Eastern Regional Conference of Homophile Organizations

The Eastern Regional Conference of Homophile Organizations (ERCHO) was founded in 1963 as East Coast Homophile Organizations (ECHO), 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.[1]

In 1966, ERCHO set up the North American Conference of Homophile Organizations (NACHO), a national body in the same vein.

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.[2][3] The conference decided to make the event non-political rather than radical, a tradition that extends to Pride marches today.[4]

ERCHO (and a number of other similar homophile movements) collapsed after the rise of radical gay liberationist politics following the Stonewall riots.[5]

References

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ Chuck Stewart (2001). Homosexuality and the Law: A Dictionary. ABC-CLIO. p. 9. ISBN 978-1-57607-267-7.
  3. ↑ Chuck Stewart (1 January 2003). Gay and Lesbian Issues: A Reference Handbook. ABC-CLIO. p. 14. ISBN 978-1-85109-372-4.
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ 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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