https://archives.rainbowhistory.org/files/original/34d579788b599d730b8bc709dbd4d000.pdf 0d73dba9314b4df51a7156e2952ec271 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 Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Text Any textual data included in the document. D.C. Holds First Ever Black Lesbian, Gay Pride Day By Mark Hails WASHINGTON—The weather came shining through and the throngs came out for the first Black Lesbian and Gay Pride Festival held May 25 in Washington. "Let Us All Be Together" was the theme for the event, which organizers said attracted hundreds of men and women. Welmore Cook, event coordinator, said proceeds from the festival will be directed toward agencies providing HTV-related services to the black lesbian and gay community, ideally those that receive little or no government assistance. About $3,000 net profit will be distributed. Although the focus was on raising money to support services for people with AIDS, organizers said they hope a byproduct was to encourage black gay people throughout the area to "come out of the closet." "Two and three years ago, we were still denying we existed, or that AIDS was a problem in this community,'' Theodore Kirkland, one of the festival's organizers, told the Washington Post. "Any grassroots project has to turn itself around. I think the time is right now." Organizers chose Banneker Field near Howard University in order to be as close as possible to the black community. The festival came about because Cook, Ernest Hopkins and Theodore Kirkland talked among themselves about raising money for AIDS service organizations," said Carlene Cheatam, a member of the organizing committee who directed the lesbian outreach for the festival. "The need is great, so they saw this as one way to make money. They took that action with that belief." "They went around and laid the groundwork, as far as getting the permits, identifying the space, getting the petitions signed by the people in the neighborhood and following up on all the other requirements of putting on something like this. Then once the foundation was laid, they then extended an invitation to the community to help make it happen," she told BLK. They incorporated Black Lesbian and Gay Pride, Inc. This is just a small corporation of people who said, 'let's do this'," she added. Cheatam was quick to say that the festival was not organized as any kind of reaction to the annual Lesbian and Gay Pride Day festival, held in Dupont Circle. She stressed that while some black heterosexuals were expected to come to support the Black Lesbian and Gay Pride Day, most folks would probably opt to go to both, including the organizers of the Black Lesbian and Gay Pride event. Admission to the festival was only $2.00. The reality is that there is no other entity in our community raising money for us for that need," she said. Among the most visible organizations taking part in the first ever event were the D.C. Coalition of Black Lesbians and Gay Men, the Inner City AIDS Network, IMPACT-DC, Best Friends of D.C, Black Women Together, the Black Women's Support Group and the Nob Hill Bar. The day long festival featured women's and men's sporting events and booths from community organizations. Entertainment was provided by a number of groups, including the Paper Dolls. Cheatam didn't see the festival knocking down the walls of denial among the heterosexuals in the black community overnight, but remained optimistic. "It's just one of the many steps that are necessary," she told BLK. "I don't believe that as a community we've been comfortable enough to dialogue with the straight black community, and we know they are not comfortable dialoguing with us...I wish that we were confident enough to organize ourselves to do that education. We're the only ones who can do that. But I don't believe that we are comfortable or organized or whatever to do that effectively. I hope that dialogue starts again and that some people would be willing to connect to make it happen." A number of local politicians made appearances, such as councilmembers Frank Smith and John Ray, and D.C. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton. Organizers also took time out to honor artist Adrienne Blackwell with a community service award for the female illusionist's efforts at raising money for AIDS organizations. Also honored as "Man of the Year" was Phil Pannell and "Woman of the Year* Charlene Cheatam. Best male entertainer was Melvin Parks, best female entertainer, Halima Williams, and Sparkle McHarris as best drag performer. The turnout was far greater than he expected, Kirkland said. What members have to do now, he said, is ask themselves one question: "Are we fully at that crossroads, where we go from being underground and grassroots to being recognized?" 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