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Pride in Pictures 1990s: The fire & fury of AIDS, DOMA & Don’t Ask Don’t Tell
The 1990s was wrought with setbacks, but visibility and support continued to grow.
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“We just wanted to live”: The struggles of being Black & queer in the Civil Rights era
Donzaleigh Abernathy’s life & career was made possible by queer people you haven’t heard from. Until now.
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Out Major General Tammy Smith retires after 35 years of service
In 1778, George Washington had a soldier drummed out of the military for sodomy. 243 years later, the Fife and Drum Corps, Honor Guard Company, and the Commander-in-Chief’s Guard were all there to celebrate a lesbian general’s retirement.
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The movement to legalize marijuana is finally finding success. Gay activism helped start it.
The AIDS epidemic in the 1980s and activist Dennis Peron largely sparked the drive toward acceptance of cannabis use.
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Dr. Fauci talks about his visits to gay bars & bathhouses (for scientific reasons)
He also contrasted the AIDS activists that once targeted him with COVID deniers, saying the former “ultimately were on the right side of history.”
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When LGBTQ people marched into battle, we did it armed with pride
(and maybe a little profanity)
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Pride in Pictures: Bubble of community
“The support I feel whenever I’m at an LGBTQ event brings me back to this day…”
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Pride in Pictures: The long wait for acceptance
This photo represents one man’s long journey towards acceptance of self – one of the most important steps to Pride.
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Pride in Pictures: Out in the daylight
Pride always looks best in pink.
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Republicans are very good at making epidemics much worse than they should be
In dealing with the coronavirus, Trump & the GOP are repeating the Reagan administration’s terrible response to the AIDS epidemic.