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Black shirt. Purple text: "QMD University of Minnesota Duluth Bulldog Pride.
White text "QSU" on sleeve.

White shirt. Rainbow flag with large "R" in upper left corner. Text: "Ramsey County, Celebrating Diversity Pseudo-American flag with a red "R" where the stars would be and rainbow stripes. From Ramsey County GLBT Pride Duplicate copy found in Tretter Collection

Light gray shirt.
Pink text: "Out on the Prairie" black text: "Department of Social Work University of North Dakota" with pink triangle and image of farm (barn+silos). From national conference held in 1997 (never repeated), social work emphasis.

Light gray shirt.
" '99 GLBT Pride Fest" with green dotted triangle logo.

Red shirt.
"Basket case" with five pairs of blue jeans.

Origin Unknown. Please contact Wearing Gay History if you have any information regarding this shirt.

White shirt. "Teacher Empowerment" with pink triangle as the "A" in "Teacher"

Black shirt.
"Support Family Values / I Samuel 18:1" with a pink triangle on the "i" in "family"

Black shirt.
Rainbow embroidered stripes. "IM1RU12"

Origin Unknown. Please contact Wearing Gay History if you have any information regarding this shirt.

White bandana.
Yellow, red, and blue circle with a red sun in the middle. "Summer Daze Dancing Nites, 1988, Unity Hope Survival."

Origin Unknown. Please contact Wearing Gay History if you have any information regarding this shirt.

Tan fisherman's hat.
Rainbow lizard on front.

Black baseball cap.
"The Main Club, Superior Wisconsin." Blue text over a pink triangle.

Black leather baseball cap.
"The Main Club, Superior Wisconsin." There's a pink triangle in the "M" and the "I" is made of chains.

Brown puffy vest.
Back: large patch with beads, a cowboy hat, an image of Minnesota, and a pink triangle. "NSGRA." Patches made by Bob Jansen for the founding members: Jim Chalgren. Don Olson. Frank Bohlander. John Ritter. (And himself.)
North Star Gay Rodeo Association

Black shirt.
Image of a woman with San Francisco teetering on top of her feathered hat. "Steve Silver's Beach Blanket Babylon. Club Fugazi, San Francisco."

America's longest-running musical revue. The show began its run in 1974, at Club Savoy Tivoli and has since moved to the larger Club Fugazi in the North Beach district of San Francisco.
The show was created by Steve Silver (1944-1995). performers wear disproportionately large hats/wigs and gaudy costumes while performing satirical renditions of popular songs.

White shirt.
Ironed on map. "4th Annual Party - August 2004. John & Dale's. I was there and all I'll admit to getting was this lousy t-shirt."

Red shirt.
Man in officer's cap with eagle. "S.F. Eagle. 16th (or perhaps 'IGTH')"
398 12th St, San Francisco, CA 94103

Grey shirt.
Saloon door with text, "The Y'all Come Back Salon. 830 Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota."

Black shirt.
Star with "Lone Star Saloon."
Back: "Close the fuck'n door. Lone Star Saloon, San Francisco."
1354 Harrison St, San Francisco, CA 94103

Grey shirt.
"First Annual Minnesota Leather Encounter '89"

Black shirt.
Rendition of a stained glass window with text, "Stanford Inn. 1886 Bed & Breakfast in historical Duluth." Owned by Kevin Fairbanks.
The Stanford Inn was Minnesota's first gay-owned bed & breakfast.

Black shirt.
Chain surrounding an arm with a chain around the wrist and the text, "The Gauntlet II, Los Angeles."
Now "LA Eagle"
4219 Santa Monica Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90029

Off-white shirt.
Man in an officer's cap and combat boots, with text "Boots."
Origin Unknown. Please contact Wearing Gay History if you have any information regarding this shirt.
Possible affiliation with Frankfurt.

White shirt.
Yellow saxophone and white keyboard against a purple background. Text: "Bev's Jook Joint." Bev's was a lesbian bar in Superior, WI.
820 Tower Ave, Superior, WI 54880

Grey-blue shirt.
"Bear U" with a bear holding the "U."
Back: "Bear back" (not photographed)
Bear was designed by Frisch, who lived in Minneapolis in the 1980's.

Off-white shirt.
From the 1990 Gay Games. "Personne ne sait que je suis gay. Vancouver 1990." (French: Nobody know I'm gay)

White shirt.
"This Way Out" with pink triangle and arrows. KUMD 103.3 fm (smaller text)
Duluth, MN- LGBT radio

Blue (turquoise) shirt.
Pink triangle with "The Main Club, Superior WI. 7th Anniversary."

Grey-blue shirt.
Back: iron-on text and image. Stick figure with a barbecue and rainbow. Text: "Bar-B-Queer, July 23rd, 2005, 7:30-10:30 pm. Hosted at the home of Harvey Plasch. Vodka Bar - Beer - Wine - Food. Entertainment. $20 donation."
Charity function.

White Shirt. Circle logo with rainbow and triangles (Purple, pink, and blue oval with a rainbow.). Duluth Superior Pride. 1999 "Building Bridges" Duplicate copy found in Tretter Collection

White shirt.
"ID Lubricants" in blue, with "Got lube?" on the back.

Purple shirt.
Two hands holding sparkles. "Women Unite, Take Back the Night, Saint Paul, Minneapolis, 1983"

White shirt. Blue United States with orange banner below. Text, "NGTF, the Second Decade" Duplicate copy found in Tretter Collection