On July 18, 1971, at 33 Wooster Street in SoHo, Father Robert M. Clement married his partner, John Noble. The wedding was officiated by Reverend Troy Perry, who had founded the gay Metropolitan Community Church in Los Angeles in 1968.⁠ Father Clement was the founder of the Church of the Beloved Disciple, self-described as "a church for gay people," and the first openly gay priest to participate in the Christopher Street Liberation Day March (now @nycpride) in June 1970.⁠ ⁠ More from www.nyclgbtsites.org: Clement and Noble's union was among those “illegal marriages” that incensed New York’s City Clerk Howard Katz, to the point that he threatened arrest. In response, the Gay Activists Alliance held one of its most famous and creative “zaps” at Katz’s office in the Municipal Building: an engagement party for two same-sex couples, complete with wedding cake.⁠ ⁠ Photos: (1) Father Troy Perry, center, who married Father Robert M. Clement, left, and his partner John Noble, right, on July 18, 1971, by Ron Frehm / AP; (2) Exterior of 33 Wooster Street, 2017. #nyclgbtsites #loveislove #lovewins