Out and About was a monthly paper through 2008. Credit ML
Poster for the opening of Labrys Books. Credit ML
The Virginia Gayzette began publishing in 2009. Credit ML
Rev. Robin Gorlsine pastors MCC-Richmond today. Credit JS
Carl Archaki served on the Virginia Sexual Minorities Commission and was a leader in Dignity. Credit ML
March in support of the Equal Rights Amendment, Richmond, January, 1979. Credit ML
Richmond Lesbian Feminists members march in the first National March for Lesbian and Gay Rights, Wasgington, DC, October, 1979. Credit ML
Women'sBooks display at the 1981 Richmond Lesbian Feminists Women's Festival. Credit ML
Judge Robert Merhige (right) meets US Senate candidate John Warner and his wife, Elizabeth Taylor. Credit ML
Mulberry House residents, 1975. Credit ML
Virginia Commonwealth University Dean Stephen Lenten battled in court for university recognition of the Gay Alliance of Students. Credit ML
Members of GAP attended New York's 1975 Gay Pride Parade and Festival. Drag entertainer Stanley Kelsey appeared as Aunt Bee. Kelsey later served on the GAP board, and as Dora Lee Lewis remains a fixture of the Richmond scene. Credit ML
Dr. Hunter "Patch" Adams in 1973
Stanley Kelsey performed as DoraLee Lewis. This picture is circa 1980. Credit ML
In the 1950s, Gonzalo "Tony" Segura co-founded the Mattachine Society, commonly considered the first national LGBT organization. Segura's moved to Richmond in 1959, but his efforts to start a Mattachine chapter in Richmond were…
The Broadway Cafe was originally Benny Sepul's, a 1950s-era restaurant with a private back area for gay men. Credit ML
Avante garde writer Hunter Stagg hosted gay and lesbian authors. Credit ML
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Ellen Glasgow was a suffrage activist and a prominent member of Richmond's literary circle. Credit ML
Lewis Ginter was a Civil War veteran, who with his longtime companion John Pope was a leader of Richmond society in the late 19th Century. Credit ML
Civil War veteran Mary Walker was awarded the Medal of Honor. Washington's Whitman-Walker Clinic is named in her honor. Credit ML