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LESLA Members Standing in Grassy Area
LESLA members standing and clapping in grassy area at Boston Gay Pride event of 1991
LESLA Member Eating Ice Pop
LESLA member drinking from ice pop in paper cup while sitting down at Boston Gay Pride event in 1991
LESLA Members Marching with Tamborines
LESLA members playing instruments while marching in Boston Pride Parade of 1991
LESLA Members with Bongos and Water Bottle
LESLA members with instruments and LESLA banner marching in Boston Gay Pride parade of 1991
LESLA Members Holding Banner and Claves
LESLA members with instruments and LESLA banner marching in Boston Gay Pride parade of 1991
LESLA Members Clapping with Banner
LESLA members clapping while marching in front of LESLA banner at Boston Gay Pride parade of 1991
LESLA Members Sharing Water Bottle
LESLA member pouring water into mouth of another member holding LESLA banner while marching at Boston Gay Pride parade of 1991
LESLA Members Laughing by "Mrs. Bull Dyke" Sign
LESLA members laughing in front of sign reading "THAT'S MRS. BULL DYKE TO YOU!!" at Boston Gay Pride parade of 1991
LESLA Members Dancing by "Mrs. Bull Dyke" Sign
LESLA members dancing in front of sign reading "THAT'S MRS. BULL DYKE TO YOU!!" at Boston Gay Pride parade of 1991
LESLA Member with Andeana Hat
LESLA member wearing brown Andeana hat in close profile view
LESLA Member in Pride Shirt Chatting
LESLA member holding LESLA banner talking with another member while marching in Boston Gay Pride parade of 1991
March Participant with "Aids Action Pride" Shirt
Marcher holds up a shirt reading "AIDS ACTION Pride" at Boston Gay Pride parade of 1991
LESLA Member in Pink "Pride" Hat
LESLA member wearing pink "PRIDE" hat and "TOGETHER IN PRIDE" posing for picture
LESLA Member Marching with Guiro
LESLA member holding guiro while marching in front of LESLA banner
LESLA Member Buying Food
LESLA member waiting in front of food stall at the Boston Gay Pride parade of 1991
LESLA Member Marching with Bongos
LESLA member playing bongos while marching in front of "Lesbianism Liberates all Women" sign in the Boston Gay Pride parade of 1991
LESLA Member Marching with Rainstick
LESLA members marching in close profile view
LESLA Members Marching with Banner near Overpass
LESLA banner held by members marching past an overpass in Boston Gay Pride parade of 1991
LESLA Members Marching with Banner behind African American Group
LESLA banner held above group marching behind separate group with "African American" banner in Boston Gay Pride parade of 1991
LESLA Members with Banner, Rainstick, and Claves
LESLA Members holding instruments and a LESLA banner marching in the Boston Gay Pride parade of 1991
Coll. 077: John Mitzel Journals
John Mitzel (1948 – 2013) was a Boston based writer, activist, publisher, and bookstore owner. Mitzel was one of the organizers of Boston's first gay pride parade in 1971. Mitzel was also a founding member of the Fag Rag collective, which began…
Coll. 038: Community Guides and Yellow Pages Collection
Since 1974, various groups have published guides for Boston and New England’s queer communities. These guides include information about area activities, lodging, vacation spots, entertainment venues, bars, health care organizations, a variety of…
Coll. 047: Boston Spirit Magazine (Publication)
Boston Spirit magazine, launched in 2005, is an LGBT publication focused on the Massachusetts and New England area.
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Mattachine Society: If You Are Arrested...
A 1960s pamphlet published by the Mattachine Society.
ACT UP/Boston Poster
ACT UP/Boston call to action, circa 1987.
ACT UP Pamphlet
ACT UP/Boston pamphlet (circa 1989) detailing history of actions since 1988.
National March on Washington for Lesbian & Gay Rights, 1987
Pamphlet for the second National March on Washington for Lesbian & Gay Rights, October 14, 1987.
A Dyke Manifesto Calling all Lesbians
A call-to-action by the Boston Lesbian Avengers, circa 1990s
Break the glass after our ceremony
Carly is on the left, Julia is on the right. We are both smashing the glass after our ceremony under the chuppa that Julia built for the wedding
Coll. 029: SpeakOut Records
SpeakOut’s roots trace back to 1972, when the Daughters of Bilitis and the Homophile Union of Boston joined forces to create the Gay Speakers Bureau. Since then, the organization has evolved and expanded to reflect the rich diversity of the GLBT…
Coll. 003: Bay Windows publication
The Boston-based weekly Bay Windows was first printed and distributed in 1983. The History Project has an incomplete run dating from March 1983-December 2022.
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M+M get married at Boston City Hall.
Matisse DuPont (left)
Massoud Bagheri (right)
Massoud Bagheri (right)
"Help Save Marriage in Massachusetts" flyer
Flyer produced by MassEquality.org, a coalition of local and national organizations dedicated to defending equal marriage rights for same-sex couples in Massachusetts.
"Marriage is a Fundamental Human Right" sticker
Sticker produced by the Freedom to Marry Coalition of Massachusetts.
EqualMarriage.Org stickers
EqualMarriage.org stickers produced by the Freedom to Marry Coalition of Massachusetts.
E. Denise Simmons, Justice of the Peace
Information card for services by Justice of the Peace E. Denise Simmons.
Letter from Denise Simmons to Libby Bouvier and Andrea Devine, 2004 June 21
Letter from Justice of the Peace Denise Simmons to Libby Bouvier and Andrea Devine thanking them for the honor of being able to officiate their marriage ceremony on June 4, 2004.
Queer Wedding Vows, circa 1990 or 1991
Sample wedding vows for a same-sex marriage ceremony, produced by Queer Nation. Writing on the item notes that these may be from 1991, but it is likely that these were produced as part of a Queer Nation demonstration at the Holy Cross Cathedral in…
Queers Get Married sticker
Sticker, likely from 1990 or 2001, produced by Queer Nation about an action related to same-sex marriage at the Holy Cross Cathedral on Washington Street in Boston, Massachusetts.
DVD insert for Mass Matrimony production by Cambridge Community Television, circa 2004
Sleeve insert for DVD of the Cambridge Community Television production, "Mass Matrimony." The cover text reads: "This DVD covers the first same sex couples allowed to file for marriage licenses in the state of Massachusetts, including footage of…
Twenty Years of the Freedom to Marry: Community Celebration [program], 2024 May 17
Program book for event commemorating the 20th anniversary of when the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court's ruling in Goodridge v. Dept. of Public Health, which legalized same-sex marriage in Massachusetts, took effect.
Liz Malia Constitutional Convention bookmark, 2007
Bookmark created and distributed by Representative Liz Malia reminding people about the Constitutional Convention related to Marriage Equality scheduled to be held at the Massachusetts State House on June 14, 2007. From The History Project's Marriage…
B.I.T.C.H. 1991 [Boston Invitation Tournament on Columbus Holiday]
Program booklet for B.I.T.C.H. 1991 [Boston Invitation Tournament on Columbus Holiday].
The Beantown Bowling League began in 1986. The group held weekly Tuesday night bowling and participated in a wide array of tournaments across the United…
The Beantown Bowling League began in 1986. The group held weekly Tuesday night bowling and participated in a wide array of tournaments across the United…
Interview with Lois Johnson, 2016
Interview with Lois Johnson for the Daughters of Bilitis Oral History Project. Interview conducted by Judith Sullivan and Sarah Boyer. Part 1 was likely recorded sometime in 2016. Parts 2, 3, and 4 were recorded in one interview session on January…
Interview with Sarah Boyer, 2019
Interview with Sarah Boyer for the Daughters of Bilitis Oral History Project. Interview conducted by Lois Johnson.