Item #5796 LGBTQ Pinback Button Collection [ca. 1970-1985]
LGBTQ Pinback Button Collection [ca. 1970-1985]
LGBTQ Pinback Button Collection [ca. 1970-1985]

LGBTQ Pinback Button Collection [ca. 1970-1985]

Various places: various publishers, ca. 1970-1985. Forty-eight (48) pinback buttons. 1⁄2 in. to 4 in. All very good to near fine. Item #5796

Large collection of pins from pride parades, queer underground culture, and fetish badges from across the United States throughout the 1970s and early 1980s.

Focus of pins include Gay Freedom Day, Christopher St Liberation Day, Los Angeles Gay Pride, and many more. The grouping includes subcultural and fetish badges including Leather Fraternity enamel pins. More general gay identity pins such as “I Love Men” are also present, along with pins representing gay establishments such as the National Gay Archives and the Men’s Room.

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