Pride 1983
An exhibition presented by:
The Pride Center of Vermont & Vermont Folklife
Pride 1983 explores the origins and lasting legacy of Burlington, Vermont’s first LGBTQ2+ Pride celebration on June 25, 1983.
Curated by Meg Tamulonis of the Vermont Queer Archives—a program of the Pride Center of Vermont—Pride 1983 draws on archival materials from that collection as well as from UVM Special Collections, the Out in the Open Andrews Inn Oral History Project, and the personal collections of those featured in the exhibition.
In addition, Tamulonis worked with the Vermont Folklife Center to conduct interviews with twelve activists and organizers crucial to the establishment of Pride in Burlington. The exhibit includes a series of stunning portrait photographs of these early pride founders taken by Brooklyn-based photographer and Bennington College alumnus, M. Sharkey.
Support for Pride 1983 provided by Liz Shayne and Tiffany Bluemle, Samara Fund for LGBT Vermonters, Vermont Humanities Council and our generous donors.
