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…
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.
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"
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. Both are digitized and available freely via JSTOR.
I used to lead a gay social group called Gen-X Bears Boston. It was a social group for bears 18+ and their allies. Their goal was to establish a bear community separate from the bars, to promote a healthy social environment. Gen-X bears originally…
An issue of the newsletter of the Boston chapter of the Daughters of Bilitis. The date listed on the cover is January 1973, though the issue is from January 1974.
An issue of the newsletter of the Boston chapter of the Daughters of Bilitis. The first page of the newsletter (after the cover page) is mislabeled as page 9.