Today, Chad Mantooth, the associate advertising director here at Dallas Voice, sent me a post he found on Reddit.com linking to a “historical photo” showing “Three supporters of Dallas’ first Gay Pride Parade — 1972.” The poster notes that written on the back on the original photo is the date June 24, 1972.
The link carries you to the website of the University of North Texas’ Portal to Texas History, where you see this photo:
(I lightened this in Photoshop and increased the contrast, just so you can see the women and their signs better.)
Read the signs they carry: “Tired of hiding — Want to be free” and “Don’t laugh — I may be happier than you.”
It makes you realize how very far we’ve come, even though we still have a long way yet to go.
