And then we went home and went to work, inspired by our experience of those marches. We came out (literally) into the streets. But here’s why all of these marches were so crucial. Let me rush right out and change the laws immediately”? No, of course not. From local marches, we went on to national marches on Washington.ĭid those marches end discrimination? Did politicians say “Oh, I get it. We were out in the streets to end injustice and violence, against our communities and all other oppressed people. The first Christopher Street Liberation Day March in 1970, and subsequent marches for years thereafter, demanded freedom.
LGBTQ communities across the United States and around the world are taking to the streets - a riot of visibility, colorful and noisy, but signifying what?
