Drag Queens at Parade
Drag Queens participate in Gay Pride Parade.
A group of Drag Queens assemble along the parade route of the annual Gay Pride Event in New York City in 1973.
Leonard Fink
The LGBT Community Center National History Archive, Leonard Fink Collection #26.
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1973
Leonard Fink
Reproduced with permission from the LGBT Community Center National History Archive, Leonard Fink Collection. All rights reserved.
The LGBT Community Center National History Archive, Leonard Fink Collection #26, Box 1, Folder 26.
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Roller Arena on 7th Ave.
Roller Arena Fairy Godmother during or after a Pride event.
Picture of Roller Arena, Fairy Godmother during a pride event in 1973, most likely taken on 7th Avenue with a number of her fans, including a police officer. Rollerena (as she is known today) went by the names Rollin’ Skeets in 1970, Roller Arena Fairy Godmother in 1972 and Rollerena Fairy Godmother in 1979. The character, created in 1972 by a young man from Kentucky who put on a gown, a 1950's hat, a straw basket and skated up and down Christopher Street, carried a magic wand to bless mortals. She skated in gay neighborhoods, the Easter Parade, Gay Pride Marches and in the popular discos. Occasionally she will still grace us with her presence in gay clubs and bars.
Leonard Fink
LGBT Community Center National History Archive, Leonard Fink Collection #26.
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1973
Leonard Fink
Leonard Fink Collection #26. Box 1, Folder 24.
Reproduced with permission from the LGBT Community Center National History Archive, Leonard Fink Collection. All rights reserved.
LGBT Community Center National History Archive, Leonard Fink Collection #26. Box 1, Folder 24.
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CSLD Parade, 5th Avenue
Photograph of Christopher Street Liberation Day parade route on 5th Avenue near Rockefeller Center.
Photograph of crowd on 5th Avenue during the CSLD parade. This image was taken by Rudy Grillo. The date is unknown but most likely taken after 1970 and before 1975.
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The LGBT Community Center National History Archive, Rudy Grillo Collection, #3.
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Unknown
Rudy Grillo
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The LGBT Community Center National History Archive, Rudy Grillo Collection, #3. Box 2, Folder 62.
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Christopher Street Liberation Day Parade
Pride Marchers in Christopher Street Liberation Day Parade, 1970
Photo taken by Leonard Fink during the first Christopher Street Liberation Day Parade in 1970. The subjects are unidentified but are standing in front of the Gay Activists Alliance (GAA) banner.
Leonard Fink
The LGBT Community Center National History Archive, Leonard Fink Collection #26.
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1970
Leonard Fink
Reproduced with permission from the LGBT Community Center National History Archive, Leonard Fink Collection. All rights reserved.
The LGBT Community Center National History Archive, Leonard Fink Collection #26, Box 1, Folder 28.
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Gay May Day March
The Gay May Day March, 1971
In 1971, a large march, including a women's march and anti war march were planned for May 1st. Gay Liberation Front, the grassroots militant organization that grew out of the Stonewall rebellion, organized to include a Gay May Day Contingent in protests both in New York and Washington D.C.
Uncredited
The LGBT Community Center National History Archive, Rudy Grillo Collection (#3).
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May 1, 1971
Rudy Grillo
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The LGBT Community Center National History Archive, Rudy Grillo Collection (#3). .Box 2, folder 62.
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