Gay people : have we come this far only to leave behind some of us?
Gay bars--Washington (D.C.)--20th century
Discrimination against African Americans--Washington (D.C.)--20th century
Committee for Open Gay Bars (Organization)
Committee for Open Gay Bars
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Gay liberation movement--Washington (D.C.)--20th century
Gay Liberation Front (Washington, D.C.)
Public notice about the Gay Liberation Front's intention to open up a gay coffeehouse in Washington, D.C.
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Quicksilver Times, March 31-April 13, 1971, p. 10
© Quicksilver Times
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Gay liberation movment--Washington (D.C.)--20th century
Gay pride celebrations--Washington (D.C.)
Calendar of events for the period May 5-25, 1972, including numerous events for Gay Pride 1972.
Quicksilver Times, May 5-25, 1972, p. 23
Bruce Pennington in drag as Aurora Borealis
Bruce Pennington
Photographer: Blue Skies studio
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Article about the gay liberation movement
Quicksilver Times
Quicksilver Times, Juy 14-24, 1970, p. 8.
Gay pride celebrations--Washington (D.C.)--1971
Community newspapers--Washington (D.C.)
Gay newspapers--Washington (D.C.)--20th century
Article announcing the Breadbox, a local Washington, D.C. radical gay newspaper.
Revolutionary Peoples' Constitutional Convention
Article about a program presentation given by the Gay Liberation Front despite the disorganization of the rest of the Revolutionary Peoples' Constitutional Convention.
Quicksilver Times, December 8-18, 1970, p. 15.
Letter to the editor re: use of the term "sucks"
Letter to the editor re: the use of "sucks" as a derogatory term and the inherit homophobic underpinnings of the term.
Yarr, Mike
Quicksilver Times, June 9-19, 1970, p. 7.
Article about the Gay Liberation Front of Washington, D.C.
Quicksilver Times, June 23-July 3, 1970, p. 4
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Gay Pride, Washington, D.C. workshops & seminar programs
1972
Article about the trashing of a straight redneck bar by members of the Gay Liberation Front after being refused service.
Quicksilver Times, December 8-18, 1970, p. 8.
Gay Liberation Front newsletter. Vol. 1, No. 9
Gay Liberation Front Newsletter. Vol. 1, No. 12
Gay Liberation Front Newsletter. Vol. 1, No. 14
Bruce Pennington talking into the microphone on Friends Radio
Friends (Radio program)
Stonewall Nation Media Collective (Organization : Washington, D.C.)
1974
Bruce Pennington dressed as a priest for Halloween with male friend dressed as a nun
Pennington, Bruce C., 1947-2003
Halloween costumes--Washington (D.C.)
PIcture taken at 1414 17th St, NW, #413 Washington, DC 20036
Bruce Pennington dressed in a green dress for Halloween
Gay Pride
Group of attendees at Gay Pride '72. Although this was included with a number of photographs related to Gay Liberation Front-DC, and Washington D.C. did have its first Gay Pride Week in 1972, it is unknown whether this photograph was taken in Washington, D.C. or potentially in New York City.
Do It With Friends WPFW-FM 89.3. Bruce Pennington, a founder of the Stonewall Nation Media Collective, produced and broadcast radio program WGTB and WPFW from 1973 to 1982.
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MS 0764 Series IV Bruce Pennington Papers Box 6
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