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As the THP Pride marching group leader, I designed this t-shirt to highlight the lavender rhino (an early symbol of Pride with strong roots in Boston). I’ve been asked several times why the heart is on the rhino’s hindquarters, rather than on it’s chest as would be historically accurate, to which I say ‘it just looks better that way!’
History Project volunteers wore these shirts in Pride 2016. I chopped up my t-shirt at the time into a tank. The shirt pictured here remains whole because I gave it to my partner, who still wears it proudly but doesn’t share my taste in DIY fashion.
The two photos are from Pride 2016, one shows a group of THP volunteers holding signs, and the other is of me and my friend Andra Pham.
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This photo was snapped at The History Project's Volunteer Appreciation Brunch, held at board member Luis's condo in the South End. Left to right are: Volunteer Yves Agustin, (former) THP board member Craig Bailey, (current) THP board member and former chair Neal Kane, and me, then volunteer, current board member Tony Grima. Note the rainbow candles.
Neal noted that the minutes from the board meeting just prior to this party recorded: "Party for volunteers – Libby has sent out an email inviting people to the party at Luis’s. The board has to be notified about this as well. It will be a brunch, 1-5 at Luis’s house."
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These zines from LGBTOUT (Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals and Transgendered of the University of Toronto) are currently stored in my extremely full filing cabinet. I was part of the zine committee for a few years in the early 2000s. The issue on top from June 2002 includes an old dance poster from 1988 advertising a Homo Hop with a satirical image of the Pope, an article on queer families, and a piece on bathroom cruising. Our motto was “We started in ’69 and we haven’t changed our position!”]]>Where was it made or acquired?
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I took photographs at New England Gay Pride (March or Parade?) Boston in 1974
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I met David Feinberg in the spring of 1991. Our relationship combined two of the leitmotifs of the time: the growth of the nation’s gay literary scene, symbolized locally by events such as Boston’s OutWrite conference; and the continued, pervasive, relentless presence of AIDS, which showed no sign of abating as the crisis entered its second decade. Dave was an alumnus of MIT who, after living in New York City for a number of years, received positive notices for Eighty-Sixed, his first novel—a haunting, mordantly humorous chronicle of the early years of the epidemic and the years preceding it. We saw each other a number of times in the ensuing months; the accompanying photo was taken at his friend David Herder’s apartment in Cambridge. Dave was funny, subdued, and distracted; he was an exceptionally bright, intense guy whose looming medical plight lingered over every interaction and every conversation—a ubiquitous, lugubrious presence, the sword of Damocles. In those days, if you were among the worried well, you quickly learned a cardinal rule: when it came to discussing AIDS with someone who had been diagnosed, you always, always took your cues from them. If they wanted to talk about their treatments or their fears, you went there; if they wanted to talk about anything and everything else, you obliged. My conversation with Dave tended to focus on gossip about the gay literati (also known as the “glitterati”), culture, politics, and activism. Occasionally (OK, more than occasionally) he would make clipped, sardonic references to the catastrophe surrounding us, and him; gallows humor for the Age of AIDS. Romantic frustration was a constant theme in Dave’s life and work. When Spontaneous Combustion, his second novel, was published, I received a signed copy with a quasi-lovestruck inscription in which he referred to me as “half Pollyanna, half Lili Marlene”—a preternaturally accurate description of my persona at that time. Dave and I eventually lost touch; he died in November 1994. (I recently stumbled upon a blog post written by his close friend John Weir, which recounts Dave’s harrowing, horrifying—and yet, in their way, hilarious—final days.) Twenty-five years later, what endures? The exquisite pain that comes with remembering yet another deep, complicated, talented, entertaining guy gone fifty years too soon.
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The Mr. Boston Leather titleholders from 2003 to 2011. This picture was taken at the 2011 Mr Boston Leather Contest. From left to right: Rob Claffie 2003, Scott Erickson 2004, Jim Maciel 2005, Thomas Lewis 2006, Aaron Lenburg 2007, Joe Barlow 2008, Tim Starkey 2009, Justin Eddy 2010, David Durman 2011. This photo is part of a larger stash of photos of the Mr. Boston Leather contests from 2003 to 2011. They are only in digital format.
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The Magnolia Committee, of which I was a member, organized the first Pride Parade in St.Louis in 1980. St.Louis was (and still is) a conservative city in a very conservative state, so it was a major step to plan, obtain permits and actually have a parade. The first meeting of the group was in an apartment on Magnolia Street. We picked the safest route possible, going from what was then the LGBTQ neighborhood (Central West End) out along the major city park, and ending with a rally on the Washington University campus. We had about 500 people, many of them, particularly teachers, with bags over their heads or mask. We deemed it a success. The 25th anniversary parade, in 2014, had perhaps 25,000 folks, including spectators, was downtown, with police protection and marchers.Where was it made or acquired?
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There are a number of items in this collection, including work for the Boston Phoenix, AIDS Action Committee and the Mass Department of Health.]]>Who made this?
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Cambridge, Massachusetts, June 1984Story