The now-famous sip-in protest was photographed by Fred McDarrah in April 1966 after a bartender at Julius in the Greenwich Village section of New York City refused to serve alcohol to a group of gay men. When gay and transgender individuals rebelled against the police in what would become known as the Stonewall rebellion three years later, he was once more on the front lines. McDarrah returned the next year on June 28, 1970, to record the first homosexual pride march in New York City. As the longstanding Village Voice photographer documented and preserved some of the most significant turning points in LGBTQ history, this pattern would persist for decades.
With 60 black-and-white images covering more than 30 years, the current exhibit at the New-York Historical Society, Fred W. McDarrah: Pride and Protest, highlights McDarrah’s work capturing LGBTQ life, advocacy, and icons in New York City.
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