![]() Gay Activist Alliance in Morris County collection, North Jersey History & Genealogy Center of the Morristown & Morris Township Library (NJHGC).ĭuring the aftermath of Stonewall, Gay Activist Alliance groups started in several states. ![]() New York Times article relaying the New Jersey Supreme Court’s ruling that First Amendment rights applied to gay and lesbian residents, despite how uncomfortable some of justices said they were at conduct protected among heterosexuals. ![]() Over the following five decades, New Jerseyans came out to build new relationships with neighbors, co-workers, and family, and sought legislative means to end workplace and housing discrimination - while also living busy lives of their own. Organizers sought to end laws making it illegal for gay and lesbian Americans to congregate in bars, and end the subsequent police raids that resulted in arrests while also ending careers and families. This year marks the 50th anniversary of the first LGBT Pride march held in New York City, on June 28, 1970, one year after the Stonewall Riots that were precipitated by years of anti-gay persecution and harassment. Moy, North Jersey History and Genealogy Center
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