These Pictures Capture The Energy And Excitement Of Pride In The ’70s

The New York City Pride March reaches a police line, 1971.

Left: View along Sixth Avenue as hundreds of people march toward Central Park, June 26, 1975. Right: A couple kiss on Sixth Avenue, June 26, 1975.

A couple embrace during the New York City Pride March, 1971.

Parents march with their children, June 30, 1974.

People parade through Manhattan, 1971.

A group of men dressed in leather cross 32nd Street and Fifth Avenue, 1979.

Left: Demonstrators holding signs from DignityUSA, a national Catholic LGBT organization, pause in front of St. Patrick’s Cathedral, 1977. Right: A marcher makes his way down Fifth Avenue, 1979.

Members of the Buffalo Radical Lesbians group take part in Pride, 1971.

People march down Fifth Avenue, June 27, 1977.

A group of women march through the streets during Pride, 1971.

Left: A parade attendee poses for the camera, 1971. Right: A man wears a fur loincloth and fur cuffs, 1979.

Couples embrace and kiss in Central Park after the march, 1975.

Demonstrators make their way down Fifth Avenue during Pride, June 27, 1971.

A couple in Central Park after Pride, June 26, 1975.

Marchers congregate before Pride, 1971.

Marchers carry a «Female Liberation» banner through the city streets, 1971.

People dance in New York’s Central Park following the march, 1971.

Onlookers watch the march from the curb on Sixth Avenue as a roller skater rides in the street, June 26, 1975.

Members of the Gay Activists Alliance take part in Pride, 1971. Behind them is the organization’s Washington, DC, chapter.