Catalogue Number
NMLH.2020.5.56
Object Name
Badge
Title
SAN FRANCISCO LESBIAN/GAY FREEDOM DAY PARADE & CELEBRATION JUNE 24 1990 - The Future is Ours!
Place
San Franciso
People
Ernest Hole
Events
Pride
Description
Rainbow-coloured badge with the design of a square at the top in purple that reads "SAN FRANCISCO LESBIAN/GAY FREEDOM DAY PARADE & CELEBRATION JUNE 24 1990". Underneath there is a purple triangle with a band in the centre that reads "The Future is Ours!"
Pride parades (or Prides) are gatherings of LGBTQIA people to protest for equal rights and celebrate progress and community. They are usually held annually all around the world, and June is sometimes referred to as Pride Month. The first âofficialâ Pride parades were held in New York, Los Angeles and Chicago on 28th June 1970 to commemorate the first anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising, though these were the result of years of prior activism and community building including public demonstrations. San Francisco has been known for its relatively accepting attitudes to LGBTQIA people since the 19th century and is recognised for its role in the progress of LGBTQIA rights in the United States, alongside New York.
The pink triangle symbol was reclaimed by the gay community after originally being a symbol of persecution. The symbol originated as a pink triangle cloth patch, used to identify gay men in prisons and concentration camps in Nazi Germany. Its reclaimed use spread through the gay liberation movement in the 1970s and 1980s and is now positively associated with the wider LGBTQIA community.
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