San Jose Mayor Tom McEnery issued the city's first gay pride proclamation. Members of BAYMEC (Bay Area Municipal Elections Committee) surround the proclamation. Standing left to right are: Supervisor Dianne McKenna's Aide, Alice Sicular; San Mateo County Supervisor Tom Nolan; Paul Wysocki, Wiggsy Sivertsen; Ken Yeager; Ron Taylor; Don Sloan; Rick Rudy; San Jose Councilwoman Blanca Alvarado; (kneeling) Richard Kendall and Arthur Morris. Written on recto of photograph: ''87 First gay pride proclaim issued by Tom McEnery, Mayor; L to R: Sup. Dianne McKenna's Aide Alice Sicular, Sup. Tom Nolan, Paul Wysocki, Wiggsy Sivertsen, Ken Yeager, Ron Taylor, Don Sloan, Rick Rudy, Councilwoman Blanca Alvarado, sitting, Richard Kendall and Arthur Morris.' Photograph published in BAYMEC newsletter, Aug./Sept. 1987. Scanned with Microtek Scanmaker 1000XL Pro; as a 600 dpi TIFF image in 8-bit Grayscale. Auto Level image processing and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop CS3.
Gay men Gay rights Lesbians Politicians Gay culture Yeager, Ken Alvarado, Blanca Kendall, Richard Morris, Arthur, III Nolan, Tom Rudy, Richard Sicular, Alice Sloan, Don Sivertsen, WIggsy Taylor, Ron Wysocki, Paul
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