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Actors from United Fruit Company in costume
In 1989, founding Artistic Director Abe Rybeck and a group of artist/activists formed The Theater Offensive to expand on the success of the gay men's guerrilla theater troupe, United Fruit Company. The Theater Offensive mounts and produces festivals…
Ad with Richard Burns and Sue Hyde
Ad with photograph of Richard Burns and Sue Hyde wearing GCN shirts and text: "Richard Burns: GCN, NGLTF, and the Center are institutions central to the gay community. That means they have to accommodate as broad a spectrum of political thought as…
Additional angle of crowd at Franklin Park, Trans Resistance March
Photo taken during the June 13, 2020 Trans Resistance March, Franklin Park, Boston, Massachusetts by Jo Trigilio.
Adrienne Rich Reading.
Poet Adrienne Rich reading at an unknown location.
AIDS Action Committee gathering
Large reception of AIDS Action Committee with cookies and coffee.
AIDS Action Committee marching in a parade
AIDS Action Committee with banner and many balloons in Copley Square.
AIDS Action Committee members march in a parade
AIDS Action Committee members during a parade, with a banner and many balloons in Copley Square in Boston, MA.
AIDS and Friends
Where was this made or acquired?Javits Center, New York CityStoryMy friend Mark Aurigemma and I both worked at Gay Men's Health Crisis during the height of the AIDS epidemic. This picture was taken at a dance-a-thon fundraiser, where I apparently was…
Alice Wolf addresses the Cambridge Lavender Alliance
Alice Wolf addressing The Cambridge Lavender Alliance Brunch at City Hall June 8, 1991
Am Tikva celebrating the Passover Seder at Brookline Jewish Community Center.
Am Tikva members seated at tables for Passover Seder at the Brookline Jewish Community Center.
Am Tikva Passover Seder celebration
Am Tikva members seated at tables for Passover Seder at the Brookline Jewish Community Center. The congregation Am Tikva – People of Hope – has been serving the Greater Boston community since 1976, creating an open and welcoming environment where…
Amy Hoffman
Amy Hoffman smiling behind a desk, from Mike Riegle collection.
Amy Hoffman Speaking at Arlington Street Church
Amy Hoffman speaking behind a podium at the Arlington Street Church after the 1982 arson at 22 Bromfield Street.
Andrea Loewenstein
Portrait of Andrea Loewenstein
Andrea Loewenstein and Unidentified Person at the Boston Commons
Andrea Loewenstein, on left, and an unidentified person at the Boston Commons, both wearing "Foster Equality" stickers. From Mike Riegle collection.
ANITA SUCKS [ORANGES]
The popular singer, a former Miss Oklahoma and spokesperson for the Florida citrus industry, Anita Bryant became the face of homophobia in 1977 when she campaigned to repeal a Dade County ordinance that prohibited discrimination on the basis of…
Ann Maguire
Color portrait of Ann Maguire with a red bandana around her neck. In the 1970s, Maguire hosted the WBUR radio show Gay Way, managed the Lesbian bar Somewhere, and served as the manager of Elaine Noble's successful 1974 election campaign. Maguire was…
Ann Maguire
Portrait of Ann Maguire edited for publication, Maguire is wearing a Beantown's Women's Rugby shirt. In the 1970s, Maguire hosted the WBUR radio show Gay Way, managed the Lesbian bar Somewhere, and served as the manager of Elaine Noble's successful…
Ann Maguire and Joe Martin
Ann Maguire and Joe Martin, both activists and gay radio hosts, stand beside a microphone.
Ann Maguire Speaking
Ann Maguire making fists as she speaks behind a podium. In the 1970s, Maguire hosted the WBUR radio show Gay Way, managed the Lesbian bar Somewhere, and served as the manager of Elaine Noble's successful 1974 election campaign. Maguire was a lifelong…
Anne Revere and Katherine Emery in the 1934 production of Lillian Hellman's The Children Hour
Photo used in the Alyson Publications book We Can Always Call Them Bulgarians: The Emergence of Lesbians and Gay Men on the American Stage, by Kaier Curtin.
Anti-Gay Job Discrimination Documents and Testimony, circa 1972-1974
Who made this?John KyperWhere was it made or acquired?BostonStoryIn November 1972 I was refused employment as an aide at the Massachusetts Mental Health Center, located on Fenwood Road near Brigham Circle, by a nursing supervisor who told me that my…
Application for use of Old Cambridge Baptist Church, for December 8 1995 memorial service of Gordon Copeland (partner of Charles Shively).
This document is a copy of the form that Charles filled out to reserve the sanctuary of the Old Cambridge Baptist Church (Cambridge MA) for Gordon's memorial service on December 8, 1995. Charles wrote that he anticipated 50-75 people to attend, and…
Art of Black Dance and Music dancer and musicians
De Anna Battle dancing with percussionists in background.
Art of Black Dance and Music dancers on stage with drummer
Four women dancers wearing diverse costumes dance on a black stage with one hand percussionist behind them.
Athena Vaughn and ASL interpreter on stage at Trans Resistance March
Athena Vaughn and ASL interpreter on stage at Trans Resistance March, Franklin Park, Boston.
Photo taken during the June 13, 2020 Trans Resistance March, Franklin Park, Boston, Massachusetts by Jo Trigilio.
Photo taken during the June 13, 2020 Trans Resistance March, Franklin Park, Boston, Massachusetts by Jo Trigilio.
Athena Vaughn speaking at Trans Resistance March
Athena Vaugh, organizer, speaks at the 2020 Trans Resistance March, Franklin Park, Boston.
Photo taken during the June 13, 2020 Trans Resistance March, Franklin Park, Boston, Massachusetts by Jo Trigilio.
Photo taken during the June 13, 2020 Trans Resistance March, Franklin Park, Boston, Massachusetts by Jo Trigilio.
Attendee holds a sign that reads "IF YOU COME OUT YOU CAN'T BE FOUND OUT" during Boston's first Pride March, 1971 June 26
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.
Attendees outside the Massachusetts State House hold a sign that reads "FEMALE LIBERATION" during Boston's first Pride March, 1971 June 26
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."
Audre Lorde and Margot Karle at The Roosevelt
Audre Lorde and Margot Karle behind a podium at The Roosevelt.
Audre Lorde and Margot Karle at The Roosevelt
Audre Lorde and Margot Karle behind a podium at The Roosevelt.
AWP opening panel sit at banquet table in front of George Washington portrait
AWP opening panel: Kim Shire, Oliva Espin, Judy Chamberlain, Loraine Obler, Frances Doughty, Edith Stein
Ballet dancers at the Joy of Movement Center
"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…
Banner group of the Freedom Trail Band in Copley Plaza during Pride 1985
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.
Banner parade at Dignity/Boston Convention
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 at the Fund for Human Dignity Education Conference 1988
Barbara Smith, Publisher, Kitchen Table Women of Color Press, speaks at a podium.
Barbara Smith, Sesquicentennial Award
Barbara Smith at a sesquicentennial award ceremony for an unknown organization in New York.
Barbara Zanotti reading from A Faith of One's Own
Lesbian writer Barbara Zanotti reading from her book A Faith of One's Own.
Batucada Bells march in parade on Charles Street
Large group of women wearing Batucada Bells t-shirts in a parade carrying bells and drums.