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AWP opening panel: Kim Shire, Oliva Espin, Judy Chamberlain, Loraine Obler, Frances Doughty, Edith Stein

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…

"Students of Ballet, (advanced, Pointe class) shown here, under the direction of instructor, Terry Shields. These students are in The Morning Intensive Program for Dancers in Training at The Joy of Movement Center. These advanced students are now…

A man twirls a baton and marches in the 1985 Pride Parade in front of a banner for the Lesbian and Gay Freedom Trail Band.

Dignity/Boston was formed in the first waves of the Gay Liberation movement that followed the Stonewall Riots, and has been providing a home for gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender (GLBT) Catholics, their friends and supporters since 1972.…

Barbara Smith, Publisher, Kitchen Table Women of Color Press, speaks at a podium.

Barbara Smith at a sesquicentennial award ceremony for an unknown organization in New York.

Lesbian writer Barbara Zanotti reading from her book A Faith of One's Own.

Large group of women wearing Batucada Bells t-shirts in a parade carrying bells and drums.

Who made this? Tom Beauchamp-Arnold (member of the club) Where was it made or acquired? Boston Ramrod 1254 Boylston Street, Boston MA Story This picture is of the 1st Anniversary celebration held at the Boston Ramrod. This…

Where was it made or acquired? The Crown & Anchor Provincetown, Massachusetts Story In March of 2019 the Bay State Marauders celebrated their 16th Anniversary in Provincetown, Massachusetts. This was a 3 day event with 80 people in…

BEING TRANS IN THE 1980S - NIGHTLIFE, PART 1
I'll admit, nightlife in the 80s for a T girl was F-A-N-T-A-S-T-I-C. Gone was the strict binary sexuality of the disco era yet leftover was their repurposed venues. In Boston these became inhabited by…

Page and I were like matching bookends. We both had rebelous platinum blonde hair, slender figures, and were fond of black outfits & light foundation to contrast our heavyily winged eyes & painted lips. Difference was Page had a fashion model's…

Benjamin Thompson, senior advisor on equal rights for the city of Boston, Human Rights Commission

Flyer for Betsy Rose & Cathy Winter's album "Sweet Sorcery."

Bette Midler performs at the Boston Opera House.

Bette Midler backup singers in wheelchairs at the Boston Opera House.

Beverly Smith reading at New Words Bookstore, Somerville, MA.

Beverly Smith and two unidentified demonstrators, possibly Barbara Smith, speaking at Boston Pride, 1979.

Beverly Smith speaking into microphones an an unknown event.

Billy died at age 35 yrs. in 1985 in Boston. In this photo he is 20 years of age (1970) at his first Gay Pride Parade in NYC. He was an aspiring actor going to the Circle in the Square acting school. Billy died of AIDS in Boston on October 3, 1985. …

This is Gordon's birth certificate. He was born on June 17, 1931 in Providence RI. His father, also named Gordon, was born in Chatham, England, and his mother, Marie Thomas, was born in Syracuse, New York.

Birthday card from Allan to Gordon, apologizing for it being a couple days late, dated June 20, 1974.

Black and White Men Together banner over a group of men carrying signs and marching down a street.

This small, square, black and white Kodak Velox with scalloped edges appears to be of a living space (lamp, table, candles, vase, record player and vinyl records) with a painted portrait of a man posed in a chair, looking back over his shoulder at…

A line of people smiling and clapping at a podium with a microphone.

Crowd of Boston AIDS Walk participants stretches down Beacon Street in Boston with the giant Citgo sign in the distance.

Group of men and women outside of a building with banners for Boston Area Gay Schoolworkers.

Demonstrators from the Boston Area Gay Schoolworkers standing under a balcony on which a cameraman can be seen filming.

Peter Maroon (far left) and a woman named Millie smiling in a crowd and wearing a BAHR badge.
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