113 Vintage Pride Photos That'll Make You Laugh, Then Cry
| 06/15/23
Remember the big hair. Remember the fun. Remember the love. And most importantly, remember the ones we lost.
Time travel to Pride in the '80s in Los Angeles., San Francisco, and Chicago!
Photographer Alan Light's detailed record of vintage Pride celebrations is fun for laughing at big hair and curiously short shorts, but for many of us, it is a bittersweet record of the many friends and lovers we lost to AIDS.
Scroll through to remember the good times. And see more of Alan Light's varied collections here. (At left: Los Angeles Pride, June 1987)
Los Angeles Pride, June 1987
Los Angeles Pride, June 1987
Los Angeles Pride, June 1987
Los Angeles Pride, June 1987
Los Angeles Pride, June 1987
Los Angeles Pride, June 1987
Los Angeles Pride, June 1987
Los Angeles Pride, June 1987
Los Angeles Pride, June 1987
Los Angeles Pride, June 1987
Los Angeles Pride, June 1987
Los Angeles Pride, June 1987
Los Angeles Pride, June 1987
Los Angeles Pride, June 1987
Los Angeles Pride, June 1987
Los Angeles Pride, June 1987
Los Angeles Pride, June 1987
Los Angeles Pride, June 1987
Los Angeles Pride, June 1987
Los Angeles Pride, June 1987
Los Angeles Pride, June 1987
Los Angeles Pride, June 1987
Los Angeles Pride, June 1987
Los Angeles Pride, June 1987
Los Angeles Pride, June 1987
Los Angeles Pride, June 1987
Los Angeles Pride, June 1987
Los Angeles Pride, June 1987
Los Angeles Pride, June 1987
Los Angeles Pride, June 1987
Los Angeles Pride, June 1987
Los Angeles Pride, June 1987
Los Angeles Pride, June 1987
Los Angeles Pride, June 1987
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Los Angeles Pride, June 1987
Los Angeles Pride, June 1987
Los Angeles Pride, June 1987
Los Angeles Pride, June 1987
Los Angeles Pride, June 1987
Los Angeles Pride, June 1987
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Los Angeles Pride, June 1987
Los Angeles Pride, June 1987
Los Angeles Pride, June 1987
San Francisco Pride, 1986
San Francisco Pride, 1986
San Francisco Pride, 1986
San Francisco Pride, 1986
San Francisco Pride, 1986
San Francisco Pride, 1986
San Francisco Pride, 1986
San Francisco Pride, 1986
San Francisco Pride, 1986
San Francisco Pride, 1986
San Francisco Pride, 1986
San Francisco Pride, 1986
San Francisco Pride, 1986
San Francisco Pride, 1986
San Francisco Pride, 1986
San Francisco Pride, 1986
San Francisco Pride, 1986
San Francisco Pride, 1986
San Francisco Pride, 1986
San Francisco Pride, 1986
San Francisco Pride, 1986
San Francisco Pride, 1986
San Francisco Pride, 1986
San Francisco Pride, 1986
San Francisco Pride, 1986
San Francisco Pride, 1986
San Francisco Pride, 1986
San Francisco Pride, 1986
San Francisco Pride, 1986
San Francisco Pride, 1986
San Francisco Pride, 1986
San Francisco Pride, 1986
San Francisco Pride, 1986
San Francisco Pride, 1986
San Francisco Pride, 1986
San Francisco Pride, 1986
San Francisco Pride, 1986
San Francisco Pride, 1986
San Francisco Pride, 1986
Chicago's 16th Annual Gay & Lesbian Pride Parade, June 1985
Chicago's 16th Annual Gay & Lesbian Pride Parade, June 1985
Chicago's 16th Annual Gay & Lesbian Pride Parade, June 1985
Chicago's 16th Annual Gay & Lesbian Pride Parade, June 1985
Chicago's 16th Annual Gay & Lesbian Pride Parade, June 1985
Chicago's 16th Annual Gay & Lesbian Pride Parade, June 1985
Chicago's 16th Annual Gay & Lesbian Pride Parade, June 1985
Chicago's 16th Annual Gay & Lesbian Pride Parade, June 1985
Chicago's 16th Annual Gay & Lesbian Pride Parade, June 1985
Chicago's 16th Annual Gay & Lesbian Pride Parade, June 1985
Chicago's 16th Annual Gay & Lesbian Pride Parade, June 1985
Chicago's 16th Annual Gay & Lesbian Pride Parade, June 1985
Chicago's 16th Annual Gay & Lesbian Pride Parade, June 1985
Chicago's 16th Annual Gay & Lesbian Pride Parade, June 1985
Chicago's 16th Annual Gay & Lesbian Pride Parade, June 1985
Chicago's 16th Annual Gay & Lesbian Pride Parade, June 1985
Chicago's 16th Annual Gay & Lesbian Pride Parade, June 1985
Chicago's 16th Annual Gay & Lesbian Pride Parade, June 1985
Chicago's 16th Annual Gay & Lesbian Pride Parade, June 1985
Chicago's 16th Annual Gay & Lesbian Pride Parade, June 1985
Chicago's 16th Annual Gay & Lesbian Pride Parade, June 1985
Chicago's 16th Annual Gay & Lesbian Pride Parade, June 1985
Chicago's 16th Annual Gay & Lesbian Pride Parade, June 1985
Chicago's 16th Annual Gay & Lesbian Pride Parade, June 1985
Chicago's 16th Annual Gay & Lesbian Pride Parade, June 1985
Chicago's 16th Annual Gay & Lesbian Pride Parade, June 1985
