Love Is All You Need, 1970
A flyer from Boston's first Pride activities, then called Christopher Street Liberation commemoration events. 1970.
1970
sunday 26 april, THE GAY LIBERATION DANCE & catfishblack!
A poster for a Student Homophile League Gay Liberation Dance at Harvard University. sunday 26 april, THE GAY LIBERATION DANCE & catfishblack!
"A dance for humanity: gay, start- we are all One. Come together. Go to Harvard Free U. in Lawrence Hall, 9 pm. Donations accepted!"
c. 1970
HUB Back to School Dance at the Arlington Street Church
Poster for the Homophile Union of Boston (HUB) Back to School Dance at the Arlington Street Church. Friday September 29, 1972. "Dance to the Music of The Sundance Band, Addmission [sic] $1.50 per person"
1972
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GAY DANCE
Poster for Student Homophile League Gay Dance, Arlington Street Church. 1972
1972
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student homophile league, GAY DANCE, friday june 2 at the oddfellows hall, CENTRAL SQ. CAMBRIDGE
Poster created for a Student Homophile League Dance at the Oddfellows Hall in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Circa 1970.
c. 1970
Other dances were sponsored by organizations like the Homophile Union of Boston and the Boston chapter of Daughters of Bilitis, including this poster from a dance sponsored by HUB in 1972 at Arlington Street Church in Boston and the Oddfellows Hall on Mass Ave in Cambridge.
New Words Bookstore Clippings from Gay Community News
Scanned clippings from Gay Community News, 1974, about New Words Bookstore.
New Words opened in April 1974 at 419 Washington Street in Somerville and then moved to 186 Hampshire Street in Cambridge in 1976.
Founded by Rita Arditti, Gilda Bruckman, Mary Lowry, and Jean MacRae, they chose the store’s name from a passage by Mary Daly: “Women are hearing ourselves and each other for the first time, and out of that creative hearing emerge new words.”
Noted speakers included Alison Bechdel, Kate Clinton, Lillian Faderman, Leslie Feinberg, Adrienne Rich, Audre Lorde, Barbara Smith, and others, including the women of Kitchen Table Press and the Combahee River Collective among other lesbian and feminist presses.
After the bookstore closed in 2002, the organization transitioned into the non-profit Center for New Words. In 2010, the Center for New Words channeled all of its resources to support Women, Action, & the Media, an online network of feminist journalists, authors, and activists.
1974
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Lavender Vision, Volume 1, Issue 1
Lesbian Feminism
Cover of the inaugural issue of Lavender Vision for the Lesbian Community, published in 1970, as part of Cambridge-based Media Collective. Ultimately two issues were published between 1970 and 1971. <a href="https://www.jstor.org/site/reveal-digital/independent-voices/lavendervision-27953608/">Both are digitized and available freely via JSTOR</a>.
Media Collective
10 January 1970
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Boston Playwrights Theatre members
Boston Playwrights Theatre
Seven actors from the Boston Playwrights Theatre sit on a house stoop, posing theatrically.
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1984-08-01
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Three women at New Words celebrating "Cuentos: Stories by Latinas"
New Words
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 Color Press. Featured in Gay Community News, November 26, 1983., page 15.
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Marge Ragona of the Metropolitan Community Church Rhode Island
Metropolitan Community Church Rhode Island
Marge Ragona
Reverend Marge Ragona, Pastor of the Metropolitan Community Church in Providence, Rhode Island.
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Marge Ragona of the Metropolitan Community Church of Rhode Island speaking in front of an audience
Metropolitan Community Church Rhode Island
Marge Ragona
Reverend Marge Ragona, Pastor of the Metropolitan Community Church in Providence, Rhode Island.
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Marge Ragona of the Metropolitan Community Church of Rhode Island speaking at a podium
Metropolitan Community Church Rhode Island
Marge Ragona
Reverend Marge Ragona, Pastor of the Metropolitan Community Church in Providence, Rhode Island.
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Marge Ragona of the Metropolitan Community Church of Rhode Island standing at a podium
Metropolitan Community Church Rhode Island
Marge Ragona
Reverend Marge Ragona, Pastor of the Metropolitan Community Church in Providence, Rhode Island.
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Members of the Massachusetts Breast Cancer Coalition standing in front of the Mobile Mammographic Unit
Massachusetts Breast Cancer Coalition
Two men and two women smile while standing in front of a vehicle parked at a CVS with the words "Mobile Mammographic Unit" painted on the side.
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Promotional photograph of the band Libana, Inc. posed in a garden with their instruments
Libana, Inc.
12 women of the band Libana, Inc. pose outdoors in a garden with their various musical instruments.
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Libby Smith and June Chan read at the podium for the Lesbian Liberation Panel
Lesbian Liberation
June Chan
Libby Smith
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The panel from the Saturday Opening Session of the Lesbian Liberation conference
Lesbian Liberation
Five women at the Sunday Lesbian Liberation Conference form a panel in front a banner which reads: "Restore Medicaid Funds for Abortion".
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View of the Sunday Lesbian Liberation Panel from the audience
Lesbian Liberation
June Chan
Libby Smith
A straight on view of the Sunday Morning Lesbian Liberation Panel, from the audience perspective.
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Partial view of the Sunday Lesbian Liberation Panel, with Libby Smith and June Chan reading at the podium
Lesbian Liberation
Libby Smith
June Chan
Five women on the panel at the Sunday Morning Lesbian Liberation Panel.
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Sunday Morning Lesbian Liberation Panel
Lesbian Liberation
June Chan
Libby Smith
A woman speaks at a podium next to a row of panelists at the Sunday Morning Lesbian Liberation Panel.
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Sunday Morning Lesbian Liberation Panel with some audience members
Lesbian Liberation
June Chan
Libby Smith
A woman speaks at a podium next to a row of panelists, including Libby Smith and June Chan, at the Sunday Morning Lesbian Liberation Panel, with audience members looking on.
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Two LAGMA members looking at a copy of Gay Community News
LAGMA
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View of opening plenary at Lesbian Liberation sponsored conference, with audience
Lesbian Liberation
A group of women sitting in an auditorium. The women are wearing nametags for a conference sponsored by the group Lesbian Liberation.
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Partial view of opening plenary at Lesbian Liberation sponsored conference, with audience
Lesbian Liberation
A group of women sit in an auditorium in front of a banner which reads: " Reproductive Rights National Network".
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Partial view of opening plenary at Lesbian Liberation sponsored conference, with audience speaker
Lesbian Liberation
A group of women sit in an auditorium, turned to listen to a audience member speaking. A banner on the back wall of the auditorium reads: " Reproductive Rights National Network".
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Bill Mulkern and Diane Green of LAGMA smiling
LAGMA
Diane Green
Bill Mulkern
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Two LAGMA members working
LAGMA
A man and a woman from LAGMA sitting at a table with books and papers on it.
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Lavender Resistance members in candid conversation
Lavender Resistance Group
Three members of the Lavender Resistance smile at each other.
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A group of men and women sitting in a room, posing with a shiny sign which says: "Jamaica Plain"
Jamaica Plain Neighbors
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Jolar Cinema entrance
Jolar Cinema
The entrance to the Jolar Cinema with signs: "Movies", "25 cent Private Booths", "Jolar Cinemas welcomes you to Boston's entertainment center".
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Three women smiling in front of a Human Rights Campaign Fund banner
Human Rights Campaign Fund
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Tim McFeely making an announcement at the Human Rights Campaign Fun fundraiser at the Institute of Contemporary Art
Human Rights Campaign Fund
Tim McFeely
Tim McFeely speaking into a megaphone in a photo gallery during at fundraiser for HRCF at the ICA.
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1990-08-08
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People at opening of the Hospice at Mission Hill
Hospice at Mission Hill
Ray Flynn
Lynn Kortenhaus
Regina Rockefeller
William Wallace
William Wiggins
Opening of Mission Hill Hospice, Oct. 26, 1989. Left to Right: Lynn Kortenhaus, P.R. counsel; William Wiggins, vice president, Bay Banks; Ray Flynn, mayor; Regina Rockefeller, chair of the board; William Wallace, executive director.
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1989-10-26
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Ribbon cutting ceremony for the Hospice at Mission Hill
Hospice at Mission Hill
Kelly Farqu Lasson
Kevin Fitzgerald
Ray Flynn
Larry Kessler
J.R. McEvoy
David Mulligan
Opening of Hospice at Mission Hill, Oct. 26, 1989. Left to Right: David Mulligan, Mass. DPH; J.R. McEvoy, PWA Coalition; Ray Flynn, Mayor; Kelly Farqu Lasson, Mission Hill community leader; Kevin Fitzgerald, State rep.; Larry Kessler, AAC.
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1989-10-26
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GCN.ORG.00315
Gay Roots Gay Rights Fund members holding a donation check
Grass Roots Gay Rights Fund
Ron Bilotas
John Boiley
Mark Christoff
Joyce Collier
Jon Goode
Robert Winneman
Members of Grass Roots Gay Rights Fund pass a donation check to members of Fenway Victim Recovery Program. Left to Right: John Boiley, Mark Christoff, Jon Goode, Ron Bilotas (all from GRGRF), Joyce Collier and Robert Winneman (Fenway). GRGRF donates $3000 to the Fenway Victim Recovery Program, May 28, following May 5 gaybashings in the South End.
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Freddie Greenfield photo montage
Good Gay Poets
Freddie Greenfield
Four photographs of Freddie Greenfield arranged in a collage
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GCN.ORG.00311
Two police officers watching the Good Gay Poets protesters
Good Gay Poets
Two police officers standing and watching a protest by Good Gay Poets in Provincetown, MA.
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Good Gay Poets protesters walking on the street in front of Valerie's Restaurant
Good Gay Poets
Protesters from Good Gay Poets walking down the sidewalk in front of Valerie's Restaurant in Provincetown, MA wearing signs such as: "Gay is Good!", "No More Oppression or Fear", and "Valerie's is not a Restaurant, It is a Closet."
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Group of protesters with signs for Good Gay Poets
Good Gay Poets
A group from Good Gay Poets gathers on a sidewalk in front of some houses, most carrying protest signs.
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Good Gay Poets protesters posing with signs
Good Gay Poets
A man and a woman holding signs reading: "Protest Reading Tonight Art Association Lawn 460 Commercial St." and "Stop Gay Oppression" pose on the together on a sidewalk .
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Good Gay Poets protester with police officers
Good Gay Poets
A man holding a sign reading: "Protest Reading Tonight Art Association 460 Commercial St." (Provincetown, MA) is met by police officers on the street.
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Good Gay Poets protest in the street with signs
Good Gay Poets
Men and women of Good Gay Poets protesting on the street in a residential neighborhood (Provincetown, MA) with signs reading: "Protest Reading Tonight Art Association 460 Commercial St."
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Window display of books at Glad Bookstore
Glad Day Bookstore
Window display at Glad Bookstore with books such as: <em>Gay American History</em>, <em>A Woman Appeared to Me</em>, <em>The Church and the Homosexual</em>, as well as copies of <em>Gay Community News</em>, <em>Maine Gay Task Force Newsletter</em>, and <em>Christopher Street</em>.
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Newly elected officers of national Gay Press Association
Gay Press Association
Joe Di Sabato
Phil Nash
Morgan Pinney
Mark Segal
Portrait of the four elected officers of the Gay Press Association. Left-Right: Mark Segal, vice president; Phil Nash, secretary; Joe Di Sabato, president; Morgan Pinney, treasurer
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Gay Press Association members sitting at a dinner table
Gay Press Association
Eight men from the Gay Press Association sitting around a dinner table before dinner, smiling happily at the camera.
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Gay Men's Center first Tuesday potluck supper
Gay Men's Center
Al Bonchard
Johnathan Cross
Tom Von Forester
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Gay Health Collective members posing with a cake
Gay Health Collective
Seven members of the Gay Health Collective sitting around a table with a cake on it, looking at the camera.
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Ray in a press hat with cigarette
Gay Community News
A man standing at an outdoor gathering with a hat that says Press on it, looking at the camera with a cigarette in his mouth.
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Gay Speakers Bureau meeting
Gay Community News
Warren Blumenfeld
David Peterson
Gary Ralph
Anne Wadsworth
Nancy Wechsler
Members of the Gay Speakers Bureau sitting and talking at a meeting. Left to Right: Gary Ralph (speaker), Warren Blumenfeld (coordinator), David Peterson (president), Anne Wadsworth (outgoing treasurer, speaker), Nancy Wechsler (speaker).
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1978-05-01
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View from street of the fire damage at Gay Community News office at 22 Bromfield Street in Boston
Gay Community News
View of the façade of at 22 Bromfield Street where Gay Community News had its offices above next to the Glad Day Book Shop.
The History Project: Documenting LGBTQ Boston
1982
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GCN.ORG.00270