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On June 22, 1988, less than a month before his 45th birthday, Matlovich died in Los Angeles of complications from HIV/AIDS. [1] His tombstone, meant to be a memorial to all gay veterans, does not bear his name. It reads, "When I was in the military, they gave me a medal for killing two men and a discharge for loving one."
Trans-Inclusive Gay Men's Pride Flag According to the Human Rights Campaign, this is the second version of a pride flag specifically for gay men. This version has varying shades of green and blue ...
The original gay pride flags were flown in celebration of the San Francisco Gay Freedom Day Parade on June 25, 1978. [1] According to a profile published in the Bay Area Reporter in 1985, Gilbert Baker "chose the rainbow motif because of its associations with the hippie movement of the 1960s, but notes that use of the design dates back to ancient Egypt". [2]
Here are portraits of some of those who took part in the march through Los Angeles. One of two Reuters photographers among the crowd asked what each of them would say if given 30 seconds to sit ...
The LA Pride Festival & Parade, commonly known as LA Pride, is an annual LGBTQ Pride celebration in Los Angeles, California. It is one of the largest LGBTQ Pride events in the world , traditionally held on the second weekend of June, and produced by the Christopher Street West Association.
A longtime Los Angeles County lifeguard stationed in Pacific Palisades near a stretch beloved by gay beachgoers is suing the county for requiring him to work feet away from a Pride flag last ...
The Los Angeles Women's Community Chorus (LAWCC) was a Los Angeles based non-profit group from 1976 to 1990 and performed works written and arranged by women. The LAWCC used their platform to bring awareness about lesbian issues, feminism and other local issues affecting the gay and lesbian community. [ 29 ]
This month, L.A. Pride and the newer WeHo Pride are taking place on back-to-back weekends, two miles apart — the result of years of tension between L.A. Pride's parent organization, Christopher ...