“If no one knew I was gay before, they certainly did then.”

“This was the last pride that took place prior to the pandemic.”

“Pride is such a great time to celebrate us, be around our people and acknowledge gay culture!”

“I tagged along in my fully clothed state, awed by their audacity.”

With increasing transgender visibility came conservative backlash at both the state and national levels.

In the 2000s, the battle for marriage equality took center stage.

The 1990s was wrought with setbacks, but visibility and support continued to grow.

The horror of AIDS brought with it a fiercer, angrier, more urgent activism.

The 1970s were a tumultuous decade filled with protests and marches.

In 1965, 40 brave souls marched outside Independence Hall to demand legal equality for the gay community in what would become known as the “Annual Reminders.”