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Marchers at the San Francisco Gay Day Parade

ph: Marie Ueda | 1977

Image Description: A black and white photograph of two marchers on a street, lined with observers. One carries a sign that reads, “A gay landlord is still a landlord,” interspersed with stars. End ID.

Very interesting how different this hits 50 years on. In its original context, the sign was presumably in the vein of “gay people are people too”, part of the very necessary groundwork that pride was built upon.

However, through a modern lens, it’s an effective statement against rainbow capitalism; “just because your landlord/boss/cop/soldier is gay/female/black/etc doesn’t mean they aren’t still inherently a bastard”. This may be the original intent behind the sign, but the former seems more likely in the relatively early stages of the campaign for American LGBT rights

honey this was an anti landlord statement, in 1977 and today. the roots of this community are far more radical than you’re giving credit

smash the church, smash the state!: the early years of gay liberation is available on libgen and archive.org.* if you have any interest whatsoever in lgbtq politics and organizing in the U.S., you should read this book. there are other books as well, but i recommend this one in particular as a starter bc it’s a collection of writings from people directly involved in lgbtq activism in the 60s and 70s, so you’re going to get different (often conflicting) perspectives. 

*archive.org link requires signing up for a free account. you’ll then have access to countless other books and periodicals that cover lgbtq histories and cultures.