Grey shirt.
Two abstract faces, one purple, one yellow, with a pink triangle at their mouths, surrounded by the text "Take Pride. Take Joy. Take Action. Houston Lesbian & Gay Pride 2000"
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Blue shirt.
"Don't Try to Understand Me. Just Love Me." with a thin rainbow line over it
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White shirt. "1999 Blazing Saddle" with a horse head and a pink triangle, and an image of a bare male torso with a pink triangle and horse tattoo on the back, along with the text "Blazing Saddle; Des Moines, Iowa" Duplicate copy found in the Chris Gonzalez Library and Archives
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white shirt.
"1st Annual Heartland Regional Rodeo, 1997" on the front;
Back: an image of a cowboy on a horse with a pink triangle behind the horse and the text "Heartland Regional Rodeo; June 27-29 1997, Omaha"
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White shirt.
"Visible" with the "V" as a pink triangle
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White shirt.
"Pray for the Dead and Fight like Hell for the Livinig - Mother Jones 1830-1930" with a rainbow background and two AIDS-ribbons below
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White shirt.
"Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays; April 25th, 1993 March on Washington" with an image of the Capitol with a rainbow behind it, surrounded by stars
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White shirt.
Sewn image of a lambda held up by six rainbow balloons
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Blue and white 3/4 length shirt.
Male symbol, "Christopher Street"
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white shirt. Four women holding hands, moon, stars "Women Unite to Take Back the Night. August 22, 1992 Loring Park Minneapolis.
Sleeve: "T" (Transit)
Back: Take Back the Bus
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Black long sleeve shirt.
Pink triangle, turquoise records, "Anniversary 15th" "Olivia Records" "the Voice in Celebration of Women!"
Olivia Records was a collective founded in 1973 to record and market women's music.
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Black shirt.
Photo of Lily Tomlin sitting atop the Hollywood skyline, solar system "Lily Tomlin" "The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe" "Written by Jane Wagner"
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Gray long sleeve shirt.
"I Am" "Drake University, a celebration of Womyn week March 24-26, 1996"
Left sleeve: male/female symbols.
Back: collage of quotes
“I am talking about believing that we have the power to actually transform our experience, change our lives, save our lives.” –Cherrie Moraga

“Pretty woman wonder where my secret lies. I’m not cure or built to suit a fashion model’s size. But when I start to tell them, they think im telling lies. I say, the curl of my lips. I’m a woman, Phenomenally. Phenomenal woman. That’s me.” –Maya Angelou

“I am a welder. Not an alchemist. I am interested in the blend of common elements to make a common thing. No magic here. Only the heat of my desire to fuse what already know exists. Is possible. I am the welder. I understand the capacity of heat to change the shape of things. I am suited to work within the realm of sparks out of control. I am the welder. I am taking the power into my own hands.” –Cherrie Moraga

It’s a long long road. It’s a big big world. We are wise wise women. We are giggling girls. We both carry a smile to show when we’re please. We both carry a switchblade in our sleeves.” –Ani Difranco

“I took a deep breath and listened to the old brag of my heart. I am, I am, I am.” –Sylvia Plath

“Sometime I said sometimes I hear my voice and it’s been HERE … silent all these years.” Tori Amos

“I found god in myself and I loved her…I loved her fiercely.” –Ntozake Shange

“Be who you are and will be. Learn to cherish that boisterous Black Angel that dirves you up one day and down another protecting the place where your power rises running like hot blood from the same source as your pain.” –Audre Lorde

“I am an endangered species. But I sing no victim song. I am a woman. I am an artist. And I know where my voice belongs. I know where my soul belongs. I know where I belong.” –Diane Reeves

“Out of the nuts of history’s same I rise up from a past that’s rooted in pain I rise I’m a black ocean, leaping and wide, welling and swelling I bear in the tide leaving behind nights of terror and fear I rise into a daybreak that’s wondrously clear I rise.” Maya Angelou

“If I have to I can do anything. I am Strong, I am Invincible. I am Woman” –Helen Reddy

“If I cant dance, I don’t want to be part of your revolution.” –Emma Goldman
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White shirt.
Skull, penis and scrotum, arrows, "Bundle of Sticks" "Fagot, Faggot" "sticks, twigs, a bundle as used for fuel"
"BOS"
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Black hat
March on Washington for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Equal Rights and Liberation
D.C. in '93
Upper Midwest Delegation
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Navy blue hat.
Three smiling penises. "Everybody Loves a Happy Penis"
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White towel.
"Twin Cities GOOD TIME Softball League"
"June 3-4, 1981"
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White paper gift bag
"Randy's Antiques and Gifts" Gay owned gift shop
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Black shirt
Orange County Cultural Pride
Look to the Future
1990 Parade and Festival August 11th and 12th
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Dark Pink shirt.
Hot air balloon. "Gay and Lesbian Pride Day. June 16-17, 1989 "New Hampshire" "Live Free With Pride"
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Light Pink Shirt.
Paul Bunyan holding bowling ball that says "5th". "T.C.P.B.I. '87" (Twin Cities Paul Bunyan invitational) a branch of the International Gay Bowling Organization (IGBO)
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White shirt.
Photograph of four shirtless men pushing rainbow flag into the ground.
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Purple shirt.
Minneapolis skyline "We Like it Here!" "Minnesodom"
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White shirt.
Triangle, brick pattern, outline of Florida "a Global Connection" "Stonewall 25" Pride South Florida '94" from IALGPC and G/L Bands of America held in Ft. Lauderdale, FL 1994

4233 NE 6th Ave, Oakland Park, FL 33334
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White shirt.
Navy blue collar. American flag, Greek lambda symbol "1984 Lesbian and Gay Bands of America" "Los Angeles '84"

One of the 72 t-shirts originally printed with the Lambda in the reverse "h" position to represent marching Lambdas for the marching bands. By turning the t-shirt 90 degrees to the right (counter clockwise) you can see the Lambdas in their more traditional position. The response to the Marching Lambdas was so negative that all the remaining t-shirts were manufactured in the traditional style.
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White shirt.
"Ponte Vivo" "Vigilante del Voto"
Back: "Observador Electoral" "94 Observation" "Alianza Civica"
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Pink t-shirt.
Yellow triangle, text "Marshall" "Outlaw, Outrage, Outright, Outspoken, Outrageous, Outstanding…" "June 27, 1993 The March"
Back: Let Freedom Ring
From IALGPC celebration weekend in Houston, TX 1993
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cerulean blue shirt.
Yellow triangle, text "Marshall" "Outlaw, Outrage, Outright, Outspoken, Outrageous, Outstanding…" "June 27, 1993 The March"
Back: Let Freedom Ring
From IALGPC celebration weekend in Houston, TX 1993
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Grey shirt.
Denver skyline, music staff. "GALA Festival IV" "1992 Denver"
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Cerulean blue shirt.
Star, singing face, subway car, space needle, "GALA 3" "Festival of GALA Choruses III Seattle July, 1989"
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White shirt.
Quarter note, rainbow colors/flag, "We Shall be Heard"
Origins unknown. Contact Wearing Gay History if you have any information on this shirt or design.

Likely from a gay chorus.
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