Pride Parades by Katherine BruceISBN: 9781479803613
Publication Date: 2016
On June 28, 1970, two thousand gay and lesbian activists in New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago paraded down the streets of their cities in a new kind of social protest, one marked by celebration, fun, and unashamed declaration of a stigmatized identity. Forty-five years later, over six million people annually participate in 115 Pride parades across the United States. Pride Parades tells the story of Pride from its beginning in 1970 to 2010, weaving together interviews, archival reports, quantitative data, and ethnographic observations at six diverse contemporary parades.