October 14, 2009 - Posted by Cassandra Stabbert
Photo Credit: Nicole Sweeney
Tens of thousands converged on Washington, D.C., this past Sunday in a demonstration of support for the LGBT community. The march, organized by Equality Across America called for "equal protection in all matters governed by civil law in all 50 states."
Cleve Jones, a gay civil rights icon and one of the march's organizers, firmly told the crowd, "We're not settling. There's no such thing as a fraction of equality."
The Equality March took place 30 years after the first National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights on October 14, 1979. It was the first of several national marches that transformed the gay liberation movement into a unified national movement.
Categories: LGBT Rights
