1972 - New Route, Starting in Copley Square (original) (raw)

The March and Rally on June 24 adopted a new route, starting in Copley Square.

Route: Copley Square, up Boylston St. to Charles St. to Beacon St. to intersection with Park St. then down to the Boston Commons where a Rally and picnic took place including an arts and crafts fair and bake sale.

Attendance was estimated at 200.

Organizers emphasized events over speakers (a thread that would run through Pride’s history), such as movie screenings, workshops, and forums. The workshops included “Being Jewish and Gay”, “Gay Youth”, “Gay People and the Law”, “Gay People vs. Institutions” (prisons and hospitals). Films, such as Mädchen In Uniform, a 1930s German movie about a lesbian in a girl’s school, and I Want What I Want, a film about “transvestites and transsexuals”, were shown.

A candlelight march to the Charles Street Jail (now Liberty Hotel) to support gay prisoners also took place during the week.[1]