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That’s because it was on Christopher Street in the Manhattan neighborhood of Greenwich Village that events lit a fuse for the gay rights and acceptance movement.
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The parade in New York City on June 28, 1970, known as Christopher Street Liberation Day, is generally credited with being the first Gay Pride parade.