https://archives.rainbowhistory.org/files/original/909451c1145515438d8e8029c26070d3.jpg 91875ff9a785ac321b9feeb7c2f656ec 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 Organizing Pride [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. Lambda Rising continued to sponsor Pride as the event grew and became an annual tradition. Pride ‘76 doubled the previous year’s turnout and brought in more organizations, including Parents of Gays (now known as PFLAG), always one of the most popular participants. Then-DC Council member Marion Barry’s presentation of the official Pride proclamation at the 1977’s block party began the annual tradition of appearances by local politicians. By 1979, the celebration overwhelmed 20th Street. It was time for a larger venue. In 1980, P Street Festival, Inc., was established to organize Pride events on the grounds of the Francis School, along 23rd Street NW and a small grassy stretch of Rock Creek Park known to locals as “P Street Beach.” The larger location accommodated more organizational booths, sports events, art, food, vendors, music and dancing. Almost every member of the City Council attended that year’s events, enough to field a DC City Council vs. Gay community softball game. A new organization, Gay and Lesbian Pride of Washington, took over the management of the festival in 1988. Exhibitions Pride