The first National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights draws approximately 100,000 people.

National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights

1979 political rally

The first National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights was a large political rally that took place in Washington, D.C., on October 14, 1979. The first such march on Washington, it drew between 75,000 and 125,000 gay men, lesbians, bisexual people, transgender people,…