We had stuff thrown at us in 1972, but here we are, we’re still together, and it can be done,” Scott said. Scott said he and his partner understand what it’s like to live life “unapologetically.” 'I saw the police arrive, and the first one I walked in, marched in, was 1971.' No one is going to believe that, but I was,' Scott said. That watershed moment for the gay civil rights movement led to New York’s first march in 1970.ĭavid Scott said he came out in high school in 1964. The Stonewall uprising was in response to police raids of gay bars, when holding hands, kissing or dancing with someone of the same sex in public was still illegal. 'There is a lot to celebrate, but there’s still a lot of work to do.' “The march was a response to the Stonewall uprising,' Perez added. 'There’s a lot of anti-gay, anti-trans crime directed at our community.'
“'Unapologetically Us,' for a lot of us here at NYC Pride, is about not going back into the shadows,' said NYC Pride Executive Director Sandra Perez.
From January to April of this year, hate crimes based on sexual orientation in the city rose 64%.The NYC Pride March began as a response to the Stonewall uprising.
