The First Gay Pride March
Clip: Season 23 Episode 9 | 2mVideo has Closed Captions
Remembering the first gay pride march, held one year after the Stonewall riots.
Organizers of the first gay pride march had low expectations. Here, they remember the march, held in New York City, one year after the Stonewall riots, in June 1969.
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The First Gay Pride March
Clip: Season 23 Episode 9 | 2mVideo has Closed Captions
Organizers of the first gay pride march had low expectations. Here, they remember the march, held in New York City, one year after the Stonewall riots, in June 1969.
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