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"Out in San Diego," KPBS on the origins of the San Diego Pride parade, 1983

 

circa 1983-06-09

 

 

(Sound begins at 11 seconds.) In a segment that aired on June 9 and 10, announcer Rick Moore briefly describes the 1969 Stonewall Inn protests in New York City and later activism on behalf of LGBTQ rights. Doug Moore explains why the parade replaced the political march in later years, aided by Carla Koshaw and John Pfingston. The date and route of the 1983 parade and the time, date, and place of the festival are given, along with the announcer's name and "Contact 89." Preservation of this audiotape was done by the California Audiovisual Preservation Project.

LGBTQ rights; Stonewall riots; Stonewall Rebellion; Doug Moore; John Pfingston, "Big John"; Carla Koshow; Rick Moore; Contact 89; Out in San Diego (radio); OISD; KPBS; LGBTQ pride; Pride parades; Anita Bryant; John Briggs; Anti-gay; LGBTQ rights opposition; Coming out; California Proposition 6; San Diego Lambda Pride Association; LGBTQ politics; Lambda Pride

 

 

Rights are owned by Lambda Archives of San Diego (LASD)

 

 

English

 

Audiotape

00:07:53 minutes

No

004-021-046k

This is a summary, not a transcript:
00:20 Summer 1969 Greenwich Village Raid
00:32 Stonewall Club fought back- Shot Heard Round the World
00:50 Stonewall commemorated by Gay Pride Parade in NYC
1:23 1972 Gay Pride Parades became more popular
1:30 1974 300 homosexuals held the first local Gay Pride Parade in San Diego
1:49 Anita Bryant and John Briggs were strong anti-gay activists. Sparked many individuals to come out of the closet
2:27 The Gay Pride Parades grew to 2,000-3,000 people
2:34 Prop 6 was defeated
2:38 1980 group changed its name to "San Diego Lambda Pride Association"
3:10 Doug Moore (leader of association/organizer of parade for 5 years) starts talking
3:15 Moore: The march only considers political aspects and there were some who were uncomfortable with the political statement
3:54 It's hard for heterosexuals to move beyond the statement
4:06 Moore quotes heterosexuals "it's okay to be gay, just don't do it in front of me"
4:20 Organizers do agree there is a statement in the Gay Pride parade
4:29 Carla Koshaw (one of the organizers of Lambda Pride) begins talking: people forget that gay people are out there
4:52 John Pfingston begins talking: people are unaware that gay people are good people
5:25 Moore: it is hard for those who haven't been in the closet to understand the chaos
5:55 This year's parade is scheduled to begin noon Saturday at the intersection of 6th Ave and Laurel St.
6:13 Lambda Pride organizers says that 50 units will take part and it will take nearly 2 hours to complete the route
6:20 Lambda Pride has also organized a festival in the 1800 block on Hancock St. that begins 12:30 and goes until 6:30
6:40 Gay Pride history has paralleled history of homosexual community in San Diego
6:51 More than 6,000 individuals will take part at the parade
7:00 Moore: people are seeing that Gay Pride Parade is a celebration
7:23 Moore: we would like to make an invitation for people to come watch

 

Audio

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