The photo was by Steve Fleming, assistant coordinator of carnival lot decor. On steps, left to right, John Toy, raffles chair David Schwinkendorf, circus coordinator Pat Rocco, carnival and circus chair John Walsh, food concessions chair Sharon Tobin, secretary Morris Kight, parade theme chair, and Patricia Underwood, treasurer. A changing tide was within the LGBTQ+ community.Part of the CSW Board in 1976: Lower foreground, Sharon Cornelison, president Terry “Spider” Luton, vice president.
The next year, they were successful in convincing a panel of doctors to change the definition in the DSM.
In 1972, Barbara Gittings (from the Daughters of Bilitis) and Frank Kameny (from the Mattachine Society) tried to raise awareness for the medical definition of homosexuality of which was defined as a mental disorder in the DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, the medical dictionary). The furor gained by the Stonewall Uprising also helped public opinion begin to change in the medical community as well. The symbols for LGBTQ+ Pride began to change as well, from the pink triangle to the rainbow flag, which was debuted by Gilbert Baker in 1978. London, Berlin, and Zurich had pride marches in the ‘70s, and more would occur in the future decades. This wasn’t exclusive to the United States: the events at Stonewall were a watershed event for this new kind of pride all over the world. In the ‘70s, the United States would see more and more Pride parades pop up in major cities like Philadelphia, Washington D. Something was growing within the community, and it was much more public than ever before. By the time they reached their Central Park destination, their numbers swelled to over 10,000 participants. Not knowing what to expect from the public and the police, the participants in the march that stepped off in Greenwich Village numbered about 200 people. On June 28, 1970, participants, organizers, and the public stepped out on the streets in New York City, Chicago, and Los Angeles to be loud, to be proud, and to show the public who they were. The old approach in the Annual Reminders and other early picket marches of dressing in suits and dresses with no displays of public affection was no longer accepted. Johnson) rejected their predecessors and often had more radical goals. Groups like the Gay Liberation Front, the Lavender Menace, and STAR (Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries, created by Silvia Rivera and Marsha P. The term “Gay Liberation” had new meaning within the LGBTQ+ community after the Stonewall uprising. This became more like the marches for what we see today, as compared to the events, like the Annual Reminders, in the previous decade. The events of the previous decades created the backdrop for the creation of the first modern pride march. We didn’t know how we were going to be received and we were pretty much hoping for the best and that is what we got.”-Fred Sargeant, Interview with Pridecast 2014 “We had a lot of questions starting but we didn’t even have our permit until that morning, so things were very much up in the air. Photo by Diana Davies / New York Public Library To mark the anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising the previous year, gay activists organized a march from Washington Place to Central Park on June 28, 1970. Men holding ‘Christopher Street Gay Liberation Day 1970’ banner while walking down the middle of the street in NYC.