Spotlight on Freedom San Diego Lesbian and Gay Pride (1996)

A multicolored poster with grey photographs advertising the San Diego Lesbian & Gay Pride ’96. The background is light blue with rows of darker shade of blue palm trees. Horizontal bold dark blue text reads, “San Diego!” Top black text reads, “Celebrate Your Freedom in America’s Finest City!” Underneath is a cartoon rendition of the globe with rainbows coming out of it. The top text reads, “Spotlight On.” The banner across the globe has the word, “Freedom” and under the globe in black font is “San Diego Lesbian & Gay Pride ’96.” To the immediate left of the globe is a grey photograph of a woman, Kate Clinton. She has dark short hair and is facing slightly to the right. She is wearing makeup, earrings, and a collared shirt. Purple text under the globe reads, “July 26-28 1996.” To the right of the text is grey image of a Black woman, Robin S. She is smiling and she is facing the left. She is wearing a hat, makeup, earrings, and a black t-shirt with a grey coat. There are three teal boxes with pink triangles and text in the center of the poster. The top left box reads, “Friday July 26. Spirit of Stonewall Rally, 8pm. Party Boy Harbor Cruise: levi, leather, girl boat, boy boat, country western, 10pm. Youth Dance Party, 10pm.” The center left box reads, “Saturday July 27. 22nd annual Pride Parade, 12 noon. 2-day Pride Festival in Balboa Park. Part Boy - ‘Feel the Freedom’ Dance Party, 9pm-5am.” The bottom left box reads, “Sunday July 28. 2-day Pride Festival continues. Party Boy Tea Dance at the San Diego Zoo, 4pm.” Black text under the right box reads, “Featuring Grand Marshals.” Purple font reads, “Urvashi Caid & Wilson Cruz,” followed by black text, “Also…” and darker purple text, “Chastity Bono, Amy Boyd, Lonnie Gordon, Jason Stuart” ending with black text, “and many more!” To the left of the text are two grey photographs with dark blue triangles on the left side border. The furthest left photographs shows three women, identified as the band “Betty!” The first woman has long dark hair and is staring with a blank face at the camera. The second woman has long dark hair and is laughing with her eyes closed and throwing her head back. The third woman is staring at the camera and has her hands clasped infant of her neck. All of them are wearing black clothes. The second image is of a boy band identified as “Extra Fancy.” The first man has short dark hair and is wearing a necklace. He has a white shirt and a tan jacket with black pants and shoes. His left left is crossed over his right leg and both his hands are on his jacket. The second man is in behind the first and has short hair. He is wearing a light track suit. The third man has short hair and is wearing a jacket with no shirt, revealing his bare chest. He is wearing long black pants and shoes. He is standing with a hand on his belt near his crotch. The fourth man has short dark hair and glasses. He is wearing an animal print shirt and long black pants and shoes. Under the pictures is another blue box with pink triangles. The text inside reads, “Tickets… Festival: $10/ one day $15 two day pass. All-Access Pass: $75* *Attend all events on the Party Boy WIP All-Access Pass. Get your tickets TODAY at Obelisk Books (San Diego & Arizona), Blue Door Bookstore, Babette Schwartz & ROK Enterprises.” To the right of the blue square is more purple and blue text “For More Info… Phone: (619) 29-PROUD (297-7683) e-mail: SDPride@netcom.com web site: http://www.rainbow-mall.com (search SD Pride).” On the far right bottom of the poster is a circle made of small pink squares. Two purple circles overlap the pink circle. The top right says “Men Vacation” and the bottom left reads, “AA American Airlines.” Inside the circle is more text, “Travel Packages including accommodations breakfast, two day festival pass and tickets to official Pride Freedom Dance Party starting at $50. Travel and accommodations: (800) 854-7688 MOV Travel, our official tour operator VIP Party Boy party discount packages available Special airfares available on American Airlines, the official carrier of San Diego Pride.” The bottom of the page has two rows of logos from left to right. OUT, Wells Fargo, z90, NAYA, ADink, The Rainbow Mall, The Alliance, CUSH, Party Boy Productions, Gay and Lesbian Times, Ron Enterprises, Update. Red Ribbon Telecard, CURB, and Mesa.

Publication date: 7 November 2022