LGBT
Related: About this forumVintage photos of the first LGBT marches in U.S.
There were no openly gay politicians. No TV show had any identifiably gay characters. It was legal to fire gay men or women, and deny them housing.
When Hollywood made a film with a major homosexual character, the character was either killed or killed himself.
There were no openly gay policemen, public school teachers, doctors, or lawyers.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2351896/When-gay-pride-wore-shirt-tie-barely-rainbow-colored-feather-sight.html
There's more at the link!
William769
(55,148 posts)Just a FYI: It still is legal to fire gay men or women, and deny them housing in the majority of the United States.
stevenleser
(32,886 posts)It starts at 14:18 here http://www.blogtalkradio.com/lesersense/2013/06/30/making-sense-with-steve-leser--issa-supreme-court-more
and I discuss ENDA and related topics starting at 17:40
xchrom
(108,903 posts)Fearless
(18,421 posts)skydive forever
(448 posts)on the guy holding the big sign. To think I used to wear things just like that.
Amimnoch
(4,558 posts)Those who marched when there was real danger to their person in doing so. Changing more and more each year!
marginlized
(357 posts)I remember Pride Parade in 1972, driving around downtown SF trying to FIND THE PARADE!
And "Mom, Guess What" became the masthead for a local newsmagazine in '78:
http://mgwnews.angelfire.com/innerfront.html
Maybe one of the original publishers had seen this photo or was there.
AZ Progressive
(3,411 posts)To do a gay pride march back then when gay people were treated as pests by the government, when gay people were "exposed" on newspapers after a bar arrest and subsequently fired from their jobs, when police departments had a "Public Morals Squad" and actively oppressed the gay community, when being outed could lead to being ostracized from mainstream society, when one could be institutionalized for being gay, when it was illegal to do any act deemed homosexual (including dance together and wear opposite sex clothing) in even New York City, when the FBI was keeping lists of "known homosexuals", when the general atmosphere toward lgbt people was extreme hostility and a gay / lesbian person who outed them self was taking extreme risks.