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In honor of LGBTQ History Month!

Daniel Nicoletta (born 1954) has been the leading chronicler of the LGBT civil rights movement in San Francisco over the last 40 years. “LGBT San Francisco: the Daniel Nicoletta Photographs” chronicles LGBT civil rights movement and images of Harvey Milk, one of the world’s first openly gay elected officials, who was assassinated by a homophobic colleague in 1978.

In the second photograph, a group of LGBTQ activists gather around the car, “Heels on Wheels” in 1990. One of them holding a poster that reads “June 27, 1969” which references the Stonewall Uprising in New York City.

LGBTQ history has much to celebrate, at the same time we shall not forget those who have paved the way. 

Image 1: Book cover

Image 2: “Heels on Wheels” contingent, June, 1990

Image 3: First version of the Rainbow Flag, 1978

Image 4: Self-portrait in Ashbury Street darkroom, 1977

LGBT San Francisco : the Daniel Nicoletta photographs Attribution Photographs, Daniel Nicoletta ; foreword, Gus Van Sant ; introduction, Chuck Mobley ; editor, Tony Nourmand ; art direction, Joakim Olsson. Author / Creator Nicoletta, Daniel, 1954- [photographer]  London, UK : Reel Art Press, 2017. 304 pages : chiefly illustrations (some color) ; 31 cm English 2017 HOLLIS number: 990150582040203941

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“DEFEAT THE BRIGGS INITIATIVE,” demonstrators in San Francisco react to the rejection of Eugene, Oregon’s gay rights amendment, May 23, 1978. Photo © Daniel Nicoletta, whose amazing book “LGBT San Francisco” (@lgbtsanfrancisco) is available for pre-order now. . On May 23, 1978, thirty-nine years ago today, the typically liberal stronghold of Eugene, Oregon gave Anita Bryant's Save Our Children campaign another resounding anti-queer victory, as voters there rejected a gay rights amendment to the city's human rights ordinance. . The vote, which turned out to be the closest of the four votes on gay rights ordinances to date, was nonetheless decisive: 22,898 to 13,427. . That night, Bryant praised "the Christian public and all the citizens of Eugene who worked and voted against legalized immorality." She encouraged her supporters to "continue to reach out in Godly love to all homosexuals who want deliverance, while opposing at the threshold every attempt of the militant homosexuals to represent their lifestyle as ‘normal’ and to impose it on us and our children.” . From there, all eyes turned to California, where the fight over the Briggs Initiative (which effectively would have banned self-identifying LGBTQs and their allies from working in public schools) took on even greater significance in the wake of the Eugene vote. #lgbthistory #HavePrideInHistory #DanielNicoletta #Resist

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Read with pride!

“Something of a living legend, Daniel Nicoletta (born 1954) has been the leading chronicler of the LGBT civil rights movement in San Francisco over the last 40 years. This is the first book dedicated to his powerful photographs from the burgeoning lesbian-gay-bisexual-transgender mecca that was San Francisco in the 1970s and its journey to the present. Nicoletta is best known for his iconic images of Harvey Milk, one of the world's first openly gay elected officials, who was assassinated by a homophobic colleague in 1978. Nicoletta portrayed the glittering drag queens, the fabulous costumes, the alternative theater world and the quiet bravery of same-sex couples trying to live their lives. Today, Nicoletta continues to document the reverberations of Milk's legacy. He serves as a key point person for LGBT civil rights and Milk-related research. In 2014, one of Nicoletta's photographs was used on a Harvey Milk Forever stamp. 'LGBT: San Francisco' is an essential gay history and a stunning photographic work that is not to be missed.” – from the publisher’s note.

Image 1: Images from the endpaper

Image 2: Left page: Haight Street Fair, May 18, 1980. Miss X, Tippi, Freda Lay and Dorish Fish. Right page: Haight Street Fair, May 18, 1980. Doris Fish and Tippi.

Image 3: SF LGBT Pride, June 28, 1992. Cirrus and Frederick.

Image 4: Left page: SF LGBT Pride, June 25, 2000. Randy P. Burns (Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe and co-founder of Gay American Indians in 1975) and Bambi Raven Littlefeather (Tlingit Nation, Takdeintaan Raven Clan). Right page: SF Dyke March, June 24, 2000. Ruth Villasenor (Chiricahua Apache and Mexican Tribes and Bay Area American Indian Two Spirit member).

Image 5: Castro Street Fair. August 1976. Leon Lott, December Wright and Larry Williams.

LGBT San Francisco : the Daniel Nicoletta photographs Attribution Photographs, Daniel Nicoletta ; foreword, Gus Van Sant ; introduction, Chuck Mobley ; editor, Tony Nourmand ; art direction, Joakim Olsson. Author / Creator Nicoletta, Daniel, 1954- [photographer]  London, UK : Reel Art Press, 2017. 304 pages : chiefly illustrations (some color) ; 31 cm English 2017 HOLLIS number: 990150582040203941

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#Repost @thepeacheschrist (@get_repost) ・・・ OMG! Daniel Nicoletta's gorgeous new coffee table book has arrived and it is EVERYTHING you want and more. Anyone interested in queer San Francisco needs to add this to their book collection. In addition to documenting decades worth of queer political activism, the underground drag scene, and community events- Danny has been on the set of most queer films made in San Francisco, shooting behind the scenes and still photography. I'm honored that his incredible photography from "All About Evil" is included. The book is available on Amazon.com #danielnicoletta #sfdrag #sfphotography #sfist #sfhistory #allaboutevil

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#Repost @lgbtsanfrancisco with @repostapp ・・・ Castro Street Fair, August 1976 #lgbt #danielnicoletta