Eastern Regional Conference of Homophile Organizations

The Eastern Regional Conference of Homophile Organizations (ERCHO) was an early homophile organization founded in 1969. ERCHO had its roots in an earlier organization, 1963's East Coast Homophile Organizations (ECHO),[1] and was a regional American homophilic organization—a forerunner to the contemporary gay rights movement that flourished after the Stonewall riots. The group was set up by the lesbian group Daughters of Bilitis.[2]

After the Stonewall riots in 1969, a motion was passed by ERCHO to have an annual celebration of the riots—the origin of current Pride parades.[3][4] The conference decided to make the event non-political rather than radical, a tradition that extends to Pride marches today.[5]

ERCHO (and a number of other similar homophile movements) collapsed after the rise of radical gay liberationist politics following the Stonewall riots.[6]

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References

  1. ↑ Donn Teal (1971). The Gay Militants: How Gay Liberation Began In America, 1969-1971. St. Martin's Press. p. 70. ISBN 0312112793.
  2. ↑ JoAnne Myers (20 August 2009). The A to Z of the Lesbian Liberation Movement: Still the Rage. Scarecrow Press. pp. 108–109. ISBN 978-0-8108-6327-9.
  3. ↑ Chuck Stewart (2001). Homosexuality and the Law: A Dictionary. ABC-CLIO. p. 9. ISBN 978-1-57607-267-7.
  4. ↑ Chuck Stewart (1 January 2003). Gay and Lesbian Issues: A Reference Handbook. ABC-CLIO. p. 14. ISBN 978-1-85109-372-4.
  5. ↑ Amin Ghaziani (1 October 2008). The Dividends of Dissent: How Conflict and Culture Work in Lesbian and Gay Marches on Washington. University of Chicago Press. p. 27. ISBN 978-0-226-28996-0.
  6. ↑ Dudley Clendinen; Adam Nagourney (30 July 2013). Out For Good: The Struggle to Build a Gay Rights Movement in Ame. Simon and Schuster. pp. 46–47. ISBN 978-1-4767-4071-3.
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