Gay pioneer Jack Nichols said, "We marched with Martin Luther King, seven of us from the Mattachine Society", which was an early gay rights organization, "and from that moment on, we had our own dream about a gay rights march of similar proportions." Several years later, a series of marches took place, each one gaining the momentum of the gay freedom struggle.
El gay pionero Jack Nichols dijo: "Marchamos con Martin Luther King, siete de nosotros, de la Sociedad Mattachine," organización pionera de los derechos de los gays, "y a partir de ese momento, teníamos nuestro propio sueño sobre una marcha por los derechos de los gays de similares proporciones". Varios años más tarde, hubo una serie de marchas, cada una ganando impulso en la lucha