This Is What Pride Looked Like In The ’70s

Members of the Gay Activists Alliance take part in Pride, 1971. Behind them is the organization's Washington, DC, chapter.

A group of men dressed in leather cross 32nd Street and Fifth Avenue, 1979.

A couple in Central Park after Pride, June 26, 1975.

People parade through Manhattan, 1971.

Couples embrace and kiss in Central Park after the march, 1975.

Marchers congregate before Pride, 1971.

Left: Demonstrators holding signs from DignityUSA, a national Catholic LGBT organization, pause in front of St. Patrick's Cathedral, 1977. Right: A marcher makes his way down Fifth Avenue, 1979.

People dance in New York's Central Park following the march, 1971.

Parents march with their children, June 30, 1974.

Marchers carry a "Female Liberation" banner through the city streets, 1971.

Left: View along Sixth Avenue as hundreds of people march toward Central Park, June 26, 1975. Right: A couple kiss on Sixth Avenue, June 26, 1975.

Onlookers watch the march from the curb on Sixth Avenue as a roller skater rides in the street, June 26, 1975.

Members of the Buffalo Radical Lesbians group take part in Pride, 1971.

Left: A parade attendee poses for the camera, 1971. Right: A man wears a fur loincloth and fur cuffs, 1979.

People march down Fifth Avenue, June 27, 1977.

The New York City Pride March reaches a police line, 1971.

Demonstrators make their way down Fifth Avenue during Pride, June 27, 1971.

A group of women march through the streets during Pride, 1971.

A couple embrace during the New York City Pride March, 1971.