The next year, The Times reported, the marchers were “a coalition of eight homophile groups,” and “those who observed both said that this year’s crowd appeared to be about double last year’s.” The marchers chanted their way to Central Park: “2-4-6-8, Gay is twice as good as straight.” And their placards had sayings like “ Heterosexuality can be cured.”īy 1973, the parade was well established.
