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A close-up view of the St. Louis Blues softball team jersey worn by Betty Woods, ca. 1960.
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US Air Force service dress uniform coat and shirt worn by then-Sergeant Steven Zeiger and service dress uniform tie, 1986-1991.
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One of the accessible features inside 'Gateway to Pride' includes a model of the mirror ball that sparkled above the dance floor at Magnolia’s, a popular St. Louis gay bar in business from the 1980s to the 2010s.
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One of the accessible features inside 'Gateway to Pride' includes a model of the mirror ball that sparkled above the dance floor at Magnolia’s, a popular St. Louis gay bar in business from the 1980s to the 2010s.
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A Missouri History Museum staff member working on a display case, which includes a Mor or Les T-shirt, ca. 1979.
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US Air Force service dress uniform coat and shirt worn by then-Sergeant Steven Zeiger and service dress uniform tie, 1986-1991.
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The St. Louis Blues softball team jersey worn by Betty Woods, ca. 1960.
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AIDS awareness red ribbon stained-glass panel from the Ezekiel Project AIDS Memorial Altar, ca. 1999.
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A bible from the 2014 Ezekiel Project AIDS Memorial Altar being installed. The Ezekiel Project was named for the biblical prophet Ezekiel, who had a vision of dry bones brought back to life.
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Entrance to the Missouri History Museum's 'Gateway to Pride' exhibit.
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Entrance to the Missouri History Museum's 'Gateway to Pride' exhibit.
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A section inside 'Gateway to Pride' highlighting the story of Craig Greene, who immersed himself in St. Louis’s gay nightlife scene.
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A view of a display related to St. Louis’s 1843 so-called “masquerading ordinance," which made it made it illegal for anyone to wear clothes “not belonging to their sex.”
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A display case filled with artifacts tied to local St. Louis transgender community organizing.
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A timeline in 'Gateway to Pride' highlighting the progress of marriage equality. Marriage equality is one of the most striking achievements of the movement for LGBTQIA+ rights.
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Curator of Clothing & Textiles Adam MacPharlain adjusting the collar on vestments worn by Bishop Wyatt I. Greenlee, Jr., ca. 2010.
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Curator of Clothing & Textiles Adam MacPharlain adjusting a St. Louis Crusaders rugby jersey from the team’s founding year, 2009.
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St. Louis Equality Dance ballroom costumes being worked on by Curator of Clothing & Textiles Adam MacPharlain.
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A close-up view of the St. Louis Equality Dance ballroom follower costume worn by Sonja Furiya at the 2006 World Outgames.
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