Fred Sargeant | |
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| Born | Frédéric André Sargeant July 29, 1948 Fontainebleau, France |
| Nationality | American and French (dual citizenship) |
| Occupation | Police officer (retired) |
| Known for | Participant in the Stonewall riots and co-proposer and organizer of the first annual Gay Pride March |
| Website | fredsargeant |
Frédéric André Sargeant (born July 29, 1948)[1] is a French-American gay rights activist and a former lieutenant with the Stamford, Connecticut Police Department.[2] He participated in each of the nights of the 1969 Stonewall riots and was one of the four co-founders of the first NYC Pride March march in Manhattan in 1970. He was vice-chairman of the Homophile Youth Movement at the time.[3]