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This article revolves all around the iconic photo of Donna Gottschalk at the Christopher Street Ga Liberation March in 1970. It chronicles the events leading up to the creation of the march and the evolution of rights for the LGBT community as well as the 40th anniversary in 2009.

This site gives the history of the 1970 Christopher Street march where the famous photograph of Donna Gottschalk was taken. A need for safety, both physical and political was needed for the City's homosexual community and they came together to march for their rights. From this start in 1970 many advances in Gay Pride and Gay Rights became possible.

Truth in Progress is a website dedicated to the exploration of the civil rights histories, including both black and LGBT perspectives. The site invites participation as its members travel the country to document experiences regarding sexual orientation, racial issues, and religion and how these topics intersect with one another. The video "Stonewall and Christopher Street" is a short video discussing how the gay liberation parade where Donna Gottschalk was photographed, and the the Stonewall riots have become "memorialized" worldwide. Although many other significant moments occurred in the history of the gay rights movement, these two in particular have become "symbolic" for the LGBT community and others interested in its history. The speaker points out how Stonewall is often viewed as the beginning of the movement though other important steps came earlier.

This article from The Village Voice recounts the very first Christopher Street Gay Liberation Day Parade (where the image we are discussing this week was taken) and provides interesting information about the way that homosexuals/lesbians were viewed at that time.

This a first hand account of the very first Gay Pride March on JUne 28, 1970 in NYC. It captures the emotion of the day and the times. The author speaks of the evolution in the Gay RIghts movement from the silent, conformist protests that preceded Stonewall to the the more radical, self expressive movement.

This is a first-person account, written by Fred Sargeant, about the memory of the Christopher Street Liberation Day in 1970. The conception of the march, the sharing of the plan and recruitment, the rules and guidelines of appearance, behavior, and props for the event, and the expectations and execution of the plan to be noticed and heard as a community are shared in this article.

This article gives a perspective on the progress of the Gay Rights movement from the perspective of a newer member to the marches. They reflect on the early start for liberation in 1965 and the first Gay Rights marches in 1970. This was a chance for many of the sub groups to join together to strengthen their cause and how far that cause has come today.

This site gives a little background on the photographer, Diana Davies who documented the 1970 Christopher Street Gay Pride march. She was known for documenting many causes and festivals during her career as a photographer. Her photographs provide a historical documentation of the early days of the Gay Rights movement.

Unfortunately there are still those who believe others do not have a right to personal freedom and rights. Those who think anyone opposed to the norm are sinners. The first target of this site is the picture from the Christopher Street Gay Pride march in 1970. This site reaffirms the continued need for people to fight for their freedom and equal rights and the understanding of others.

This site explains many components of the Stonewall Riots. I kept reading that this event occurred the year before, and was a huge motivation for, the Christopher Street Gay Liberation Day. It quotes a part chanted by the girls apart of the riots, speaks on how sexuality and its changes and expansions led to the formation of a subculture, and the beginning of gay rights and activism.

This site shows photos of gay men holding up banners just like the banner that Donna Gottschalk held. Their banner read "Christopher Street Gay Liberation Day." This was the first of many more celebrations to come. Its 2013 about to be 2014 and the parade is still rocking. I work in a predominately gay area and every year I witness people coming from the annual parade. Now I wonder if these new participants know their history.

In the 1970s, people have came together to raise awareness of gay and lesbian issues. These groups have struggled for civil rights by exercising their freedom of speech at places such as National Mall and Memorial Parks. on June 27, 1969 in New York City, when police attempted to raid a gay bar, enforcing state or city laws that restricted most behavior and dress for lesbians and homosexuals. That night the customers of Stonewall Inn, a bar on Christopher Street, fought back for personal rights in a riot that became symbolic for civil rights. Many consider this event the beginning of the gay rights movement. The article relates to the image as Donna Gottschalk was a lesbian feminist fighting for gay rights as well as women equality.

This site shows how the Pride Movement has grown beyond the initial riots. There is now an annual parade that takes place on June 28, (the day of the Stonewall Riots). The parade is held on Christopher Street in NYC. There is also a blog that keeps viewers abreast of current events in the LGBT community.

This is just a short clip of various angles of the march on Gay Liberation Day. In black and white, it shows the multitude of attendees and a few people up close.

A report, released by the UN Office for the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in Geneva, outlines "a pattern of human rights violations… that demands a response," and says governments have too often overlooked violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. Homophobic and transphobic violence has been recorded in every region of the world, the report finds, and ranges from murder, kidnappings, assaults and rapes to psychological threats and arbitrary deprivations of liberty. LGBT people are often targets of organized abuse from religious extremists, paramilitary groups, neo-Nazis, extreme nationalists and others, as well as family and community violence, with lesbians and transgender women at particular risk. "Violence against LGBT persons tends to be especially vicious compared to other bias-motivated crimes," the report notes, citing data indicating that homophobic hate crimes often include "a high degree of cruelty and brutality." Violent incidents or acts of discrimination frequently go unreported because victims do not trust police, are afraid of reprisals or are unwilling to identify themselves as LGBT. The report - prepared in response to a request from the UN Human Rights Council earlier this year - draws from information included in past UN reporting, official statistics on hate crimes where there are available, and reporting by regional organizations and some non-governmental organizations (NGOs). In the report, Navi Pillay, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, calls on countries to repeal laws that criminalize homosexuality, abolish the death penalty for offences involving consensual sexual relations, harmonize the age of consent for heterosexual and homosexual conduct, and enact comprehensive anti-discrimination laws. This site is useful in exploring the Donna Gottschalk image, because it not only embraces freedom of speech, and women inequalities but gender inequalities too. The photo t