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Picture of James (Jimmy) Saslow, in costume, standing on top of the Gay Community News car in the 1974 Boston Pride parade which also marked the 1st anniversary of GCN.

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Portrait of Gary Sandison, then President of the AIDS Action Committee, who went on to serve as the Mayor's AIDS Policy Advisor and helped implement one of Boston's first needle exchange programs.

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Rosario Salerno at a campaign event for her successful bid as an at-large City Council Member.

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Massachusetts Representative Byron Rushing at an unknown event.

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Portrait of lesbian writer Jane Rule.

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Portrait of lesbian writer Jane Rule.

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Homophile Community Health Service Executive Director Susan Rosen speaking in front of a podium.

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Steven Rose at a desk wearing a "Silence = Death" t-shirt.

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Close up of Steven Rose wearing a "Silence = Death" t-shirt.

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

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AIDS activist and writer Eric Rofes wearing a leather jacket. Inscribed in marker in verso: "I thought people like that killed themselves."

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Filmmaker Marlon Riggs holding up a fist at a 1990 Lesbian and Gay Studies Conference at Harvard University.

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Poet Adrienne Rich reading at an unknown location.

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Winter demonstration, Tom Reeves can be seen speaking to demonstrators in the foreground.

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David Thorstad and Tom Reeves on a New York City rooftop

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Attorney, previously Chief Justice, Robert Bonin, Tom Reeves, Reverend Robert Wheatley, and Angela Bonin in Copley Square, Tom Reeves is wearing a "HUBCON '78" (Annual Libertarian Party National Convention).

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Lesbian and feminist singer Willie Tyson performing on stage.

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

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Activist and Writer Carl Wittman in Cambridge, MA by the Charles River.

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Portrait of Ed Williams.

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The Washington Sisters (Sandra and Sharon Washington) performing in 1987.

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Rita Mae Brown, Wilda White (then University of Vermont's Gay Student Union President), and Bruce Voeller at a Green Mountain Crossroads open forum (now known as the Out in the Open).

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Lucia Valenska and Barney Frank at an award ceremony for the Boston Chapter of the National Organization of Women and the Massachusetts Gay Caucus.

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Close-up portrait of Lucia Valeska, then co-executive director of the National Gay Task Force, for use in GCN Vol 6 No 48.

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Portrait of Mayumi Tomihara.

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David Thorstad and Tom Reeves with an unidentified person. It appears to be considered for GCN Vol 6 No 38, but doesn't make it into the issue.

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David Thorstad holding a Gay Activists Alliance banner outside a building marked Singer with an unidentified person of color at a protest in New York City, likely during his period as president in 1975.

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Portrait of David Thorstad in a mockup for April 8th, 1978 issue of GCN.

Close up of Sylvester performing.

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Congressman Gerry Studds speaking at a demonstration against US Intervention in Central and South America held at the Boston Commons.

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Congressman Gerry Studds mid-interview with Channel Seven News at an unspecified reception.

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Matt Stern wearing a Keith Haring shirt.

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Sabrina Sojourner and Debbie Lenter at the 1987 National Women's Studies Association Conference held at Spelman College in Atlanta, GA.

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

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Beverly Smith speaking into microphones an an unknown event.

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

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

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Coach Justice Roe of Fitness 4 All Bodies organized and led this discussion about the hidden history of Trans Day of Remembrance on November 20, 2021 to call attention to the erasure of activists of color who inspired and organized the initial March…

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Originally published in Gay Community News, this is an excerpt of an interview between John Ward, Founder of GLAD (GLBTQ Legal Advocates and Defenders) and Cindy Stein

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An article in Gay Community News written by Bill Damon about the first Fantasia Fair in Provincetown. Fantasia Fair, a week-long trans celebration held in Ptown started in 1975. Gay Community News reported on the first event, although terminology in…

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A flyer from Boston's first Pride activities, then called Christopher Street Liberation commemoration events. 1970.

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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,…

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A copy of John Kyper's article about the history of Boston's Gay Movement, published in 1980 by Gay Community News in volume 7, number 42, p. 10-11, 13.

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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"
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