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Dark blue shirt.
World with person sanding on it and animals and music notes in the sky. Text: "Calliope Women's Chorus Presents Hope for the Future"

White shirt.
Woman with purple hair in a red dress conducting and text, "Under Northern Lights, Grand Rapids, Michigan, May 24th-May 27th, 2001"
Likely a musical concert.

Blue shirt.
White circle with six singing figures and text, "Calliope: a Women's Chorus"

White long sleeved shirt.
One green figure and one blue figure, both with music notes for heads. Text reads, "Calliope Women's Chorus, Minneapolis, MN, 1976-2001, Twenty-Five" with the "V" large and in red.

Cerulean blue shirt. Star, singing face, subway car, space needle, "GALA 3" "Festival of GALA Choruses III Seattle July, 1989" Duplicate copy found in the Tretter Collection

Grey shirt.
Banner with text, "The Voice of Rhythm." Below is the text, "Concerts: Calliope Women's Chorus, Womyn's DrumHeart, with a Young Women's Musical Ensemble. April 8th & 9th 1994, South High School, Minneapolis"

3131 S 19th Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55407

Grey shirt.
Five singing face silhouettes with text, "Calliope: a Women's Chorus"

Maroon shirt.
White circle with six singing figures and text, "Calliope: a Women's Chorus"

Black shirt.
Stylized music staffs with square blue notes and text, "We Make The Music, October 10, 1987 Minneapolis, MN"

Origin Unknown. Please contact Wearing Gay History if you have any information regarding this shirt.

Red shirt.
White circle with six singing figures and text, "Calliope, a Women's Chorus"

Pink cloth with raggad edges. Likely a former t-shirt.
White Venus signs surrounding a heart, and text, "Ten years of building community, Midwest Wimmin's Festival, 1974-1983"

Black shirt.
Comic with five women, one saying, "I could have sworn we decided on the traditional Ukrainian peasant garb." There is a banner saying "Calliope 15th Anniversary, Oct. 26, 1991, Concert Tonight." Text below the comic reads, "Although consensus had been reached regarding concert dress, there seems to be some confusion among the chorus."

Purple shirt.
"Calliope" with the "c" as a woman singing with hair flowing over the rest of the word, "Women's Chorus, Minneapolis-St. Paul"

Purple shirt.
Silver circle with six figures singing. Text: "Calliope: a Women's Chorus"

Lime green hat.
White square with white pin attached with text, "Calliope Women's Chorus, Minneapolis-St. Paul"

Brown textile.
Three silver star pins and white "LGBA Fall Conference, Stars Across America" pin.
Houston, 1991
Lesbian and Gay Band Association

Yellow bandana.
Blue trumpet and text, "Team Band, Gay Games VI 2002"

Dark blue hat with white bill outline and text, "Minnesota Freedom Band."

Navy blue hat.
Yellow triangle with tuba with lambda on it and text, "Freedom Trail Band, Boston."

Off-white hat with blue bill.
Blue trumpet with text, "Team Band, Gay Games VI 2002"

Navy blue hat.
Yellow seal with white house and text, "53rd Inauguration Parade Participant, 1997"
Participant of LGBT community, particularly LGBT bands, at 2nd Inauguration of President Bill Clinton

White shirt.
Trumpet and stars with blue and red background. Text, "Lesbian and Gay Bands of America."
Back: "Band = Life, Life = Band, any questions?"

White shirt.
Delta Lambda Phi
Five men and text, "Have you ever wanted… a gay brother?"

2020 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, No. 355
Washington, DC

White shirt with faded blue sleeves and collar with text, "YALE."
Worn by Loring Hayden

Loring Hayden was a photographer, playwright and actor active in the Florida GLBT and female impersonation communities in the middle of the 20th century. He was born on May 7, 1921 in Orange, New Jersey. Hayden served in the U.S. military for a period of time before graduating from Yale University in 1947. In the 1950s, he was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to study art in Paris.

Hayden subsequently moved to the island of Nantucket, Massachusetts, where he was active in the local artistic community throughout the 1960s and 1970s. In his later years, he became known for his performances in Florida drag shows.

Navy blue hat.
"Sage" in white lettering.
Sage Center in NYC was the first LGBTQ senior center.

15th Floor
Merchant Mall, 305 7th Ave, New York, NY

White shirt.
Black tree with text, "Griot Circle, a Gathering of Elders"

A community based organization which addresses the needs of older lesbian, gay bisexual, transgender and queer elders of color over the age of fifty. About 90% of GRIOT members identify as black, African American or Caribbean American with the remaining 10% identifying as Latino/a, Caucasian or other.

25 Flatbush Avenue, 5th Floor
Brooklyn, NY 11217

White polo shirt.
Rainbow triangle with capitol and text, "National Executive Board, Millennium March on Washington"

Purple hat.
Rainbow capitol with text, "Millennium March on Washington"

Red hat.
Rainbow triangle pin and text, "Support District 202"
District 202 was originally a Minneapolis drop-in center for gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender youth.
1601 Nicollet Avenue Minneapolis, MN 55403

black shirt From 2007 University of Minnesota ALPHABET SOUP: the Midwest Bisexual Lesbian Gay Transgender Ally College Conference. Front has a list of capital letters with "ALPHABETSOUP" mixed in. Back: image of Minneapolis skyline and the cherry on the spoon. February 16-18, 2007, University of Minnesota. No Matter The Letter We Stand Together Duplicate copy found in Tretter Collection

White shirt.
Pink heart with a crown with a triangle above it. Banner over heart says, "District 202"
Back: "District 202, Creating Safe Space Since 1992"

District 202 was originally a Minneapolis drop-in center for gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender youth.
1601 Nicollet Avenue Minneapolis, MN 55403

Blue shirt.
Two Mars signs and two Venus signs with two pink triangles and a pink Liberty Bell, with text, "Committee to Preserve Our Sexual and Civil Liberties."

249 Capp Street,
San Francisco Ca 94110