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Gay pride: (I have a picture of the banner!)

Is in the public domain and would it be possible to upload and add the picture? Some us would be so excited to see a photo of such a historic thing. Thanks CyntWorkStuff 21:14, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

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That photo is not public domain - I have two photos scanned from the jacket of Don Teal's book, "The Gay Militants", New York: Stein and Day, 1971.

The first is the cloth banner from the head of the march, strung between two side poles and looking about 8 - 10 feet wide. It is being carried by a group of gay men and lesbians marching on a Manhattan street and chanting something. The banner reads:

First line:

CHRISTOPHER STREET

Second line:

GAY LIBERATION DAY

Third line:

    1970

(I don't know why wikipedia does that strange thing to the year, sorry, I'm new in town)

The photo cuts off "Street", but "Street" is reported in the text.

The second photo is from the park after the parade, a large group of people, mostly sitting on the ground, with trees in the background. One cloth banner held by some participants reads "Lesbians Unite", there is a Gay Activist Alliance placard, an American flag, several placards and signs I can't read, and, near the camera, two cardboard placards on sticks held by other participants, clearly created to the same design, with "Gay Pride" printed on them and what look like two large paper flowers attached to each sign - so "Gay Pride" was present, but only as a slogan among many slogans.

EdgarCarpenter 03:36, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the info. One of the reasons we are so interested is that we are working on the entry for the late Brenda Howard a Stonewall Era Veteran, member of Gay Liberation Front & Gay Activists Alliance who is one of the main founders of the Pride Parade, Pride Week, etc., etc.

We have documents, obits, and oral history, etc. but so far only one confirmed picture (courtesy of National Museum of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender History) of Howard from that time. We are told by people who were physically present at the time that she is one of the people in that famous Gay Liberation Front poster, but honestly the figures are too dark and blurry for us to pick her out.

And we also would like pictures of her two close friends and fellow Stonewall Era Veterans the late Sylvia Rivera & the late Marsha P. Johnson.

So any info on any of them you come across would be appreciated. CyntWorkStuff 20:18, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

Walt Whitman

I'm considering putting Walt Whitman up for featured article review. Any chance you would be interested in helping me watch the review, respond to comments and/or make changes as suggested? They tend to be a little harsh but they do notice things those of us who have been working on the article have missed. It will probably take about 3 weeks to get sufficient responses before it is passed or failed. Are you up for it? --Midnightdreary (talk) 17:53, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for asking, Midnightdreary! I'm up to my eyebrows with my current project (that's what drew me into the Whitman page) and don't have a lot of time in the next 2 months, so I'm not available for helping to coordinate changes. If you have specific tasks during the process that you think I'd be good for, please do let me know, though, I can put in an hour or two here and there. EdgarCarpenter (talk) 22:20, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

Actually, there is one thing. One of the reviewers is looking for a page number on the Intimate Matters book that you reference (at least, I think it was you). Could you help us out if you have that book? --Midnightdreary (talk) 03:27, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

I will put that on my to-do list. EdgarCarpenter (talk) 00:27, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

Re: QueerBomb Dallas

Thank you for starting this article! I added it to Wikipedia:Wiki Loves Pride 2015/Results, which records new LGBT-related articles created during the month of June as part of the annual Wiki Loves Pride campaign. If you happen to create or improve other LGBT-related articles this month, feel free to update the Results page accordingly. Thanks again, and happy editing! ---Another Believer _(Talk) 15:21, 16 June 2015 (UTC)