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NYC Gay Pride, 1982.

[T]his year's [Provincetown Gay & Lesbian Pride] march was led by a contingent of twenty dykes on bikes, The Moving Violations, from Boston. Following them was the grand marshall, Rollerena, who led the parade wearing her signature wedding dress, granny glasses, and roller skates, and carrying her magic wand.

— Andrew Miller, “P-Town In Furor Over Pride March,” OutWeek Magazine No. 8, August 14, 1989, p. 13.

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Photo spread from Lesbian and Gay Pride weekend, June 24–25, 1989, OutWeek Magazine No. 3, July 10, 1989, pp. 12–13.

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The 32nd Annual NYC Drag March

This year's New York City Drag March was one of the largest in its 32 year history. These portraits were taken as the crowd gathered in Tompkins Square Park before their rapturous descent upon the historic Stonewall Inn — kicking off a very busy Pride Weekend.

Fussy Lo Mein & Fannie Mae B. Free

Randy Wicker, decades-long gay rights activist

Rollerena, the legendary "Fairy Godmother" of New York City's 1970s and 80s nightlife.

Jim Fouratt gay-rights activist who co-founded the Gay Liberation Front on the 3rd night of the Stonewall Rebellion, as well as co-founder of Danceteria.