Back in the 80s, Philadelphia had a city councilman named Fran Rafferty (not the basketball coach) who when asked about gay pride events, remarked that the “fairies” had nothing about which to be pround.
"On one such program, a moderated debate about Council passing a gay pride resolution, Rafferty, Thatcher Longstreth, Angel Ortiz, and Mark Segal sat down with host Wally Kennedy. During the debate, Rafferty said, among many things directed to Segal and the gay community: “You people create nothing but malice, you give birth to nothing but frustration and failure. I don’t know where you think you should be proud of anything.” Later in the debate, Raffery said: “Were you born gay? Would you spread your ill on some little child? Being Irish is not perverting some kid, but being gay is perverting some child, and that’s exactly what you foster.”"
The responsibility to get history right video here:
AM Philadelphia