The Philadelphia Pride Parade this year was the largest ever, with tens of thousands of marchers and supporters commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots. In 1972, Philadelphia was one of the first cities in the country with a parade celebrating the gay community. This year’s parade on June 9, started in the heart of the city’s Gayborhood at 13th and Locust streets, and it featured a float called “Pioneers on the Road to Stonewall.” Many politicians, including Gov. Tom Wolf, Attorney General Josh Shapiro and city Mayor Jim Kenney, honored the trailblazing activists of the LGBTQ community, calling for an end to discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.

Many civil rights lawyers who dedicated their professional careers to ending LGBTQ intolerance did not live to see this year’s historic parade in Philadelphia. One of those lawyers, Rosalie Davies, died a decade ago. Born in 1939 in London, England, Davies was one of the earliest activists in Pennsylvania to protect the rights of gay and lesbian litigants in Family Court.

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