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LGBTQ Activism & Rights in Minnesota: Images & Artifacts

Research materials related to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) activism in Minnesota.

Photograph Collections

History is Now! Celebrating Marriage Equality Project Photograph Collection
31 digital images acquired through the Minnesota Historical Society’s History is Now! project to document same-sex couples who married in August 2013 as a result of the marriage equality bill (HF 1054), which went into effect on August 1, 2013.
MNHS call number: Digital Images

Gay and Lesbian Activities in Minneapolis: Photographs.
Views of Gay Pride celebrations, a 1979 meeting with Minneapolis Chief of Police D.R. Dwyer, Tim Campbell's "Mayoral Ball" in August 1979, a gay march on Washington D.C. Oct. 1979, a 1980 meeting with Mayor Don Fraser and Chief of Police Tony Bouza, and Tom Burke's campaign fundraiser in Feb. 1980. Also includes portraits of Minneapolis councilwoman Barbara Carlson. Photographed by Gary Johnson.
MNHS call number: III.29 

GLBT Pride Festival Photographs.
Views of vendor booths at the 25th anniversary (1994) celebration of Gay Lesbian Bisexual Transgender Pride Day in Minneapolis' Loring Park. Photographed by Leo Treadway.
MNHS call number: I.162 (Includes digital content).

Sample Images at MNHS

 District 202 tent at the Gay Pride Parade. District 202 is a support Group for Gay Teenagers. Jill Adams (age 16) stands in front of the tent in a shirt and ball cap, with a make-up goatee and sideburns, calls herself "Pedro" on this day. Lucille Roberts Gonzalez (age 18) Lesbian and Gay Catholics booth at the GLBT Festival, Loring Park, Minneapolis, 1994. Minnesota DFL Lesbian/Gay Caucus booth at the GLBT Festival, Loring Park, Minneapolis Bob Jansen in front of Northland Gay Men's Center booth at GLBT Festival, Loring Park, Minneapolis Al and Jeff Giraud-Isaacson. Kelly and Donna Nguyen.

 

Sample Artifacts at MNHS

Never Again button supporting Gay Rights, featuring a white triangle on a black background with "Never Again" printed on a red banner across it.  Circular red pin-back button distributed by the Lesbian-Gay Pride Committee of Minneapolis, Minnesota. It features an image of a blue hand print with a pink triangle in the palm. The triangle contains an outline of the United States and the word, "FREE". "Equality" sticker showing a yellow equals sign on dark blue, the logo of the Human Rights Campaign Catholics For Marriage Equality Minnesota sign Equal Equals Love [Dorothy and Betty Crocker] Equal Equals Love [Paul Bunyan and the Jolly Green Giant]

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