Revolutionary Love: Volumes of Resistance
Our queer futures are made possible by the activism and resistance of those who came before us.
Our queer futures are made possible by the activism and resistance of those who came before us.
Revolutionary Love, dropping 5.31.23, is about the many volumes of love, and the many volumes of resistance. With this year’s collection, we continue to honor the formative moments that made Pride a revolution.
Below are some of the historic signs and slogans that celebrated, revolted, and loved at every level — loud and proud, and quiet and poetic. These images represent what it is to radically reimagine liberation, and where art, progress, and equity so beautifully intersect.
The Softness of Moonlight, the Strength of the Sun
Photo from the first National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights.
Washington DC | 1979
Photo: Larry Butler
No Gay Rights Without Trans Rights
Sign seen at the Pride march.
Glasgow UK | 2018
Photo: Source unknown.
Revolution: It's Just a Kiss Away
Beth Elliott, a lesbian trans singer, activist, and writer, at the Christopher Street West parade. Beth later shared that this photo was taken a few days after she left home. A year later, Beth attended the Gay Women’s West Coast Conference.
Los Angeles | 1970
Photo: Courtesy of Beth Elliott
Glad To Be Gay
Seen at the first Gay Pride march in the UK. The founder of the Sussex Gay Liberation Front, Simon Watney said: "The idea that one's 'Glad to be Gay' ... was the beginning of a whole notion that you could be lesbian or gay and not be ashamed.”
Brighton UK | 1973
Photo: Andy Garth/Argus Photographic Archives
Let My People Love!
A Pride parade marcher on the twelfth anniversary of Stonewall. On June 28, 1969, a police raid at the Stonewall Inn sparked a series of protests. A spark for the gay rights movement, the Stonewall Riots changed history.
New York City | 1981
Photo: G. Paul Burnett / AP / Shutterstock
Power To the People
Marsha P. Johnson picketing Bellevue Hospital in a protest for all people: queer people, street people, activists, artists, trans women, drag queens, sex workers, the poor, the homeless, and those struggling with mental illness.
New York City | 1970
Photo: Diana Davies
Revolutionary Love
Drops 5.31.23
3pm PT | 6pm ET
