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Video: The First Christopher Street Liberation Day March (1970)

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Video: The First Christopher Street Liberation Day March (1970)

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Watch archival footage of Robert M. Clement marching in the first Christopher Street Liberation Day March and later appearing with John Darcy Noble in Sheep Meadow, where Clement describes the Church of the Beloved Disciple as a sacramental Catholic community serving gay people.

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03:27-03:36 featuring Clement marching with sign and brief comments

10:09-10:23 featuring Clement and Noble with sign in the Sheep Meadow gathering following the march.

[Transcript of 03:27-03:36]

Interviewer: What is the American Church?

Clement: It’s a sacramental catholic church devoted to the needs of gay people, the homophile community.

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“Video: The First Christopher Street Liberation Day March (1970)”, Queer Sacramentality: The Church of the Beloved Disciple, LGBTQ Religious Archives Network, accessed September 13, 2026, https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/exhibits/show/cbd/item/2671.