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1979
March on Washington The National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights was a large political rally that took place in Washington, D.C. on October 14, 1979. The first such march on Washington, it drew between 75,000 and 125,000 gay men, lesbians, bisexuals, transgender people, and straight allies to demand equal civil rights and urge the passage of protective civil rights legislation. (from Wiki) These
photos were borrowed from the Botts Collection, and then digitized.
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While I attended the
first three Lesbian & Gay Marches on Washington, including the
ones in 1987 and 1993, the 1979 This Page: Day
of the March - Houston Contingent Getting Organized 1 above, members of the Salsa Soul Sisters, a
NYC lesbians-of-color group, help carry the banner;
Listen to exerpts of a meeting between Harvey
Milk, Ray Hill, Howard Wallace, and David Lamble, When I googled this
March I was surprised at actually how very few photos of it have been
uploaded to the net,
Day of the March - Houston Contingent Getting Organized 2 3 3, Bruce Herman in center below, the Montrose Marching Band, getting ready 4 6 8 10 12 14 15 17 17, left and center Art Kelly and Al White and Wes (last name unknown); 18, left, Billy Ramsey 19 21 above right, on right, Gerald Hagan 23 above on left, Steve
Shiflett and Billy
Ramsey; 24 25 25, Billy Ramsey; 26, Steve Sigmon 27 above right, he brought his own copy of Houston newspaper Upfront 29 26, 29 , 30, Steve Sigmon (tended bar at Venture N and then at the Drum) 31 33 above, Fanny Farmer 35 35, 36 above and below, Steve Shiflet in dark shirt, Don Hrachovy in center 36 37 37, on left, Emery Daly-Lingwood; 38 Linda Jones, Mark Firner; Dennis Bergen, center with cowboy hat 39 41 above, with gloves, Steve Shiflet, middle, Billy Ramsey, Jeff Baggett on right 42 44 46 46, center is Roy
Ourso And to his left is Bobby
Lovell 47 49 above & below, Andy Mills in center 50 51 51, Dennis Bergen 53 54 at left, Gerald
Hagan, and center David, of the Venture-N (last name?) 55 56 56, Billy Ramsey, and on right, Sidney Brandenberger 57 57, David of Venture-N
on right 59 59, 60 center, John Schillinger 61 above center, Dennis Dunwoody 62 62, Billy Ramsey 64 64, Bruce Herman, lover of Warren Duncanson, seen in #65 66 68 70 70, with arm up, David, of Venture-N 72 73 On the right above is, I have been told, Rose Vecchio 75 77 77, center, David, co-owner of Venture-N (last name?) 79 79, Steve Sigmon,
81 82 83 84 left, Mark Firner 85 86, Linda Jones in back, holding flagpole 87 88, Jeff Baggett, wearing an Upfront press badge 89 89, left Steve Sigmon 90 90, Dennis Bergen, and at right front, Sid Brandenberger
91 93 95 96, on right, I believe this is Richard Rogers, of Dallas 97 99 The
Day of the March - Houston Contingent Getting Organized
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