50 years of Pride in Seattle: The early days of the LGBTQ+ fight for acceptance

It's a summer afternoon in Seattle. The sun is shining down on an eclectic group of people gathered in Occidental Square.

A woman smokes as she sunbathes. A man sporting a handlebar mustache, cowboy hat and boots leans back slightly, as if laughing. Someone plays a harp. There are denim shorts everywhere.

It's June 1974, at Seattle's first Pride week celebration.