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The Second National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights was a large political rally that took place in Washington, D.C. on October 11, 1987.〔 〕 Its success, size, scope, and historical importance have led to it being called, "The Great March".〔Ghaziani, Amin. 2008. "The Dividends of Dissent: How Conflict and Culture Work in Lesbian and Gay Marches on Washington". The University of Chicago Press.〕 It marked the first national coverage of ACT UP, with AIDS activists prominent in the main march as well as the civil disobedience actions at the Supreme Court.〔Stein, Marc, "(Memories of the 1987 March on Washington )" for ''(OutHistory.org )'', August 2013. Accessed October 11, 2015〕 ==Background and planning== LGBT community desire for a new march was prompted by two major events in the 1980s: the spread of AIDS and the Ronald Reagan administration's lack of acknowledgment of the AIDS crisis; and the Supreme Court of the United States ruling in ''Bowers v. Hardwick'' upholding the criminalization of sodomy between two consenting men in the privacy of a home.〔 In 1986, Steve Ault & Joyce Hunter, co-coordinators of the 1979 National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights, drafted documents to extant LGBT organizations soliciting interest in a new march. The response was favorable, and the two organized an initial planning meeting in New York City on July 16, 1986, where it was decided that the march would be held in 1987.〔 Representatives from all known LGBT organizations were subsequently invited to a national conference in New York City on November 14–16, 1986 where they would discuss the politics, logistics and organization of the event. The delegates would be addressing four primary concerns: #What will a March on Washington accomplish?; #How should organizers and LGBT organizations proceed?; #What should be the focus and platform of the event?; and #When should the March take place?〔 The conference was held under the slogan "For love and for life, we're not going back!"〔Byron, Peg. "Plans for National March Begin Amidst NY-DC Turf Battle." ''Washington Blade''. November 21, 1986〕 Throughout the weekend, delegates debated many aspects of the march itself, including bisexual and transgender inclusion, needs of minorities and people of color, and whether or not to include non-LGBT-centric issues such as Apartheid as part of the march's platform.〔 At the end of the weekend, the overall structure for the National Steering Committee had been set. The second meeting of the steering committee was held in January 1987 in the City of West Hollywood at City Hall. Steve Ault, Pat Norman and Kay Ostberg were elected as the three national co-chairs of the event.〔 The delegates also finalized the march's platform and political purpose. The final organizational meeting for the march took place in Atlanta on May 2–3, 1987. This meeting served primarily to hammer out logistical details and determine the slate of individuals to speak at the rally. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Second National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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