#intro 475

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Sylvia Rivera and Marsha P. Johnson rally in support of Intro 475, a gay rights bill outside New York City Hall, 1973. 

Photographer: Diana Davies

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The above images are all from the NYPL Diana Davies photography collection, “Demonstration at City Hall, New York City, In Support of Gay Rights Bill ‘Intro 475,′ April 1973.”  

Image 1: Intro 475 demonstration at City Hall, NYC (Sylvia Rivera, Marsha P. Johnson, Jane Vercaine, Barbara Deming, Kady Vandeurs, Carol Grosberg).

Image 2: Kady Vandeurs and Marsha P. Johnson at gay rights rally at City Hall.

Image 3: Gay rights activists Sylvia Ray Rivera, Marsha P. Johnson, Barbara Deming, and Kady Vandeurs at City Hall rally for gay rights.

Background: In January 1971, City Council Members Eldon Clingan and Carter Burden introduced the bill ‘Intro 475.’ This bill proposed that sexual orientation be a protected class under New York’s Human’s Rights Law. Basically, that people could not be discriminated against in employment, housing, education, etc. because of their sexuality. By December 1971, the City Council’s General Welfare Committee voted against ‘Intro 475.’ [x]

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Links about the "Intro 475" demonstration in NYC on April 27, 1973

L002A Intro 475 Marsha P Johnson interviewed by Betty Brown 4 27 73

Intro 475 demonstration at City Hall, New York City, 1973 April

One of hundreds of thousands of free digital items from The New York Public Library.

Intro 475 demonstration at City Hall, New York City, 1973 April

One of hundreds of thousands of free digital items from The New York Public Library.

Intro 475 demonstration at City Hall, New York City, 1973 April

One of hundreds of thousands of free digital items from The New York Public Library.

Intro 475 demonstration at City Hall, New York City, 1973 April

One of hundreds of thousands of free digital items from The New York Public Library.

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Demonstration at City Hall, New York City, in support of gay rights bill "Intro 475" in April 1973. Left to right: Sylvia Rivera, Marsha P. Johnson, Barbara Deming, and Kady Vandeurs.

From the NYPL archives Diana Davies photographs, 1965-1978.