Site 1: Jacques Cabaret and The Other Side (79 Broadway) We celebrate the awakening of a vigorous gay pride and self-respect.' We and others across the nation commemorate that event this June. They stood up when the Stonewall Bar on Christopher Street was raided.
The Flyer: 'Two years ago on June 27, homosexuals in New York City for the first time refused OPPRESSION AS USUAL. This walking tour follows the route of Boston's first Gay Pride March in 1971 and offers information about different services, community organizations, issues, and individuals related to this route. We demand an end to this now! We will not be put down any longer.' Speaker Laura McMurry told the throng, As gay people, we have been given a second-class citizenship. When the marchers arrived at the State House, a call was issued to include homosexuals in civil rights legislation and eliminate anti-sodomy statutes dating from Puritan times. At each stop, a speaker presented a list of demands. The march route encompassed four major stops: the Bay Village bar Jacques, Boston police headquarters on Berkeley Street, the State House on Beacon Hill, and St. This was a distinctly political event that was preceded by a full week of workshops on various issues affecting the emerging gay community, such as coming out and gay spirituality. The first official Gay Pride March in Boston was held on Saturday, June 26, 1971.
