[2] The history of gay pride events in Tucson began after the 1976 murder of Richard Heakin.
[1] Heakin, who lived in Nebraska, visited a friend in Tucson and was beaten to death by four teenagers while exiting a bar named Stonewall Tavern.
[4] It was held at Himmel Park on June 26, 1977, also the National Gay Pride Day that year.
[2] In 2018, the parade, which was traditionally scheduled to take place on a Friday evening before the festival, was rescheduled to daytime hours, due to concerns within the LGBTQ+ community that holding a parade during the evening hours sends a bad message, as if the community is hiding in the shadows.
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