We just got married a couple of years ago. The ceremony was officiated by Rev. Kim Crawford and Executive Minister Beth Robbins at Arlington Street Church on October 26, 2022. It was just the four of us and Greta. Pictured, left to right: Greta the…
Roberta and I got married at Fanizzi’s restaurant in Provincetown over Thanksgiving weekend in 2004. It had always been my dream to have a party with both friends (queer family) and biological family, and that came true at our wedding. My family is…
Interview with Suzanne Laurelle for the Daughters of Bilitis Oral History Project. Interview conducted by Lois Johnson, Sarah Boyer, and Laura Catanzaro.
Interview with Kristine Thurston for the Daughters of Bilitis Oral History Project. Interview conducted by Lois Johnson, Sarah Boyer, and Laura Catanzaro.
Interview with Renee Shapiro and Mimi Rhys for the Daughters of Bilitis Oral History Project. Interview conducted by Lois Johnson, Sarah Boyer, and Laura Catanzaro.
Interview with Lois Johnson and Sheri Barden for the Daughters of Bilitis Oral History Project. Interview conducted by Sarah Boyer and Laura Catanzaro.
Interview with Devra and Jeri for the Daughters of Bilitis Oral History Project. Interview conducted by Lois Johnson, Sarah Boyer, and Laura Catanzaro. The interviewees chose not to use their full names in the interview.
This documents the story of our wedding, starting with when we waited outside Cambridge City Hall with friends to get our wedding licenses. Cambridge opened at midnight to make this happen. It was a momentous, joyous occasion. I don't recall when I…
My partner, Esther ("Terry") Carson Bremer, and I grew up in the 1940s and 1950s, hearing that gay people were either dreadfully sick or big sinners. We first became a couple in 1975. We lived joyfully because we had found each other, but our early…
Mark and I married ourselves around the dining table on January 1, 1996 in Kittery, Maine. Then, when marriage equality became a reality, we drove from our home in Tucson, Arizona, got married at the home of friends in San Diego. It was such a…
My wife (Sarah) and I had planned a destination wedding in Florida, but were convinced that we needed to have a Massachusetts marriage license. On the anniversary of our first date, which was a Monday, we brought our wedding outfits to work with us…
On the first day we could go to Boston City Hall and get a marriage license we waited in line. Inga was pregnant with our twin daughters. We had a ceremony on May 23rd and the girls were born on June 9, 2004.
The first day marriage licenses were available to us in MA - May 17, 2004. Peter Muise and Tony Grima wait in line for a marriage license at Boston City Hall. Note the sign - Boston knew there would be a big rush for these licenses, and made…
Rock Against Sexism Manifesto #1 taken from "Punk & Gay: Natural Allies Article" by Aubergine Green Field, also known as Myrna Greenfield, in the 1981 Music Supplement issue of Gay Community News (Volume 8, Number 45).
Graphic taken from "Punk & Gay: Natural Allies Article" by Aubergine Green Field, also known as Myrna Greenfield, in the 1981 Music Supplement issue of Gay Community News (Volume 8, Number 45)