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.