this new organization rose out of the ashes of the stonewall like a phoenix. the gay liberation front was the first political group to come out of stonewall that replicated nationally. in early meetings, one woman said that she wanted to be able to walk down the street, hold her lover s hand, and be safe. another woman said she wanted to get married. and we all laughed. it seemed like such a crazy idea. one year after the stonewall riots, on june 28th, 1970, the first christopher street liberation day march was held with a city-issued permit and under the protection of the nypd. one of those officers was james dillon. our captain, he said, report to christopher 6th. some kind of parade, demonstration. we arrived down there. and it was this very large collection of people who, to our eyes, we looked and said, people are gay.
of the ashes of the stonewall like a phoenix. the gay liberation front was the first political group to come out of stonewall that replicated nationally. in early meetings, one woman said that she wanted to be able to walk down the street, hold her lover s hand, and be safe. another woman said she wanted to get married. and we all laughed. it seemed like such a crazy idea. one year after the stonewall riots, on june 28th, 1970, the first christopher street liberation day march was held with a city-issued permit and under the protection of the nypd. one of those officers was james dill dillon. our captain, he said, report to christopher 6th. some kind of parade, demonstration. we arrived down there. and it was this very large collection of people who, to our eyes, we looked and said, people