https://archives.rainbowhistory.org/files/original/7983250eb02a8aa3967513e63684b56d.jpg a7fbf3dc45031bc4060b627ace08573a 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 Pride on Parade [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. In 1981, DC Pride expanded to include a parade. It was an immediate success. Community organizations, clubs, bars, and athletic, social, arts and ethnic associations joined the parade along with marching bands and choruses, drag performers and “Dykes on Bikes” contingents. DC Council members, candidates for local office and even presidential campaign organizers joined the parade. Grand Marshals, known today as Heroes of Pride, were drawn from outstanding GLBT community leaders. The parade moved from the Dupont Circle area in 1995, leading the crowd through the city to the new Freedom Plaza site. When the parade was moved back to Dupont in 2003, some saw it as a retreat from hard-won visibility, some welcomed it home.