"A quiet success." 🏳️‍🌈 That’s how a 1975 article in High Gear, a legendary Cleveland LGBTQ+ publication, described the “second annual Gay Pride Celebration.” A description of the day’s events followed: “While nothing was done in the way of a parade, or mass meetings in Public Square, a very successful Friday night Coffeehouse, and a Gay Pride Picnic at, where else? Edgewater Park!” Only a few years after the Stonewall Riots, Cleveland’s 1975 “quiet success” of a Pride was a decidedly low-key affair as the LGBTQ+ community began to explore its nascent political power. The 2023 Pride will exponentially amplify this power, with the sheer strength of LGBTQ+ visibility helping to scaffold the movement toward the nondiscrimination protections that are lacking here in Ohio. 🧑‍💻 For Ken Schneck's full feature on the past and present of Northeast Ohio Pride, head to the link in the bio. 🖊 kenschneck 📷 Robert Downing #lgbt #clevelandpride #prideinthecle #cleveland #inthecle lgbtcl...