Lesbian and Gay Pride, 1987

Lesbian and Gay Pride Marches were community affairs in the early days. There were no barriers between the viewers and the marchers. Often marchers would spot friends on the sidelines and stop to talk and watch the march for a while, rejoining the march when other friends or interesting groups passed by. Similarly, people who started out watching would spot friends and join the march. Thus there was a fluidity to the event and no clear distinction between observer and participant – everybody was part of the community. Also, as this was a community event, people marched as individuals or as members of community organizations or ad hoc groups (e.g., Fags Against Facial Hair). The only corporate floats represented bars, not huge international corporations. 00:37- David Laurence 01:01- Rap Groups (This is ambiguous. I’m not sure if they are AIDS rap groups or Lesbian and Gay Rap Groups. In any case, they were groups where people got together to talk about political and personal issues, not musical performers.) 01:04- SAGE (Senior Action in a Gay Environment) 01:23- Steve Ault 01:40- New Alliance Party 02:32- Ron Grunewald 02:38- Front Runners 02:56- David Feinberg 03:01- GMHC (Gay Men’s Health Crisis) 03:20- AREA (American Run for the End of AIDS) 03:59- GLAAD (Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Discrimination) 04:00- Mark Fotopoulos 04:27- Aner Candelario 04:40- Patrick Gillis 05:26- PWAC (People with AIDS Coalition), Michael Callen, Michael Hirsch 07:21- David Laurence, Michael McMahon 07:42- Mace Anderson