| Name of Event: |
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Gay Freedom Day |
| Celebration Site: |
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Civic Center Plaza |
| Parade Route: |
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On Market St. from Spear St. to Grove St. and UN Plaza |
| Temp: |
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57° |
| Crowd Estimate: |
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200,000 |
| Board President: |
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Sabrina Sojourner, Robert Smith |
| Mayoral Proclamation: |
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Feinstien |
| Chronicle Cover: |
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"Day For Gay Power" |
| Examiner Cover: |
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"Gay Celebration Fear of Violence, Cold" |
| 1st to Appear: |
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Rainbow Banners lining Market Street |
| Major Events: |
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- 10th anniversary of Stonewall.
- Harvey Milk & Geroge Moscone murdered.
- Dan White's "Twinkie Defense."
- White Night Riots (May 27, 1979): anger in the LGBT community over
Dan White's lenient sentencing leads to a march to City Hall and a series of violent events.
- Jerry Falwell and Paul Weyrich found the Moral Majority (June 1979).
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| City Grants: |
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$6,700 |
| Economic Impact: |
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Unknown |
| Grand Marshals: |
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