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- 50 YEARS OF L.A. PRI, THE WORLD’S FIRST PERMTED GAY PRI PARA, POSTERS
- WEHO PRI FTIVI KICK OFF TODAY, ONE OF SEVERAL GAY PRI ACTIVI PLANNED L.A. AREA THIS MONTH
- LOS ANGEL GAY PRI PARA MORPHS TO #RISTMARCH
50 YEARS OF L.A. PRI, THE WORLD’S FIRST PERMTED GAY PRI PARA, POSTERS
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WEHO PRI FTIVI KICK OFF TODAY, ONE OF SEVERAL GAY PRI ACTIVI PLANNED L.A. AREA THIS MONTH
A Wt Hollywood gay Pri Para that was advertised as fay-iendly drew social media attentn for a graphic sexual act. * west hollywood gay parade 2014 *
Part of the reason I moved was bee I knew I was gay.
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10/36 Christopher Street Wt/Los Angel prents the 1981 gay pri ftival featurg the words "A salute to our gay spir, " poster. | Walker & Meyers, Christopher Street Wt/Los Angel, ONE Natnal Gay and Lbian Archiv, USC Librari. 11/36 Christopher Street Wt/Los Angel prents the 1982 gay pri ftival featurg the words "A new gay dawng, " poster.
LOS ANGEL GAY PRI PARA MORPHS TO #RISTMARCH
12/36 Christopher Street Wt/Los Angel prents the 1983 gay pri ftival featurg the words "Feel the pri, share the magic, ” poster. 13/36 Christopher Street Wt/Los Angel prents the 1983 gay pri ftival featurg the words "Uny & more '84, ” poster.
15/36 Alive wh pri '85 poster featurg the words “Gay pri; It begs wh everyone, ” poster, 1985. 16/36 Forward together: Christopher Street Wt/Los Angel prents the gay pri celebratn, 1986, poster. 17/36 Wele to Wt Hollywood: Christopher Street Wt gay pri ftival '86, poster.
| Marn Sampler, Christopher Street Wt/Los Angel, ONE Natnal Gay and Lbian Archiv, USC Librari.