Below are major points of coverage and a recommended reading list from The New York Times: 1970 “ Militant Homosexuals to Stage March to Central Park Today” "Thousands of young men and women homosexuals from all over the Northeast marched from Greenwich Village to the Sheep Meadow in Central Park yesterday, proclaiming "the new strength and pride of the gay people." 1972 “ March is Staged by Homosexuals Gay Groups Press Campaign for Acceptance Here” "Thousands of homosexuals are expected to march from Christopher Street to the Sheep Meadow this afternoon to mark the second anniversary of a movement known to them as the “‘Gay Revolution’" 1976 “ Thousands Join in March For Homosexuals' Rights” "Thousands of homosexuals yesterday paraded along the Avenue of the Americas, from Greenwich Village to Central Park, in the seventh annual march for homosexuals' rights.” 1977 “ Homosexuals March for Equal Rights” "Waving placards and chanting rallying cries, a vast sea of homosexual men and women marched up Fifth Avenue under bobbing banners of liberation yesterday in what many called the largest homosexual rights demonstration ever held in New York City." 1978 “ Thousands March Up Fifth Ave.
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The details of the map were pulled primarily from The New York Times archive. And by 1989, it’s a “Traffic Alert.” A further exploration into the language changes over time through Ngram and Google Trends and shows the progress – at least in language – the US has made in understanding LGBT rights. The New York Times covered the 1971 parade with the headline, “Militant Homosexuals Stage March in Central Park,” the 1982 event, “Pride and Joy at Homosexual Parade,” and 1990: “Throngs Cheer at Gay and Lesbian March.” Over time, the word “homosexual” is replaced by “gay,” and “acceptance” evolves into “rights,” showing clearly the trend towards, well, acceptance. In conducting research for this map, a major finding was the change in language used by the media to cover the parade over four decades. Today, with the Supreme Court declaring gay marriage is a right, the one-million strong parade is a symbol of freedom, civil rights and joy for LGBT New Yorkers – and visitors from every part of the world.
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For the next forty years, the parade has grown and shifted routes through politics and tragedy into the event it is today. In 1973, the parade was called a “better-organized event” in The New York Times it proceeded from Central Park with 20,000 marchers down Seventh Avenue to Washington Square Park ending in a large rally ( video). The parade was launched as a 2,000-person march in 1970 to mark the anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, with chants of “Say it loud, gay is proud.” Initially, it flowed north from Christopher Street to Central Park, but has shifted routes over the decades as it grown and responded to new trends and regulations.
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New York’s annual Heritage of Pride Parade, scheduled for Sunday, June 25, has been a central part of New York’s cultural life for the past 45 years. As posted by the NY Observer, we've created a map that details the start and rally points as the parade has evolved in its forty-five years: