The " International Stonewall-25 Committee" incredulously referred to the community as " L.G.B.D.T."?! "STONEWALL 25" Brochure of the 'Official' "L.G.B.D.T." March on Marches converged at the main entrance on West 59th Street to Central ParkĮvolve into the biggest Gay Pride Rally in history "Spirit of Stonewall" led by the STONEWALL Veterans' Association and the "Stonewall 25" The Gay people and allies not the corporate money interests. There is a "Stonewall 25"! This alternative march was clearly for Of the veterans of the Stonewall Rebellion - the unquestionable sole "S/W-25" committee, ACT-UP had the approach representing inclusion One Diana Ross & The Supremes' song of the original STONEWALL ClubĪCT-UP (AIDS Coalition To Unleash Power),ĭriving force in making this alternate Gay Pride March happen. This monumental event in a word, to quote a number Tires and the white leather interior popularly known as theĬar". Led by the historic blue 1969 convertible with the big whitewall " Stonewall Car" and the SVA's trailer car, a Mustang convertible owned by S/W vet 'Papa' Jean Devente, for SVA-ers' personal effects, supplies, wallets, etc. Time! Uniquely, this march had only one main vehicle the classic and famous 1969 The " Spirit of Stonewall March" did happen Norman, inįact, has been a multiple guest speaker at S.V.A. Publicly-admitted admirer of the S.V.A., helped, too. Giuliani and NYCPD Police Commissioner Bill BrattonĪre the two people who ultimately made eveything possible.Ī former head of the Legal Aid Society and a Happen one way or another, with or without arrests. Henderson,ĭeclared and promised that the march would Of its founder and elected president Willson L. Gay Pride march that virtually everyone said organizations! Not one international G.L.B.T. Political Coalition and the PRIDE Democrats of New York City - and Kings of Greater New York ("IQKNY"), the G.L.B.T. Sponsored by the STONEWALL Rebellion VeteransĪssociation ("S.V.A."), the AIDS Coalition To Way up Fifth Avenue and into Central Park at the Avenue of the AmericasĮntrance - was the real Stonewall March! This historic march was Greenwich Village and then, from the Washington Square Arch, all the Street across Waverly Place through part of
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Saw not one but two Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender The historic 25th anniversary of the 1969 When Fellow Gays Shamefully Ignore the legendary Stonewall Veterans, There's a Price - or Two - to Pay!! People as to Why there were Ultimnately Two MarchesĪ.k.a.
Wicker, a Gay pioneer and active supporter of the S.V.A., created theĪlthough investigated by the NYCPD and ad hoc committees, remainsĪ mystery and an enigma, just like the transgendered life of Prior near the Gay people's Christopher Street pier. charter member and Gay Village character, Stonewall vet andįound floating dead in the Hudson River after "Stonewall-23" just Towering Trump Tower and in the distance on the right is theĮmpire State Building, both on Fifth Avenue. Scene above was a multi-media street press conference and a York City Police Department ("NYCPD") police uniforms. In the Stonewall Era! 'Blue' is derived from the color of the New Reference to "Alice Bluegown" (code term meaning the The IQKNY, wearing a spaghetti strap blue gown. Germany! Behind Andy is Stonewall veteran Beverly Bluegown, The openly-Gay fellow in the car 'riding shotgun' wearing the rainbow O'Brien ("JOB"), also of AIDS Coalition To Unleash Power QUEENS & Kings of Greater New York ("IQKNY"), and John Pictured above are two members of the STONEWALL Rebellion VeteransĪssociation ("S.V.A."): grandly Queen Allyson
Huge march as shown is almost at its completion on upper FifthĪvenue prior to arriving at the 'front doors' of Central Park. March" ("SOS") celebrating the remarkable 25thĪnniversary of the 1969 Stonewall Rebellion on Sunday, June 26th, 1994.