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Sabrina Sojourner, left, chairman of a gay freedom parade yesterday on Market St. in San Francisco, holds hand with her lover, identified as Paula.

Associated Press

Gays on march

New York riot recalled

Associated Press

Hundreds of thousands of homosexual men and women marched up Fifth Ave. in New York and Market St. in San Francisco yesterday to celebrate the 10th anniversary of what many say was the start of the nationwide gay rights movement.

In San Francisco, an estimated 200,000 male and female homosexuals walked to a rally at the Civic Center plaza the scene of last month's bloody confrontation between homosexual-rights supporters and police. Fighting broke out then after former City Supervisor Dan White was found guilty of manslaughter in the shooting deaths of Mayor George Moscone and Harvey Milk, the city's first avowed homosexual supervisor. The protesters felt he should have been convicted of a more serious charge.

The marches commemorated the Stonewall Riot on June 28, 1969, in New York, thought by many to be the root of the gay rights movement.

Memories of last month's battle in San Francisco were evident yesterday. Demonstrators carried signs proclaiming "No More Dan Whites" and "We Remember You, Harvey."

In New York, demonstrators from across

the eastern seaboard assembled at Sheridan Square, in Greenwich Village, and marched to Central Park for a rally.

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The marchers, sometimes 15 abreast, formed a line 10 blocks long.

The marchers chanted, "Right now! Gay rights!" Some carried signs reading, "Out of the closets and into the streets" and "Lesbian and gay rights now."

Seth Lawrence, cochairman of the Christopher Street Liberation Gay Committee, an umbrella group for male and female homosexual organizations in New York, said the group wants the City Council to prohibit discrimination against homosexuals in housing, employment and public accommodations.

On Saturday night, outside St. Patrick's Cathedral on Fifth Avenue, a group of about 11 persons maintained a vigil. Yesterday, they handed out leaflets to churchgoers calling for an end of opposition by the archdiocese of New York to the proposed gay rights bill.

The group had signs reading, "Catholics for gay rights" and "Dignity for gay cops."

The demonstrations commemorated a riot 10 years ago at the Stonewall Inn, in Greenwich Village, after police raided a bar patronized by homosexuals.