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L.A.: A Queer History
Episode 2: Protests & Parades (Preview)
Despite adversity, gay and lesbian organizing begins. Publications, protests and uprisings spring up, leading to the country’s first Pride Parade, LGBTQ Social Services, the first “Gay City” and an eventual national Civil Rights Movement.
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In 1950, fed up with oppression, Queer mobilization begins, leading to a national movement
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LGBT community and culture begins to form despite the criminalization by the LAPD.