Issue 79 (Special) GAY PRIDE WEEKEND 1979 PROGRAM ______ ^ ____ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ The ai k- I * - «•'.ÿ'i-'* 'V.•+.;.>« »;>•»■• «SC Gay P the fit Stone o u rc i GAYiAY DAY PARADE PROGRAM 1979 1972 I I I ^ J "OUR TIME HAS COME” TheC 'r : I I I T3 I Parade theme this year. ^ ^ ssoro >5' <■•<•!. booth sites 2nd stage m m iti McAllister St. ---------- Parad VI I t beg , . VS?V-V^'.% . • i - r iiS, avic Center I f1 I;1 ! ubraryLibrary 11 "usiTED NATIONS PLAZA ^ .^■^***‘** 4 M ...\ Glide >.-3ii;;' '»■;.'VI ■■<i -v;Ja:*' , Plaza Revet DiU.l o ” * U 4 , . ^ ^ \ ^ «A4!11« A A A T hen ^ M B L Y AREA c ^ — PARADE BEGINS AT 11 AM th a t I GroveSt. FOR PARADE shock If— - outlit •e» O ty t victoi York Stree Saturday, June 23rd. ROBIN TYLER IN CONCERT at the Women’s drag I Bldg., 3543 - 18th Street, near Valencia. Disco dancing follows the the:S performance by Ms. Tyler. $5.50 at door. Call 431-1180 for info. cohoi an a t GAY ‘79 WEEKEND EVENTS Sunday, 8th ANNUAL GAY PARADEL beginsbegli at 11 AM at Market and mero yang Thursday, June 21st; LESBIAN MASQUERADE: An Informal History of Lesbians in Spea^Streets, with assembly on Spear at Mission.Mil The San Francisco them SPEAKERS: Early San Francisco Who Passed As Men. Sponsored by the SF Gay History Project at C^y Freedom Day Marching' ng Band & Twirling Corps will be __ was€ co-hosts: Robin Tyler the Women’s Bldg., 3542 - 18th Street near Valencia. 8 PM for $2.00. ing as will the Los Angeles Great American Yankeee Band. ere will a wet Armistead Maupin be' other marching aroui «.JI.P. Friday, June 22nd: CONCERT: with Mary Watkins and Linda Tillery, sponsored by and lesbians marci Uqm Speakers: Carol Ruth Silver SF Women’s Centers and Black Women’s Conference, at the Women’s Bldg., 3543 - other things will i wasr HARVEY MILK........... Anne Kronenberg rn, oi 3fo^ Ae UMi In Peace! He 18th Street, at 7:30 PM for only $4.00. fa k e rs are scheduled to begin at 1:30 PM at the Civic Center area, Hariy Britt "nie main bandstand is directly in front of City Hall. mare is gone and we should not Flo Kennedy Saturday, June 23rd, GRANDSTAND JAMBOREE: Sponsored by Gay Softball Lea- com i forget what he did and the Cleve Jones ie. The largest gay sports event in San Francisco gay history to be held at the Kezar Sund^, June 24th, 2nd Annual TEA DANCE AT THE TROCADE- aIso\ messages he left us. ftadium (Stanyan near Haight Street) is from 11 AM til 5 PM, and will feature GAY as wt We should remember those ENTERTAINERS: SOFTBALL LEAGUE ALL-STARS playing the ¿F FIRE DEPARTMENT ALL-STARS RO TRANSFER. There will be Cable Cars to transport you to the who never supported him Ms. Clawdy, singe;er-comic Trocadero Transfer for the Tea Dance, from the Civic Center to the but now cry aloud what White, White &C qmpany in one game, and later the GSL All-Stars will plays a team of gay all-stars from Holly­ Fourth Street location. The post-parade event begins at 5 PM. It will great frieruls o f Harvey Betty ka wood. ^ e GAY FREEDOM DAY MARCHING BAND will be present and palying alo­ cost Members $3 and Non-members, $5 at the door. they were. We should re­ ng with the Great American Yankee Band of Los Angeles. There will be country and member those four names western entertainment by CONAN. All are encouraged to bring picnic lunches. There on his '‘Enemies List “..... Blues Band will be a $3 donation at th ^ ate and $2 in advance (at any of m r the GSL bar MONITORS NEEDED FOR PARADE..........There wUl be a monitor FRANK FITCH........ Gay Freedom Day iVIarching laces like Gilmores, etc.) Tne money collected goes to the Fireman’s meeting at ALFIES DISCO, 2140 Market Street at 7 PM on the 20th JO D A L Y .................. Band and Twirling Corm. Eeague for Athletic and Musical Events. A tremendous show Y A of gays and of June. All Monitors must attend one of two meetings with the JIM FOSTER............. Lavender Harmony ITand ^ straights working together. Saturday, June 23rd, from 11 AM % # til 5 PNPM! SFPD either at ALFIES DISCO, 2HO Market on the 22na, or at some RICK STOKES.......... Great American Yankee Band of Los Angeles other location on the 23rd. ALFIES has given the Gay Freedom Day Parade Committee free use of the building next door for headquarters <ss A i I I 1 ★ ★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★ REMEMBERING THE FOUNDERS’ Bttaing Bander Î 8th ANNIVERSARY Of GAY LIBERATION Information Diroctor; The above is not the mastheadPARAPE for INt heid SAN Ù parade partFRANCISCO o f anything Rev. Ray Broshears William E. Beardemphl was asked to become a Special Pall Ont Gay Parade o f June 25th 1979 . but o f every year, the last Sunday in June. This ■had anything to do with, but they all had part o f the committee by Rev. Broshears in ah the first gay parade to comemorate the conct^t came west, and the first one was entires in the Parade anyhow! attempt to give the parade a broader image. Stonewall riots in 1969 and was held in in Los A ngeles in 1971, and it was poor­ Drag queen H.L. Perry h«s selected as Thè /&SÍ meeting was a knockdown dragout our city on the last Sunday in June of ly attended (400) and made matters wor­ the token co-chairperson along with the battle for Beardemphl did not want Humphries Since 1968, the “Helping Hander" has been a part o f 1972 on the 25th. se some believe. Rev. Humphries while Rev. Du! would be and his allies connected with the parade In any San Francisco. Sometimes it is prepared as a leaflet The Committee which was the predece­ One o f the founders o f that LA fiasco, , the one to raise the money and Rev. Ray way and he packed the meeting to make sure it or a phamplet. But for the past seven years it has been ssor o f the Gay Freedom Day Parade Co­ Rev. Humphries came north to conspire Broshears, the planning o f the route, the would happen that way, and it did. Humphries a part o f the San Francisco Crusader newspaper. mmittee was the Christopher Street West with Rev. Ray Broshears, to have one in permits, the security, the rally, etc. HZ. Ferry Haubold and Dill were all voted out The “HelpirK Hander "is a project o f the Street Mini- Parade Committee. San Francisco, and almost everyone was Gary Haubold h«u named acting treasurer and only Rev. Ray Broshears remained from try o f the Christ Chapel o f the Orthodox Episcopal It began with a March 8th meeting in the against it, but, after several months o f ^ the Committee. the original parade committee. Church o f God. It is for all people, but it is aimed at Glide Church auditorium, called by the bullying city government with threats o f The Grand Marshalls for the parade were Humphries said the name Christopher Street the homophile community. The CRUSADER is not a profit making publication.... Reverend Ray Broshears, Rev. Donald viohence and lawsuits, etc., all the permlt- the Rev. Frieda Smith o f MCCSacramen- West Parade Committee belonged to him, and GAY HELP LINE.................. STONEWALL Democratic Club of SF............. Dill, Reverend Bob Humphries (Rev. Rip s were gained by Rev. Broshears who was to and Morris Kinght o f the GCSCin rather than argue with him, the minutes'of that (9am - 11 pm)..885-1001 which should be obvious to anyone. It is a service to O ff to his friends). the coordimitor o f the Parade and on Los Angeles. Dennis Kryszynski and Jack historic meeting reveal that Rev. Brodiears gave ................................ 495-7182 the community. It provides information which other Tnerhere were 41 persons in attendance at 'ay '5th, 5,000 gai people mar- deTersac o f Emmaus House were in char­ <rth with the new name. Gay Freedom Day WOMEN’S SWITCHBOARD.... • BARBARY COAST Democratic Club................. publications are afraid to publish. But, with God on that historic meeting, and many were in ched down the'tf o, f iHcial c k San Francisco Par- ge o f housing thousands o f people that fe Committee. In fact the first stationary (at Woen’s Bldg.).431-1414 ...............................885-1001 your side, you fear not, for He is always at your side. shock as the three controversial clerics ode route, past City Hall, where a rally first gay parade weekend. printed had the Helping Hands Center as the And we remember, that Jesus is only a prayer away! HAIGHT-ASHBURY Alice. B. Toklas Democratic Club.....861-4881 outlined the first ever gay parade in the was held before the SFPD estimated cro­ A nd th a t night, a G ay Dance was h eld a t headquarters o f the Gay freedom Day Parade SWITCHBOARD... 387-7000 There are a myriad o f Gay Businesses listed inside and Qty o f San Francisco to celebrate the wd o f 5,000 persons. Tt will be rememb­ the mamoth Friends dc Relations Hall at Committee o f which Rev. Broshears was elected Concerned Republicans for Individual Rights at no expense to them. There is information on all victory o f the gays in the Village in New ered by some very fondly, and by others Playland on the beach, a fitting climax to Secretary, William E, “Bill"Beardemphl the PACIFIC CENTER .......................................