in 1970, a year after the uprising at the Stonewall Inn that many consider to be the catalyst for the modern LGBTQ liberation movement. That unstoppable spirit is now marking its 50th anniversary: the first Pride parades took place in the U.S. When people would taunt us, cars would drive by and spit at us, yell at us constantly, Marsha would be there, looking outrageous and glorious in her own aesthetic, and she would say ‘pay them no mind.’ That’s what the ‘P’ is for, is ‘pay them no mind, don’t let them stop us.’” “There were marchers too - very brave souls with signs, like Marsha P.
“It started as a small social thing,” Stellar, now 75, recalls.
