It started with a kegger.
In 1975, about 300 people, mostly gay men and lesbians, drank beer and enjoyed hot dogs in City Creek Canyon near downtown Salt Lake City. Local organizers called it "Gay Freedom Day," and the event was a chance for the gay community in Utah to gather - in public.
Ron Hunt, then 23, read a tiny ad about the event in his college newspaper in Logan. So he hitchhiked to the gathering because "I'd never been around other gay people in my entire life."

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