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National March for Lesbian and Gay Rights

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Title

National March for Lesbian and Gay Rights

Subject

Gay Liberation

Description

This button shows an image of the U.S. Capitol Building along with a pink flag containing the astrological symbols for male and female homosexuality against a black field. This button advertises the National March for Lesbian and Gay Rights in Washington, D.C. in 1979 where approximately 125,000 gay rights activists marched for civil and legal protection.

Creator

unknown

Source

Roz Payne

Publisher

Center for Digital Research in the Humanities, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Date

1979

Format

Button

Type

Physical Object

Collection

Tags

Citation

unknown, “National March for Lesbian and Gay Rights,” Roz Payne Sixties Archive, accessed April 3, 2025, https://rozsixties.unl.edu/items/show/266.

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