Group portrait of gay and lesbian participants of a candlelight vigil held in front of the Santa Clara County Government Center in support of a sexual preference measure. David Steward poses in the center of group, and is wearing a neck tie. Steward served as a commissioner on the Human Relations Commission. Written on verso: "Fig 49. The afternoon before supervisors are scheduled to vote on the sexual preferences measure, David Steward, middle with tie, leads gays and lesbians in a candlelight vigil in front of the Santa Clara County Government Center at 70 West Hedding St., 1979." See Ted Sahl, "From Closet to Community," p. 27-29, 229. 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.
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