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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
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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
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