1970-1979

The First Pride Marches begin in Boston.
1970-LoveIsAllYouNeed
1970 – Love Is All You Need
1970 – Love Is All You Need
1971-GayLiberation
1971 – The First Boston Pride Marches
1971 – The First Boston Pride Marches
1972 Gay Pride
1972 – New Route, Starting in Copley Square
1972 – New Route, Starting in Copley Square

The March and Rally on June 24 adopted a new route, starting in Copley Square.

Sylvia Sidney as Queen of the 1974 Boston Pride Parade
1973- Inaugurated a route that was used until 1978.
1973- Inaugurated a route that was used until 1978.

1973 saw the creation of the first Parade order, starting with the Pride banner.

Pictures showing the papier-mâché Lavender Rhino that marchers pushed along the route of Boston Pride in 1974.
1974 – Sylvia Sidney, First Queen of the Parade
1974 – Sylvia Sidney, First Queen of the Parade
The lesbian contingent at the Back Bay gay pride parade display a banner quoting Mao Zedong: "Women hold up half the sky." Photo Credit Spencer Grant, Spencer Grant Collection at Boston Public Library
1975 The Movement Grows
1975 The Movement Grows
Barney Frank Speaks Out - Prominent gay politician Barney Frank addresses the crowd at a gay pride rally at the Parkman Bandstand in the Boston Common.
1976 Gay Unity is Gay Strength
1976 Gay Unity is Gay Strength
1977 gay pride parade on Commonwealth Avenue in Boston, Massachusetts.
1977 Gay Pride: Celebration. Introspection.
1977 Gay Pride: Celebration. Introspection.
1978 Boston Pride March
1978 We Are Everywhere and We Will Be Free
1978 We Are Everywhere and We Will Be Free

Gay Pride Week was now Lesbian and Gay Pride Week.

Community members in 1979 Boston's annual Pride march holding a sign that reads "Women Hold Up Half the Sky"
1979 Boston Pride
1979 Boston Pride

The Rally was broadcast on WBCN-FM and 89.9, an MIT radio station.