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Zal Sherwood, author of KAIROS: Confessions of a Gay Priest
Promotional photograph for Alyson Publications book KAIROS: Confessions of a Gay Priest.
Woody Simmons at Passim's
Singer Woody Simmons performing at Passim's.
Woman speaking in front of Boston Women's Fund banner
Woman speaking in front of a banner for the Boston Women's Fund.
Woman speaking for the Boston Women's Fund
Woman speaking in front of a banner for the Boston Women's Fund.
Window display of books at Glad Bookstore
Window display at Glad Bookstore with books such as: Gay American History, A Woman Appeared to Me, The Church and the Homosexual, as well as copies of Gay Community News, Maine Gay Task Force Newsletter, and Christopher Street.
Willie Tyson Performing
Lesbian and feminist singer Willie Tyson performing on stage.
Wendy Hunt and Jacqui Mack, "Big Splash"
Wendy Hunt and Jackie Mack stand behind a DJ booth for an event called "Big Splash."
Washington Sisters Performing
The Washington Sisters (Sandra and Sharon Washington) performing in 1987.
Virginia Uribe and panel members during a luncheon keynote at the Fund for Human Dignity Education Conference 1988
Keynote luncheon speaker Virginia Uribe surrounded by (left to right): David Hagans, Board Member, The Fund for Human Dignity; Keynote luncheon speaker Simon Watney; Sherrie Cohen, Executive Director, The Fund for Human Dignity; Abby Tallner,…
Vincent Lardo portrait
Vincent Lardo, author of The Prince and the Pretender (Alyson Publications)
View of the Sunday Lesbian Liberation Panel from the audience
A straight on view of the Sunday Morning Lesbian Liberation Panel, from the audience perspective.
View of opening plenary at Lesbian Liberation sponsored conference, with audience
A group of women sitting in an auditorium. The women are wearing nametags for a conference sponsored by the group Lesbian Liberation.
View from street of the fire damage at Gay Community News office at 22 Bromfield Street in Boston
View of the façade of at 22 Bromfield Street where Gay Community News had its offices above next to the Glad Day Book Shop.
Unidentified Persons at the Boston Commons
Two unidentified persons, one is wearing glasses and one is wearing a "Foster Equality" sticker on their shirt. From Mike Riegle collection.
Unidentified Person at Desk
Unidentified person wearing a black sweater sitting at desk, possibly GCN offices. The photograph slightly obscured from a tear in photograph. From Mike Riegle collection.
Typist working at Alyson Publications
An unidentified typist working at Alyson Publications.
Two uniformed police officers speak to a man in front of a crowd
This photograph has been overlaid with an orange transparency so that the figures of the two police officers and the older man they are talking to stand out in front of a crowd which is not overlaid and remains black and white
Two police officers watching the Good Gay Poets protesters
Two police officers standing and watching a protest by Good Gay Poets in Provincetown, MA.
Two men working at 1270 Bar party
Two men standing at a bar with a dish rack.
Two men shake hands in front of sign: “Take Care, Don’t Share, AIDS Kills”
Two unidentified men from the AIDS Action Committee clasp hands in front of a stone wall with a poster showing a needle and warning against the danger of AIDS.
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Two members of Black and White Men Together march in protest
Men of All Colors Together Boston is the Boston chapter of the National Association of Black and White Men Together. Men of All Colors Together Boston was founded in 1980, and is the oldest interracial gay group on the East Coast. As both a social…
Two LAGMA members working
A man and a woman from LAGMA sitting at a table with books and papers on it.
Triple Gay Wedding Celebration
Unidentified persons celebrating a triple gay wedding at Jacqui Mac's club.
Triple Gay Wedding at Jacqui Mac's Club
Jacqui Mac surrounded by three unidentified couples in a joint wedding celebration.
Toshi Reagon
Publicity photo of musician Toshi Reagon.
Toni Morrison
Close up of writer Toni Morrison.
Tom Reeves at Demo
Winter demonstration, Tom Reeves can be seen speaking to demonstrators in the foreground.
Tom Reeves and Mike Riegle Embrace Outside 22 Bromfield Street
Tom Reeves and Mike Riegle embrace next to burned file cabinets outside 22 Bromfield Street, the location of GCN and Fag Rag offices as well as Glad Day Books, after the 1982 arson. From Mike Riegle collection.
Tom Barstow address the Gay and Lesbian Caucus
Tom Barstow, Co-Director of Gay Vote '80, addressing a large audience from a podium under a banner: "Lesbian and Gay Caucus".
Tim Sweeney, Marion Barry, and Meryl Friedman at Lambda's 7th annual awards dinner
Left to Right: Tim Sweeney, Executive Director of Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, Marion Barry, Mayor of Washington, D.C., and Meryl Friedman, Lambda board member, at Lambda's 7th annual award dinner October 18 at the Sheraton Centre, New…
Tim McFeely making an announcement at the Human Rights Campaign Fun fundraiser at the Institute of Contemporary Art
Tim McFeely speaking into a megaphone in a photo gallery during at fundraiser for HRCF at the ICA.
Three women at New Words celebrating "Cuentos: Stories by Latinas"
Originally captioned "Vivian Carlo, Lillian Gonzalez and Mili Roca (left to right): a feminist answer to traditional salsa. The women performed at New Words bookstore in celebration of "Cuentos: Stories by Latinas" published by Kitchen Table Women of…
Three Theater Offensive actors dressed for a performance
Abe Rybeck and two other actors from the Theater Offensive posing in costume.
Three percussionists of the Art of Black Dance and Music
De Anna Battle, Kathleen Wells, and La Phillip on stage with various percussion instruments.
Three Batucada Bells triangle players in a Pride march, 1986
The Batucada Belles, founded in 1982, are an all-women percussion troupe that has performed the Brazilian-inspired batucada samba in the Boston Pride march, the Walk for Hunger, the AIDS Walk, and other social justice rallies in the Greater Boston…
Three Art of Black Dance and Music dancers
Adrienne Hawkins and other women of Impulse Dance Co.
Three actresses from Split Britches
This is a promotional photograph for the lesbian performance group Split Britches in their original play "Upwardly Mobile Home." From left to right are founding members Lois Weaver, Peggy Shaw, and Deborah Margolin. Split Britches performed at the…
The Women's Video Collective at work at the Seneca Women's Peace Encampment
The Women's Video Collective (WVC) was formed by a small group of women from the Boston area in May 1983. Their purpose was to document the Seneca Women's Encampment for a Future of Peace and Justice in upstate New York. From this experience, the…
The saxophone section of the Freedom Trail Band marching in front of Trinity Church
The saxophone section and xylophone player of the Freedom Trail Band marching in front of Trinity Church during Pride 1985.
The panel from the Saturday Opening Session of the Lesbian Liberation conference
Five women at the Sunday Lesbian Liberation Conference form a panel in front a banner which reads: "Restore Medicaid Funds for Abortion".
The Mood Swings posing on a stoop
The Mood Swings was an improvisational theater groups dealing with the issues of lesbians recovering from alcoholism. Alice, Blitzen, Karen, Cheryl Qamar, and Liz sitting on the steps of a house, posing for the photograph.
The Honorable Mary Morgan speaking at a Lambda's 7th annual awards dinner
The Honorable Mary Morgan, the first openly lesbian judge in U.S. history, at Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund's 7th annual awards dinner October 18 at the Sheraton Center, New York City. Judge Morgan was honored for her dedication and…
The Freedom Trail band with banner surrounded by a crowd with balloons
A man holds the Lesbian and Gay Freedom Trail Band in Boston banner with the band standing behind him and a crowd looking on.
The Freedom Trail Band performs with the Lesbian and Gay Bands of America in Concert
The Lesbian and Gay Bands of America in Concert, Hollywood Bowl, 1984. This was LGBA's first combined band performance. Rita Moreno guest performed.
The Freedom Trail Band marching down a street
The Freedom Trail Band playing and marching down a city street with a group of people dancing in the street behind them.
The entrance to Glad Day Bookshop after the fire at Gay Community News
The ruined entrance and stairway leading up to the Gay Community News office after a fire.
The audience at a Gay Business Association meeting
The nametag-wearing audience at a Gay Business Association event in a bar with a white elephant on the wall.
The "Secret Service Cover-up" of Dignity's greetings sign for Pope John Paul II
Pope John Paul II passing through the streets of Philadelphia, waving out of the sunroof of a car, with motorcycle police on either side of the car. A large group of men stand covering the Dignity banner greeting the pope.