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White t-shirt.
List of queer people throughout history, including Gore Vidal, Samuel Barber, Peter the Great, Jerome Robbins, Achilles, Elton John, Nowel Coward, Richard the Lionhearted, Stephen Sondheim, James Baldwin, Herman Melville, Vinent Price, etc.

Gray t-shirt.
"The Marines and I Have A Lot in Common. We're Both Looking for a Few Good Men."

Gray t-shirt.
"In Training"

Possible reference to Castro Clone.

Gray t-shirt.
Handwritten text: "Clone"

Likely in reference to the Castro Clone, slang for a homosexual man who appeared in dress and style as an idealized working-class man.

White t-shirt.
"Clark Wants Dick. Dick Wants Condoms"

White t-shirt.
"Feel No Guilt In Your Desire"

Unknown origin. If you have any information regarding this t-shirt, please contact Wearing Gay History.

White tank top.
"100% Dyke"

White tank top.
"It's a Bitch to be Butch"

Black t-shirt.
"Good girls go to Heaven. Bad girls go everywhere"
Quote by Mae West

Blue t-shirt.
"Lesbian National Forest"

White t-shirt.
Front: "Girl with Arms Akimbo"
Back: “1: with hands on hips and elbows turned outwards, as in a stance of defiance. 2: set in a bent position. 3: held at an odd angle. 4: having to do with cultural activism or visual intervention in an urban setting (e.g., Girl with Arms’ Boy with Arms).”

Boy With Arms Akimbo/Girl With Arms Akimbo was an anonymous cultural activist collective based in San Francisco. Active from 1989 to 1992, the group carried out street postering campaigns, media appropriation initiatives and other forms of visual intervention to promote queer pro-sex messages in response to AIDS and to attacks by anti-sex reactionaries.

Black t-shirt.
"Trudge . . . into the woods! Knights of Iron. Trusted Servants. August 2-4, 1991"

Green t-shirt.
"Maneuvers Trusted Servants Trudge III"

Leather community campsite event in San Francisco.

Red t-shirt.
"Deluxe"
511 Haight St, San Francisco, CA 94117

Attached jewel on t-shirt.

Black t-shirt.
"Detour"
2348 Market St. San Francisco, CA

Gray t-shirt.
Front: "Detour"
Back: "Los Angeles"
1087 Manznita St Downtown, CA 90029

Black tank top.
Front: "Detour"
Back: "Los Angeles"
1087 Manznita St Downtown, CA 90029

Black t-shirt.
"Detour"
2348 Market St. San Francisco, CA

White t-shirt.
"Badlands San Francisco"
4121 18th St, San Francisco, CA 94114

Blue t-shirt.
"Badlands. San Francisco"

4121 18th St, San Francisco, CA 94114

Red t-shirt.
"Badlands"

4121 18th St, San Francisco, CA 94114

White t-shirt.
"New Bell Saloon. San Francisco"

Maroon t-shirt.
"New Bell Saloon. San Francisco"
1203 Polk St San Francisco, CA

Salmon t-shirt.
"Oil Can Harry's"

931 Larkin St. San Francisco, CA

White t-shirt.
"Oil Can Harry's. San Francisco"

931 Larkin St. San Francisco, CA

White shirt.
"Uncle Bert's Place. San Francisco"
4086 18th St San Francisco, CA 94114

Blue t-shirt.
"Uncle Bert's Place. San Francisco"

4086 18th St
San Francisco, CA 94114

White t-shirt.
"Rainbow Cattle Co. Guerneville on the Russian River"
16220 Main St, Guerneville, CA 95446

White t-shirt.
"The Rainbow Cattle Company"
199 Valencia St. San Francisco, CA

Yellow jersey.
Front: "Cafe Sn Marcos"
Back: "18"

White tank top.
"Cafe San Marcos Carnival S.F. '87"
2367 Market St San Francisco CA

White t-shirt.
"Castro Station. 456 Castro Street San Francisco"