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Black shirt.
Stylized music staffs with square blue notes and text, "We Make The Music, October 10, 1987 Minneapolis, MN"

Origin Unknown. Please contact Wearing Gay History if you have any information regarding this shirt.
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Red shirt.
White circle with six singing figures and text, "Calliope, a Women's Chorus"
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Pink cloth with raggad edges. Likely a former t-shirt.
White Venus signs surrounding a heart, and text, "Ten years of building community, Midwest Wimmin's Festival, 1974-1983"
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Black shirt.
Comic with five women, one saying, "I could have sworn we decided on the traditional Ukrainian peasant garb." There is a banner saying "Calliope 15th Anniversary, Oct. 26, 1991, Concert Tonight." Text below the comic reads, "Although consensus had been reached regarding concert dress, there seems to be some confusion among the chorus."
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Purple shirt.
"Calliope" with the "c" as a woman singing with hair flowing over the rest of the word, "Women's Chorus, Minneapolis-St. Paul"
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Purple shirt.
Silver circle with six figures singing. Text: "Calliope: a Women's Chorus"
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Lime green hat.
White square with white pin attached with text, "Calliope Women's Chorus, Minneapolis-St. Paul"
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Brown textile.
Three silver star pins and white "LGBA Fall Conference, Stars Across America" pin.
Houston, 1991
Lesbian and Gay Band Association
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Yellow bandana.
Blue trumpet and text, "Team Band, Gay Games VI 2002"
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Dark blue hat with white bill outline and text, "Minnesota Freedom Band."
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Navy blue hat.
Yellow triangle with tuba with lambda on it and text, "Freedom Trail Band, Boston."
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Off-white hat with blue bill.
Blue trumpet with text, "Team Band, Gay Games VI 2002"
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White shirt.
Trumpet and stars with blue and red background. Text, "Lesbian and Gay Bands of America."
Back: "Band = Life, Life = Band, any questions?"
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Green shirt.
"Music in the Zoo 15th Anniversary 2007" with partial guitar design.
Sleeve: Sue McLean & Associates, Inc. www.suemclean.com
13000 Zoo Blvd, Apple Valley, MN 55124
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Bright pink shirt.
Triangle with instruments inside (french horns, violins, clarinets, harps). Text: "Minnesota Philharmonia."
Back: Black music note image.
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Grey shirt.
Purple triangle with blue circle with French Horns in it. Text: "Minnesota Freedom Band 15."
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White shirt.
Various wind instruments projecting rainbow colors against a dark blue background. Text: "Beyond the Rainbow LGBA Vancouver, 1990"
Lesbian and Gay Band Association
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Grey shirt.
Blue man whose shirt is falling off.
Text: "Männer-Minne. Schwuler Männerchor, Berlin e.V." Back: Männer Minne US Tour 1992, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, Portland, Denver" (Berlin's Gay Men's Choir)
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White shirt.
"Northern Lights Womyn's Music Festival, Sept. 8 1990. Sponsored by Aurora." Night sky rectangular design with music staff and female symbols.
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White baseball hat, green logo.
3rd Northern Lights Womyn's Music Festival
Location Unknown.
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White shirt.
Purple harp. "Minnesota Philharmonic Orchestra"
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Black long sleeve shirt.
Pink triangle, turquoise records, "Anniversary 15th" "Olivia Records" "the Voice in Celebration of Women!"
Olivia Records was a collective founded in 1973 to record and market women's music.
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Grey shirt.
Denver skyline, music staff. "GALA Festival IV" "1992 Denver"
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Cerulean blue shirt.
Star, singing face, subway car, space needle, "GALA 3" "Festival of GALA Choruses III Seattle July, 1989"
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White shirt.
Quarter note, rainbow colors/flag, "We Shall be Heard"
Origins unknown. Contact Wearing Gay History if you have any information on this shirt or design.

Likely from a gay chorus.
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Black shirt.
Gold wheat stalk, treble clef shape, "Heartland Men's Chorus Kansas City, Missouri"
4509 Walnut St, Kansas City, MO 64111
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White shirt.
White text in blue and purple rectangles: "Minnesota Freedom Band." Central design of two french horns in a blue circle, bordered on the left by a pink striped triangle.
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Black shirt.
Pink text: "Twin Cities Gay Men's" Sea foam green figures spelling out "Chorus" purple pink music notes, triangle.
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white shirt.
Images of people, sea foam green, purple, orange text: "1 out of 10 therapists recommend Romanovsky and Phillips for their patients who listen to music"

Romanovsky & Phillips is a gay singing duo named after its members, Ron Romanovsky and Paul Phillips. They are best known for their original recordings and live performances featuring songs combining humor with poignant observations about the lives of gay men (and to a lesser extent, lesbian women) in contemporary American society.
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Blue polo shirt.
"Minnesota Freedom Band" This was Dan Kenlutsen's (possible misspelled name) shirt. He was a member of the band in the 80s and designed the logo.
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Blue shirt.
Two men in tuxedos. "New York City Gay Men's Chorus" "Europe 1991"
London. Amsterdam. Cologne. Berlin. Munich. Paris.
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cerulean blue shirt.
Black text: "San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus-SFGMC"
398 11th Street, Suite 300
San Francisco, CA 94103
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