Images from the Liberation Movement

Marchers gather on Christopher Street for the first Gay Liberation parade in 1970, courtesy of the Leonard Fink Collection of the LGBT Community Center National History Archive.

Members of the Matachine Society march in the first gay liberation parade in New York City in 1970.  courtesy of the Leonard Fink Collection of the LGBT Community Center National History Archive.

A crowd of marchers converge on New York City's Central Park during the Christopher Street Liberation Day parade in 1971. From the Rudy Grillo Collection of the LGBT Community Center National History Archive.

Members of Youth Against War and Fascism, Gay Caucus, hand out information in Central Park during the 1978 Gay Pride march. From the Rudy Grillo Collection of the LGBT Community Center National History Archive.