https://archives.rainbowhistory.org/files/original/173b08db4c2f877d1dfc5d644fa5409e.jpg 926dda9eb6201d0e309310677c6b4ece Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Ourstory: Pride in the DMV Collection, 26 Description An account of the resource In May 1972, Washington, DC's GLBT community celebrated its first Pride. The previous two years, gays and lesbians had gone to New York City to celebrate the Stonewall anniversary. In the winter of 1972, the Gay Liberation Front-DC proposed a local celebration, though they scheduled it a month and half before New York's celebration so that people would not have to choose between the events. DC's initial Pride celebration was as much a protest as a celebration, following almost exactly one year after Gay Mayday and the anti-war Mayday demonstrations had closed the streets of the city. This marked the first public celebration of gay and lesbian pride in Washington DC. Organized by the Gay Liberation Front, the festival drew support from All Souls Church, the Community Bookshop, the Gay Activists Alliance, the Gay People's Alliance of George Washington University, Henry Street (one of the houses of the Awards Club, a local drag organization) and the Metropole Cinema. The principal organizers were Chuck Hall, Bruce Pennington, and Cade Ware. This collection includes materials from Gay Pride, Capital Pride, DC Black Pride, and other Pride-related festivals and events. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Dardano, Robert. Photographer Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Being Seen - Being Heard - Being a Community [Exhibit Panel] Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2006 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Pride is among the ways Gay people have created a public presence. For the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgendered (GLBT) community worldwide, Pride is a party, a protest, or both at once. Pride demands and defends the civil rights of GLBT people. Pride celebrates and remembers a minority group that once lived in the shadows of the larger population, but is now out, visible, and here to stay. For more than 30 years, Pride has provided a forum for people- Gay and straight- to speak out on civil rights, politics, the AIDS epidemic and other issues. It also is a venue for GLBT political activity and community building. From its first years, Pride has been a place where community organizations and institutions could showcase their activities and attract new members. Exhibitions