13 Vintage Photos of Los Angeles Pride from ONE Archives

The Birth of Los Angeles Pride

Years before the Stonewall Riots sparked the modern LGBTQ+ rights movement in New York, Los Angeles had become an important crossroads for the community and the site of some of the largest protests in the country.

Credit: PRIDE, Issue 1, May 1966, ONE Archives at the USC Libraries

Credit: Creator unknown, February 11, 1967, Advocate records, ONE Archives at the USC Libraries.

Credit: Creator, date, and source unknown

Credit: Creator unknown, 1970, Gay Liberation Front (GLF) Los Angeles records, ONE Archives at the USC Libraries

Credit: Christopher Street West/Los Angeles, June 1971, ONE Archives LGBTQ Poster Collection, ONE Archives at the USC Libraries

Credit: Pat Rocco, 1971, Pat Rocco Photographs and Papers, ONE Archives at the USC Libraries

Credit: Pat Rocco, 1975, Pat Rocco Photographs and Papers, ONE Archives at the USC Libraries

Credit: Creator unknown, 1975, Christoper Street West Association Collection, ONE Archives at the USC Libraries

Credit: Creator unknown, undated, Harry Hay papers, ONE Archives at the USC Libraries

Credit: Creator unknown, 1981, Christopher Street West Association, ONE Archives LGBTQ Photograph Collection, ONE Archives at the USC Libraries

Credit: Creator unknown, 1982, Christoper Street West Contributor, ONE Archives Photography Collection, ONE Archives at the USC Libraries

Credit: Walker and Meyers, 1982, Christopher Street West Association, ONE Archives LGBTQ Photograph Collection, ONE Archives at the USC Libraries

Credit: David Jensen, June 1990, ONE Archives LGBTQ Poster Collection, ONE Archives at the USC Libraries

A poster from the Christopher Street West Association (CSW) announces the 1990 Pride celebration in West Hollywood, saying: “With pride in yourself, you can appreciate the differences in others.”