“At the time we had no idea what we were creating, we just wanted to acknowledge a courageous group that stood up to being bullied by police,” said parade founding father, Reverend Troy Perry. The LA Pride parade began in 1970, a year after the riots, when Reverend Troy Perry, Reverend Bob Humphries and Morris Knight took the initiative to start the very first pride parade. It was the beginning of the modern liberation movement, launched as a rebellion from the riots at the Stonewall Inn on Christopher Street in New York. The very first LA Pride parade began as a way to honour the fight for equality and celebrate the diversity of the LGBT community following the Stonewall riot in New York City. West Hollywood and organizers of the Christopher Street West LA Pride Parade are preparing for what will become an epic celebration marking the 45 th anniversary of the very first gay pride parade, held in West Hollywood. This article was published on April 23rd, 2015
