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"FUCK DON'T FIGHT" -- "GO GIRL!" -- "THE GOVERNMENT HAS BLOOD ON ITS HANDS: ONE AIDS DEATH EVERY 10 MINUTES," Queer Nation member protests the United States invasion of Iraq, San Francisco, California. Photo © Rick Gerharter. On January 15, 1991, twenty-six years ago today, Queer Nation and other anti-war activists surrounded San Francisco's Federal Building to prevent workers from entering in an effort to draw attention to resistance against Operation Desert Storm. #lgbthistory #HavePrideInHistory #RickGerharter (at San Francisco, California)

“STOP THE VIOLENCE, STOP THE HATE” – “QUEERS BASH BACK” – “STRONG PROUD ANGRY QUEER” – “DEMAND FAIR EMPLOYMENT…QUEERS ARE WATCHING” – “PROMOTE FAG VISIBILITY” – “PROMOTE QUEERNESS” – “JUST DO ME.” – “POSITIVELY QUEER” – “ADMITTEDLY QUEER” – “MILITANT HOMOSEXUAL," Queer Nation members protest the inauguration of Governor Pete Wilson, Sacramento, California, January 6, 1991. Photo © Rick Gerharter. #lgbthistory #HavePrideInHistory #RickGerharter #QueerNation (at Sacramento, California)

"QUEERS JUSTIFYING OUR LOVE" -- "HOW TO ACCESSORIZE LIKE A QUEER," Queer Nation San Francisco members, Vallco Mall, Cupertino, California, December 29, 1990. Photo © Rick Gerharter. The Vallco Visibility Actions were a series of demonstrations organized by Queer Nation's Suburban Homosexual Outreach Program (SHOP), one of the many ad-hoc activities of Queer Nation. #lgbthistory #HavePrideInHistory #RickGerharter #QueerNation (at Vallco Shopping Mall)

"YEAR OF THE QUEER: 1991," Queer Nation San Francisco members, Vallco Mall, Cupertino, California, December 29, 1990. Photo © Rick Gerharter. The Vallco Visibility Actions were a series of demonstrations organized by Queer Nation's Suburban Homosexual Outreach Program (SHOP), one of the many ad-hoc activities of Queer Nation. #lgbthistory #HavePrideInHistory #RickGerharter #QueerNation (at Vallco Shopping Mall)

"PROMOTE LOVE, DESTROY BIGOTRY" -- "WHEN WILL AMNESTY INCLUDE QUEERS?", Queer Nation members demand Amnesty International include LGBT prisoners as prisoners of conscience, San Francisco, California, May 28, 1991. Photo © Rick Gerharter. #lgbthistory #HavePrideInHistory #RickGerharter (at San Francisco, California)

"DESTROY WHITE MALE SUPREMACY" -- "VISIBLY QUEER - QUEER NATION" -- "ADVOCATE A UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE SYSTEM - Support SB 36," Queer Nation demonstration, inauguration of Governor Pete Wilson, Sacramento, California, January 6, 1991. Photo © Rick Gerharter. #HavePrideInHistory #RickGerharter (at Sacramento, California)