Prides Of The Past Live On In This Stunning Collection Of Vintage Photos

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Harvey Milk (May 22, 1930 - November 27, 1978) celebrates his forty-eighth, and final, birthday with friends (l-to-r Doug Perry, Harvey, Eric Garber, and Cleve Jones, @realclevejones), The Elephant Walk Bar, San Francisco, California, May 22, 1978. Photo by Rink Foto. Harvey Milk would turn eighty-six today. #lgbthistory #lgbtherstory#lgbttheirstory #lgbtpride#queerhistorymatters#haveprideinhistory

Prides Of The Past Live On In This Stunning Collection Of Vintage Photos

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"I AM ALL OF US," Harvey Milk memorial pinback, c. 1979. #lgbthistory#lgbtherstory #lgbttheirstory #lgbtpride#queerhistorymatters #haveprideinhistory#night

Prides Of The Past Live On In This Stunning Collection Of Vintage Photos

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"BITCH," Gay Men's Health Crisis (GMHC) Morning Party, Fire Island, New York, August 1994. Photo c/o Fire Island Pines Historical Preservation Society. #lgbthistory #lgbtherstory#lgbttheirstory #lgbtpride#queerhistorymatters#haveprideinhistory #saturday

Prides Of The Past Live On In This Stunning Collection Of Vintage Photos

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"JUST -- GOOD -- FRIENDS," Christopher Street Liberation Day Parade, New York City, June 26, 1983. @h_e_r_s_t_o_r_y. #lgbthistory#lgbtherstory #lgbttheirstory #lgbtpride#queerhistorymatters#haveprideinhistory #fridaynight

Prides Of The Past Live On In This Stunning Collection Of Vintage Photos

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Participants, Gay Pride Parade, London, United Kingdom, June 26, 1995. Photo by Steve Eason, © Getty. #lgbthistory#lgbtherstory #lgbttheirstory #lgbtpride#queerhistorymatters #haveprideinhistory#saturdaynight

Prides Of The Past Live On In This Stunning Collection Of Vintage Photos

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"OPENLY GAY IS THE BEST WAY," Gay Pride Parade, Atlanta, Georgia, June 24, 1990. Photo by Nick Arroyo, @ajcnews. #lgbthistory #lgbtherstory#lgbttheirstory #lgbtpride#queerhistorymatters #haveprideinhistory#night

Prides Of The Past Live On In This Stunning Collection Of Vintage Photos

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lgbt_history"PRIDE" pinback, c/o @theunsungheroines. Happy June 1st!! Happy LGBT Pride Month 2016!! #lgbthistory #lgbtherstory #lgbttheirstory#lgbtpride #queerhistorymatters#haveprideinhistory

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"Whatever the public blames you for, cultivate it; it is yourself."

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Pride Month is a time for celebration, but before you lace up your rainbow sneakers and head off to one of the many Pride parties around the world, take a minute and look back at moments from LGBT history with the Instagram account you must follow: LGBT_History.

Vintage pics from Pride marches, Gay Games, Studio 54 and much more will have you feeling proud of the history of the LGBT community. 

"GAY PRIDE WEEK '84--JUNE 1-10--UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA-LAS VEGAS," Will Collins, founder of the Gay Academic Union at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas, June 1, 1984. Photo c/o outhistory.org. After a successful first annual Gay Pride Week in 1983, Las Vegas' second Pride Week was even bigger in scale. The large, outdoor rally on June 2 was financed by local activist Will Collins (pictured) with money he had intended to use as a down payment on a new house. Years later, Collins gained some notoriety performing as "The World's Greatest Liberace Impersonator." #lgbthistory #lgbtherstory #lgbttheirstory #lgbtpride #queerhistorymatters #haveprideinhistory

A photo posted by @lgbt_history on Jun 1, 2016 at 9:49am PDT