[Ads-l] Antedating gay pride

Bill Mullins amcombill at HOTMAIL.COM
Tue Jun 26 20:26:32 UTC 2018


OED has 29 Jun 1970

Rochester NY _Democrat and Chronicle_ 20 May  1970 p 10C col 4

"The group hopes to attract homosexual organizations from all over the East to participate in Gay Pride week at the end of June, which would culminate in a march to Central Park for a "gay-in." "




I will leave it for others to advocate for the OED to include an entry for "gay-in".
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