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Six photographs from Boston Pride 1974 including parade floats, cars, drag performer Sylvia Sidney and other shots.

Drag performer Sylvia Sidney marching in drag at Boston Pride 1974.

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.

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

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

Jimmy (James) Saslow in a unitard with wings poses on the hood of a Gay Community News car in Boston Pride 1974, which also marked the 1st anniversary of GCN.

Marchers near Tremont Street and the Boston Common during Boston's first Pride March on June 26, 1971.

Marchers with balloons during Boston's first Pride March on June 26, 1971.

Attendees outside the Massachusetts State House hold a sign that reads "FEMALE LIBERATION" during Boston's first Pride March on June 26, 1971. Another sign reads "REPEAL ALL ANTI-GAY LAWS Socialist Workers Party."

Attendee holds a sign that reads "IF YOU COME OUT YOU CAN'T BE FOUND OUT" during Boston's first Pride March on June 26, 1971.

Police officers and other department staff members and city officials outside the Boston Police Department headquarters in Back Bay during Boston's first Pride March on June 26, 1971.

Marchers at the corner of Boylston Street during Boston's first Pride March on June 26, 1971.

Video footage (with very faint audio) from the 1988 Boston Pride march and parade.

The Boston Pride Collection consists of papers (some originals and some photocopies), photographs, and ephemera from 1970 to 2008 related to the Boston Pride March and Rally, as well as materials from various celebrations and events during Pride…

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.

Image from the 1979 Pride showing marchers coming down Charles Street.

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.…

Men and women of Gay Community News holding a large banner in the 1990 Pride march in Boston.

The Batucada Belles, founded in 1982, are an all-women percussion troupe that has performed the Brazilian-inspired batucada samba in the Boston Pride march, the Walk for Hunger, the AIDS Walk, and other social justice rallies in the Greater Boston…

LESLA (Lesbianas Latina) formed in 1986. Their statement of purpose reads: "We are a group of Latina lesbians who are committed to supporting each other through our biweekly meetings. We come with a variety of experience, needs, and expectations. Our…

Club Antorcha (initially Latinos Unidos) was founded in 1989 from a focus group and survey conducted by Orlando Del Valle on Latino gay men's health sponsored by Latino Health Institute. It provided a social network to develop the extended family…

In this photograph, Cambridge Lavender Alliance co-chair Sue Hyde introduces Alice Wolf to the participants at the Alliance sponsored brunch at City Hall. The large group of participants is standing in the lobby of City Hall with Hyde and Wolfe at…
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