Craig Schoonmaker
Activist and organizer involved in early gay rights events who coined and promoted the term 'gay pride' for Christopher Street Liberation Day and later ran related websites and blogs.
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Jun 3, 2015 • 14min
12. Pride
Craig Schoonmaker, activist who coined and term 'Gay Pride' for the 1970 Christopher Street events. He recounts why he swapped 'Gay Power' for 'Gay Pride' to promote self-acceptance. He remembers police harassment around Stonewall, the orderly first march with chants of pride, and how the word and celebrations spread worldwide and shifted from protest to parade.
