20 years after the first Pittsburgh Dyke March stepped off in Oakland, dykes are still taking up space, building community, and demanding liberation. From 125 marchers in 2006 to hundreds in Bloomfield today, the march continues.
The first Dyke March in the United States was held in 1993 in Washington, D.C. by political organizers such as the Lesbian Avengers, as a way to speak out against lesbian erasure and other intersectional issues within the larger queer rights movement. The message spoke to the 20,000 people who attended that year, and sparked other Dyke Marches across the country, including in Philadelphia, Chicago, and New York City.
