You'll Laugh, Then Cry at These Vintage Pride Photos

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You'll Laugh, Then Cry at These Vintage Pride Photos

Los Angeles Pride, June 1987

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Time travel to Pride in the ‘80s in L.A., S.F., and Chicago! Alan Light’s detailed record of vintage Pride celebrations is fun for laughing at big hair and curiously short shorts, but for many of us, it is a bittersweet record of the many friends and lovers we lost to AIDS. See more of Alan Light’s varied collections here. At left: Los Angeles Pride, June 1987

Los Angeles Pride, June 1987

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Los Angeles Pride, June 1987

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Los Angeles Pride, June 1987

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Los Angeles Pride, June 1987

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Los Angeles Pride, June 1987

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Los Angeles Pride, June 1987

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Los Angeles Pride, June 1987

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Los Angeles Pride, June 1987

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Los Angeles Pride, June 1987

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Los Angeles Pride, June 1987

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Los Angeles Pride, June 1987

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Los Angeles Pride, June 1987

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Los Angeles Pride, June 1987

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Los Angeles Pride, June 1987

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Grand Marshal Mamie Van Doren

Los Angeles Pride, June 1987

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Los Angeles Pride, June 1987

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Los Angeles Pride, June 1987

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Los Angeles Pride, June 1987

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Los Angeles Pride, June 1987

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Los Angeles Pride, June 1987

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Los Angeles Pride, June 1987

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Los Angeles Pride, June 1987

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Los Angeles Pride, June 1987

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Los Angeles Pride, June 1987

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Los Angeles Pride, June 1987

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Los Angeles Pride, June 1987

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Los Angeles Pride, June 1987

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Los Angeles Pride, June 1987

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Los Angeles Pride, June 1987

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Los Angeles Pride, June 1987

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Los Angeles Pride, June 1987

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Los Angeles Pride, June 1987

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Los Angeles Pride, June 1987

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Los Angeles Pride, June 1987

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Los Angeles Pride, June 1987

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Los Angeles Pride, June 1987

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Los Angeles Pride, June 1987

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Los Angeles Pride, June 1987

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Los Angeles Pride, June 1987

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Los Angeles Pride, June 1987

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Los Angeles Pride, June 1987

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Los Angeles Pride, June 1987

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Los Angeles Pride, June 1987

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Los Angeles Pride, June 1987

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Los Angeles Pride, June 1987

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San Francisco Pride, 1986

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San Francisco Pride, 1986

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San Francisco Pride, 1986

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San Francisco Pride, 1986

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San Francisco Pride, 1986

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San Francisco Pride, 1986

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San Francisco Pride, 1986

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San Francisco Pride, 1986

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Rick Donovan, left

San Francisco Pride, 1986

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Harry Hay, lower left

San Francisco Pride, 1986

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San Francisco Pride, 1986

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San Francisco Pride, 1986

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San Francisco Pride, 1986

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San Francisco Pride, 1986

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San Francisco Pride, 1986

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San Francisco Pride, 1986

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San Francisco Pride, 1986

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San Francisco Pride, 1986

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San Francisco Pride, 1986

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San Francisco Pride, 1986

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San Francisco Pride, 1986

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San Francisco Pride, 1986

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San Francisco Pride, 1986

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San Francisco Pride, 1986

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San Francisco Pride, 1986

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San Francisco Pride, 1986

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San Francisco Pride, 1986

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San Francisco Pride, 1986

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San Francisco Pride, 1986

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San Francisco Pride, 1986

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San Francisco Pride, 1986

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San Francisco Pride, 1986

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San Francisco Pride, 1986

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San Francisco Pride, 1986

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San Francisco Pride, 1986

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San Francisco Pride, 1986

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San Francisco Pride, 1986

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San Francisco Pride, 1986

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San Francisco Pride, 1986

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Chicago's 16th Annual Gay & Lesbian Pride Parade, June 1985

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Chicago's 16th Annual Gay & Lesbian Pride Parade, June 1985

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Chicago's 16th Annual Gay & Lesbian Pride Parade, June 1985

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Chicago's 16th Annual Gay & Lesbian Pride Parade, June 1985

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Chicago's 16th Annual Gay & Lesbian Pride Parade, June 1985

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Chicago's 16th Annual Gay & Lesbian Pride Parade, June 1985

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Chicago's 16th Annual Gay & Lesbian Pride Parade, June 1985

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Chicago's 16th Annual Gay & Lesbian Pride Parade, June 1985

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Chicago's 16th Annual Gay & Lesbian Pride Parade, June 1985

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Chicago's 16th Annual Gay & Lesbian Pride Parade, June 1985

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Chicago's 16th Annual Gay & Lesbian Pride Parade, June 1985

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Chicago's 16th Annual Gay & Lesbian Pride Parade, June 1985

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Chicago's 16th Annual Gay & Lesbian Pride Parade, June 1985

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Chicago's 16th Annual Gay & Lesbian Pride Parade, June 1985

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Chicago's 16th Annual Gay & Lesbian Pride Parade, June 1985

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Chicago's 16th Annual Gay & Lesbian Pride Parade, June 1985

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Chicago's 16th Annual Gay & Lesbian Pride Parade, June 1985

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Chicago's 16th Annual Gay & Lesbian Pride Parade, June 1985

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Chicago's 16th Annual Gay & Lesbian Pride Parade, June 1985

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Chicago's 16th Annual Gay & Lesbian Pride Parade, June 1985

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Chicago's 16th Annual Gay & Lesbian Pride Parade, June 1985

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Chicago's 16th Annual Gay & Lesbian Pride Parade, June 1985

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Chicago's 16th Annual Gay & Lesbian Pride Parade, June 1985

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Chicago's 16th Annual Gay & Lesbian Pride Parade, June 1985

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Chicago's 16th Annual Gay & Lesbian Pride Parade, June 1985

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Chicago's 16th Annual Gay & Lesbian Pride Parade, June 1985

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Mayor Harold Washington

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