was never convicted, but the publicity (including a newspaper headline reading 'Strange Sex Cult Exposed') led to his firing for conduct unbecoming a postal worker. (Bebeto Matthews/AP)Ĭhicago's role in the gay rights movementįirst American gay-rights group founded here: In 1924, postal clerk Henry Gerber formed the Society for Human Rights. The Stonewall Inn, shown in 2016, in New York's Greenwich Village. It's considered a critical moment in the gay-rights movement.įormer President Barack Obama designated a 7.7-acre area - including the tavern and a small park across the street - the first national monument to gay rights in 2016.
LGBT Pride Month commemorates the June 1969 Stonewall riots in New York's Greenwich Village, which began when patrons at a gay bar, the Stonewall Inn, violently resisted a police raid. Brief history of gay rights in Chicago Why are gay rights celebrated in June?
