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T H E  H I S T O R Y  O F  G A Y  P R I D E 
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Open till July 6, 2025
An outdoor exhibition chronicling the local LGBTQ+ Pride movement and how the pickets and protests of the 1960s led to the vibrant celebrations of the 2020s.
The exhibition disrupts the popularly held belief that the LGBTQ+ Rights Movement began with the Stonewall Riots in 1969 New York. While this pushback to police violence was vital, DC’s LGBTQ+ history of resistance actually predates the Stonewall Riots. The Rainbow History Project recognizes this picket, four years before the Stonewall Riots, where 10 members of the Mattachine Society of Washington marched with signs in front of the White House–as the start of DC’s rich queer history.
 
Role: Graphic Support & Exhibition Advisory
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