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National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights flag
2023-15
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Title: National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights flag
Dates: 1979
Collection Number: 2023-15
Creator/Collector:
Extent: 1 artifact (flag)
Repository:
GLBT Historical Society
San Francisco, California 94103
Abstract: A small flag carried at the 1979 National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights. The flag was carried by Ken Pasek.
According to Pasek, the flag was originally stapled on a small wooden pole. The flag reads, “October 14, 1979 / Stonewall
means fight back / Smash lesbian and gay oppression / Y.A.W.F. / Washington D.C.”
Language of Material: English
Collection is open for research.
Copyright to material has been transferred to the GLBT Historical Society. All requests for reproductions and/or permission
to publish or quote from material must be submitted in writing to the GLBT Historical Society Archivist.
[Identification of item]. National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights flag. Collection Number: 2023-15. GLBT Historical
Society
Gift of Ken Pasek, March 2023.
Scope and Content of Collection
A small flag carried at the 1979 National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights. The flag was carried by Ken Pasek.
According to Pasek, the flag was originally stapled on a small wooden pole. The flag reads, “October 14, 1979 / Stonewall
means fight back / Smash lesbian and gay oppression / Y.A.W.F. / Washington D.C.”.
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