Christopher Street Looking East Towards Sixth Avenue

The events at Stonewall have also inspired the LGBT pride movement. On July 27, 1969, several weeks after the events at Stonewall, a group of activists staged the first gay and lesbian march, proceeding from Washington Square Park to the Stonewall, which had already closed, on Christopher Street. The first anniversary of the rebellion was not commemorated in June 28, 1970 as Christopher Street Liberation Day; the main event was a march up Sixth Avenue in Greenwich Village to Central Park, one of the first ever Gay Pride Parades. The celebration has since evolved into the internationally-recognized LGBT Pride Month.