![]() The first parade was somewhat low key compared to today’s enormous party atmosphere. The group took a route from Goodale Park, down Front Street and eventually to Capitol Square for a rally. The City had been somewhat of an early adoptee of LGBT equality when, in 1974, it passed an ordinance expanding housing and other public accommodation protections based on sexual orientation.īetween 500-1000 people showed up to Columbus’ first Pride. In 1982, Columbus City Council passed a resolution recognizing Gay Pride Week 13 years after the Stonewall Riots, and allowed the parade to take place. Very few protections, if any, existed for the LGBT community then, so a public outing could be very detrimental to someone’s life. Some participants of those early events would wear bags over their heads so that they would not be recognized. In the 1970s, before events became more commonplace, small marches would take place through Downtown. ![]() There were smaller demonstrations prior to 1982, but nothing officially recognized. Going through newspaper and other records, it does seem like the first official Pride Parade in Columbus occurred on June 26, 1982. Depending on the source, the first official Columbus Pride event was held in either June 1981 or June 1982.
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