1 « ▼ M ay 1 . 1 M 3 ▼ >•*•« o u t Victory over Bigotry! T he M arch A At S am, lesbians, gays, bisexuals, transgenders and their support ers began descending upon the blocks around the Washington Monument by the hundreds of thousands. They wandered in bewilderment, searching for friends, long- lost acquaintances. and the delegation tlity wanted to march with. A morning rally Patrick Lee. Entertainers included the Washington Sisters, Ru Paul, The Windy City 3 0 (1 ^ ^ . iP '• W Gay Men's Chorus, Jamie Anderson, Fred Small and more The rally was a needed * * f distraction to while away the hours until your contingent stepped off. photo byunoakuewer Most groups wailed for hours in the hot sun for their turn to march. Oregon, which was I bill out of 100 contin­ gents, wailed over two hours to move. There were so many people that at 5 pm, March on Washington Co-chair Derrick Livingston instructed the remaining 20 contingents to just go and join the rally The last contingent, Dykes on Bikes, never got to participate. At 2 pm. all of the participating AC TCP contingents staged a die-in that lasted seven minutes. Our own ACTUPl Columbia organized marchers in front of the White House to die at exactly 2 pm It was described as a domino effect as marchers fell to the ground to dramatize the fad that an AIDS-related death occurs every seven minutes. March-wali hers lined the route, perched on statues, fountains, sign posts, trees and every available vantage point A few fundamentalist Christians, bearing a “Repent or Perish" message, made a visible obscenity along the route. They were corralled by police, as marchers went past shouting, “Shame, shame, shame” PHOTO BY LINDA BYUNDA THI *, A t i T :\Ì ¿ IS l JMTCN tot ' f h i '.V r A o r hanc l