Encyclopedia Dubuque
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GAY MARCHES
GAY MARCHES. The first gay march was held in Dubuque on September 19, 1987. Hecklers who shouted obscenities and threw eggs and rocks met an estimated thirty marchers. Organizers of the march included Stacie Neldaughter and Ginny Lynns.
The second gay march occurred in May 1988, with an estimated 575 participants. The third annual Gay/Lesbian Pride Rally / March was held Saturday, September 16, 1989. An estimated one-third of the participants in the 1988 march attended the event that included a march through downtown Dubuque and a rally in WASHINGTON PARK featuring a speech by Nancy Graham of Madison, Wisconsin.