{"id":28,"date":"2025-02-17T15:00:51","date_gmt":"2025-02-17T20:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/queernorthampton\/?page_id=28"},"modified":"2025-05-09T12:59:50","modified_gmt":"2025-05-09T16:59:50","slug":"timeline","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/queernorthampton\/timeline\/","title":{"rendered":"Timeline"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style>\n.wp-block-image :where(figcaption) {\nfont-size: 12px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cp-timeline-content-timeline Cool-Content-Timeline\"><div class=\"cool-timeline-block-68cb4c70-dcef-477d-9dca-70b66bccb5e0\"><style>.cool-timeline-block-68cb4c70-dcef-477d-9dca-70b66bccb5e0 .cool-vertical-timeline-body{--ctlb-icon-color: #f9fafb;--ctlb-date-fontsize: 30px;--ctlb-date-color: #010101;--ctlb-head-font-size: 24px;--ctlb-heading-color: #010101;--ctlb-sub-head-font-size: 16px;--ctlb-sub-head-line-height: 24px;--ctlb-sub-heading-color: #000000;--ctlb-line-color: #15ded0;--ctlb-icon-bg: #20b3eb;--ctlb-story-border-color: #7e12fa;--ctlb-icon-box-size: 43px;--ctlb-middle-line-size: 9px;}<\/style><div class=\"cool-vertical-timeline-body ctlb-wrapper both-sided left\"><div class=\"cool-timeline-block-list\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-cp-timeline-content-timeline-child swiper-slide\"><div class=\"timeline-content icon-true \"><div class=\"timeline-block-timeline ctl-row  position-left\"><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-time\"><div class=\"story-time\"><p>1972-1978<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline-block-icon\"><span class=\"timeline-block-render-icon\" style=\"fill:white\"><div class=\"iconpicker-item\" style=\"font-size:24px;color:white;padding:2px\"><svg stroke=\"currentColor\" fill=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"0\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" height=\"1em\" width=\"1em\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M470.38 1.51L150.41 96A32 32 0 0 0 128 126.51v261.41A139 139 0 0 0 96 384c-53 0-96 28.66-96 64s43 64 96 64 96-28.66 96-64V214.32l256-75v184.61a138.4 138.4 0 0 0-32-3.93c-53 0-96 28.66-96 64s43 64 96 64 96-28.65 96-64V32a32 32 0 0 0-41.62-30.49z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/div><\/span><\/div><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-detail\"><div class=\"story-details\"><div class=\"story-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large ctlb-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"365\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/queernorthampton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1169\/2025\/04\/AVanEvera01-365x1024.jpg\" alt=\"A concert listing in the December 8, 1976 edition of the Valley Advocate advertising two Lilith shows at the Rusty Nail in nearby Sunderland, MA the following week.\n\" class=\"wp-image-412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/queernorthampton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1169\/2025\/04\/AVanEvera01-365x1024.jpg 365w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/queernorthampton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1169\/2025\/04\/AVanEvera01-107x300.jpg 107w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/queernorthampton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1169\/2025\/04\/AVanEvera01-768x2152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/queernorthampton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1169\/2025\/04\/AVanEvera01-548x1536.jpg 548w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/queernorthampton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1169\/2025\/04\/AVanEvera01-731x2048.jpg 731w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/queernorthampton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1169\/2025\/04\/AVanEvera01-scaled.jpg 913w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 365px) 100vw, 365px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Valley Advocate, p. 56, December 8, 1976. Forbes Library, Northampton, MA. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading ctlb-block-title\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px\">1972-1978: Lilith<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ctlb-block-desc\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px\">Alice Van Evera<br><br>Lilith (active 1972-1978) was a pioneering all-women band originating in Northampton, MA. The band stands out not only as one of the first all-women bands, but also in terms of genre: While the growing world of \u201cwomen\u2019s music\u201d in the 1970s was dominated by folk artists, Lilith leaned toward jazz-funk. Lilith was also politically active. The band played in a National Organization for Women (NOW) convention in the late 1970s.<sup data-fn=\"c04e4d1d-e711-4502-97c5-5d7ec6ae2835\" class=\"fn\"><a href=\"#c04e4d1d-e711-4502-97c5-5d7ec6ae2835\" id=\"c04e4d1d-e711-4502-97c5-5d7ec6ae2835-link\">1<\/a><\/sup> At the Saints, a lesbian bar in Boston, Lilith played a benefit concert in the mid-1970s for radical lesbian activist Susan Saxe\u2019s defense fund. <sup data-fn=\"1b48a42d-4440-4108-aecf-864d7174806b\" class=\"fn\"><a href=\"#1b48a42d-4440-4108-aecf-864d7174806b\" id=\"1b48a42d-4440-4108-aecf-864d7174806b-link\">2<\/a><\/sup>Founding member Beth Caurant has described Lilith as not only a band, but an early site where lesbians in the Northampton area would gather.<sup data-fn=\"40083c37-d7d4-4c82-9225-dca0ff5ef586\" class=\"fn\"><a href=\"#40083c37-d7d4-4c82-9225-dca0ff5ef586\" id=\"40083c37-d7d4-4c82-9225-dca0ff5ef586-link\">3<\/a><\/sup>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cp-timeline-content-timeline-child swiper-slide\"><div class=\"timeline-content icon-true \"><div class=\"timeline-block-timeline ctl-row  position-right\"><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-time\"><div class=\"story-time\"><p>May 15, 1982<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline-block-icon\"><span class=\"timeline-block-render-icon\" style=\"fill:white\"><div class=\"iconpicker-item\" style=\"font-size:24px;color:white;padding:2px\"><svg stroke=\"currentColor\" fill=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"0\" viewBox=\"0 0 416 512\" height=\"1em\" width=\"1em\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M272 96c26.51 0 48-21.49 48-48S298.51 0 272 0s-48 21.49-48 48 21.49 48 48 48zM113.69 317.47l-14.8 34.52H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32s14.33 32 32 32h77.45c19.25 0 36.58-11.44 44.11-29.09l8.79-20.52-10.67-6.3c-17.32-10.23-30.06-25.37-37.99-42.61zM384 223.99h-44.03l-26.06-53.25c-12.5-25.55-35.45-44.23-61.78-50.94l-71.08-21.14c-28.3-6.8-57.77-.55-80.84 17.14l-39.67 30.41c-14.03 10.75-16.69 30.83-5.92 44.86s30.84 16.66 44.86 5.92l39.69-30.41c7.67-5.89 17.44-8 25.27-6.14l14.7 4.37-37.46 87.39c-12.62 29.48-1.31 64.01 26.3 80.31l84.98 50.17-27.47 87.73c-5.28 16.86 4.11 34.81 20.97 40.09 3.19 1 6.41 1.48 9.58 1.48 13.61 0 26.23-8.77 30.52-22.45l31.64-101.06c5.91-20.77-2.89-43.08-21.64-54.39l-61.24-36.14 31.31-78.28 20.27 41.43c8 16.34 24.92 26.89 43.11 26.89H384c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32s-14.33-31.99-32-31.99z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/div><\/span><\/div><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-detail\"><div class=\"story-details\"><div class=\"story-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large ctlb-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"638\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/queernorthampton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1169\/2025\/04\/SLevine01-1024x638.jpg\" alt=\"The Pride March travels down Main Street, crossing the intersection of Pleasant and Main. Participants are holding up signs, specifically a larger banner reading \u201cSupport Gay Rights.\u201d\" class=\"wp-image-423\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/queernorthampton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1169\/2025\/04\/SLevine01-1024x638.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/queernorthampton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1169\/2025\/04\/SLevine01-300x187.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/queernorthampton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1169\/2025\/04\/SLevine01-768x478.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/queernorthampton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1169\/2025\/04\/SLevine01-1536x957.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/queernorthampton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1169\/2025\/04\/SLevine01.jpg 1650w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Daily Hampshire Gazette, \u201cThe first Northampton Gay and Lesbian Liberation March, May 1982.,\u201d Forbes Library Images from the Archives (Legacy site: Pre-2022), accessed April 7, 2025, https:\/\/images.forbeslibrary.org\/items\/show\/5616.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading ctlb-block-title\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px\">The First Northampton Gay and Lesbian Liberation March<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ctlb-block-desc\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px\">Syd D Levine<br><br>May 15, 1982 was the day that the Pride March came to Northampton. After over a decade of traveling to Boston to participate in the marches, a local Gay and Lesbian Liberation March took to Main Street. Participants marched from the Bridge Street School, down Main Street, and into Pulaski Park. Once the March reached Pulaski Park, a two hour rally was held, where activists from all over the Valley and New England spoke. The Daily Hampshire Gazette from the Monday after stated that over \u201c500 homosexuals\u201d participated, although multiple news sources reported anywhere from 300-800 participants. The March was organized by the Gay and Lesbian Activists (GALA) in protest of the Family Protection Act and the Reagan Administration. The Family Protection Act threatened people of color, immigrants, and LGBTQ+ people. The 1982 Gay and Lesbian Liberation March was the first pride protest to take place in the greater Western Massachusetts area.<sup data-fn=\"be8b559e-eedf-4776-a0a9-af749a324638\" class=\"fn\"><a href=\"#be8b559e-eedf-4776-a0a9-af749a324638\" id=\"be8b559e-eedf-4776-a0a9-af749a324638-link\">4<\/a><\/sup>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cp-timeline-content-timeline-child swiper-slide\"><div class=\"timeline-content icon-true \"><div class=\"timeline-block-timeline ctl-row  position-left\"><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-time\"><div class=\"story-time\"><p>~1980<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline-block-icon\"><span class=\"timeline-block-render-icon\" style=\"fill:white\"><div class=\"iconpicker-item\" style=\"font-size:24px;color:white;padding:2px\"><svg stroke=\"currentColor\" fill=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"0\" viewBox=\"0 0 416 512\" height=\"1em\" width=\"1em\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M272 96c26.51 0 48-21.49 48-48S298.51 0 272 0s-48 21.49-48 48 21.49 48 48 48zM113.69 317.47l-14.8 34.52H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32s14.33 32 32 32h77.45c19.25 0 36.58-11.44 44.11-29.09l8.79-20.52-10.67-6.3c-17.32-10.23-30.06-25.37-37.99-42.61zM384 223.99h-44.03l-26.06-53.25c-12.5-25.55-35.45-44.23-61.78-50.94l-71.08-21.14c-28.3-6.8-57.77-.55-80.84 17.14l-39.67 30.41c-14.03 10.75-16.69 30.83-5.92 44.86s30.84 16.66 44.86 5.92l39.69-30.41c7.67-5.89 17.44-8 25.27-6.14l14.7 4.37-37.46 87.39c-12.62 29.48-1.31 64.01 26.3 80.31l84.98 50.17-27.47 87.73c-5.28 16.86 4.11 34.81 20.97 40.09 3.19 1 6.41 1.48 9.58 1.48 13.61 0 26.23-8.77 30.52-22.45l31.64-101.06c5.91-20.77-2.89-43.08-21.64-54.39l-61.24-36.14 31.31-78.28 20.27 41.43c8 16.34 24.92 26.89 43.11 26.89H384c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32s-14.33-31.99-32-31.99z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/div><\/span><\/div><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-detail\"><div class=\"story-details\"><div class=\"story-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large ctlb-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/queernorthampton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1169\/2025\/04\/MJULIO01-1024x675.jpg\" alt=\"Photographed by Andrea Fox. Courtesy of Forbes Library Special Collections.\" class=\"wp-image-418\" style=\"aspect-ratio:4\/3;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/queernorthampton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1169\/2025\/04\/MJULIO01-1024x675.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/queernorthampton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1169\/2025\/04\/MJULIO01-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/queernorthampton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1169\/2025\/04\/MJULIO01-768x506.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/queernorthampton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1169\/2025\/04\/MJULIO01-1536x1013.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/queernorthampton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1169\/2025\/04\/MJULIO01-2048x1350.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Valley Gay Alliance representing Northampton at the Second March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights (Washington D.C.), October 11, 1987.\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading ctlb-block-title\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px\">Pioneer Valley Gay Alliance<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ctlb-block-desc\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px\">Madison Julio<br><br>The Pioneer Valley Gay Alliance\u2014later renamed the Pioneer Valley People\u2019s Gay Alliance\u2014was an activist organization founded around 1980 to serve gay men in the Valley who were not affiliated with local colleges.<sup data-fn=\"1d03f273-a06c-47a7-ae7e-cce24f01882c\" class=\"fn\"><a href=\"#1d03f273-a06c-47a7-ae7e-cce24f01882c\" id=\"1d03f273-a06c-47a7-ae7e-cce24f01882c-link\">5<\/a><\/sup> As one of the earliest known gay men\u2019s advocacy groups in the Pioneer Valley, the Alliance was groundbreaking for the area, and it was known for its educational outreach, social programming, and most notably, its newsletter <em>The Gayzette<\/em>.<sup data-fn=\"17b1b0ff-e806-49b9-8a83-03d4febfc731\" class=\"fn\"><a href=\"#17b1b0ff-e806-49b9-8a83-03d4febfc731\" id=\"17b1b0ff-e806-49b9-8a83-03d4febfc731-link\">6<\/a><\/sup> The <em>Gayzette<\/em> not only reported on LGBTQ+ news in the Valley and beyond, but also promoted events and cultivated a sense of community and solidarity (Kaymarion Raymond, \u201cEnding the Campaign of Terror,\u201d From Wicked To Wedded, July 31, 2020, https:\/\/fromwickedtowedded.com\/tag\/pioneer-valley-peoples-gay-alliance\/, 1.) Beyond its organizing behind the scenes, the Alliance was deeply engaged in direct action, maintaining a political action committee as early as 1983 and participating in local and national protests, including the early Northampton Pride Marches and the 1987 March on Washington.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cp-timeline-content-timeline-child swiper-slide\"><div class=\"timeline-content icon-true \"><div class=\"timeline-block-timeline ctl-row  position-right\"><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-time\"><div class=\"story-time\"><p>1984-1986<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline-block-icon\"><span class=\"timeline-block-render-icon\" style=\"fill:white\"><div class=\"iconpicker-item\" style=\"font-size:24px;color:white;padding:2px\"><svg stroke=\"currentColor\" fill=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"0\" viewBox=\"0 0 576 512\" height=\"1em\" width=\"1em\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M552 64H112c-20.858 0-38.643 13.377-45.248 32H24c-13.255 0-24 10.745-24 24v272c0 30.928 25.072 56 56 56h496c13.255 0 24-10.745 24-24V88c0-13.255-10.745-24-24-24zM48 392V144h16v248c0 4.411-3.589 8-8 8s-8-3.589-8-8zm480 8H111.422c.374-2.614.578-5.283.578-8V112h416v288zM172 280h136c6.627 0 12-5.373 12-12v-96c0-6.627-5.373-12-12-12H172c-6.627 0-12 5.373-12 12v96c0 6.627 5.373 12 12 12zm28-80h80v40h-80v-40zm-40 140v-24c0-6.627 5.373-12 12-12h136c6.627 0 12 5.373 12 12v24c0 6.627-5.373 12-12 12H172c-6.627 0-12-5.373-12-12zm192 0v-24c0-6.627 5.373-12 12-12h104c6.627 0 12 5.373 12 12v24c0 6.627-5.373 12-12 12H364c-6.627 0-12-5.373-12-12zm0-144v-24c0-6.627 5.373-12 12-12h104c6.627 0 12 5.373 12 12v24c0 6.627-5.373 12-12 12H364c-6.627 0-12-5.373-12-12zm0 72v-24c0-6.627 5.373-12 12-12h104c6.627 0 12 5.373 12 12v24c0 6.627-5.373 12-12 12H364c-6.627 0-12-5.373-12-12z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/div><\/span><\/div><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-detail\"><div class=\"story-details\"><div class=\"story-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full ctlb-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"860\" height=\"610\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/queernorthampton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1169\/2025\/04\/CLynch01-edited.jpg\" alt=\"A satirical cartoon Monopoly board with the game's traditional elements replaced with jokes poking fun at Northampton\u2019s culture and increasingly high cost of living in 1985.\" class=\"wp-image-450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/queernorthampton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1169\/2025\/04\/CLynch01-edited.jpg 860w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/queernorthampton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1169\/2025\/04\/CLynch01-edited-300x213.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/queernorthampton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1169\/2025\/04\/CLynch01-edited-768x545.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 860px) 100vw, 860px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Hayman, &#8220;Nohopoly,&#8221; cartoon, Oh No! Noho (Northampton, MA), March 1985, 22, Forbes Library Internet Archive.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading ctlb-block-title\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px\">\u201cOh No! Noho\u201d March 1985 Issue<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ctlb-block-desc\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px\">Colleen Lynch<br><br>\u201cOh No! Noho\u201d was a monthly alternative arts and music publication from 1984 to 1986 in Northampton, MA. The theme of their March 1985 issue was gentrification. At the time in Northampton, many creatives were feeling the pressures of their town becoming increasingly expensive. In an interview given to \u201cOh No! Noho\u201d for their gentrification issue, Northampton\u2019s Mayor at the time, David Musante, assessed the situation bluntly, saying, \u201cWell, gentrification has happened\u201d and \u201ca city can\u2019t change the cost of material, labor or money.\u201d In situations where gentrification becomes an issue, it is often spurred by creatives moving to an area and making it more desirable for wealthier individuals before being priced out themselves. In the satirical Nohopoly board, also in the March 1985 issue, artist Hayman expresses frustration with the absurdity of gentrification, depicting things like Fate Cards poking fun at the trust funds of wealthy Noho residents and tiles highlighting the high costs at seemingly frivolous local businesses.<sup data-fn=\"8d3aa182-a257-457d-97c3-8576122fc7f3\" class=\"fn\"><a href=\"#8d3aa182-a257-457d-97c3-8576122fc7f3\" id=\"8d3aa182-a257-457d-97c3-8576122fc7f3-link\">7<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cp-timeline-content-timeline-child swiper-slide\"><div class=\"timeline-content icon-true \"><div class=\"timeline-block-timeline ctl-row  position-left\"><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-time\"><div class=\"story-time\"><p>1987<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline-block-icon\"><span class=\"timeline-block-render-icon\" style=\"fill:white\"><div class=\"iconpicker-item\" style=\"font-size:24px;color:white;padding:2px\"><svg stroke=\"currentColor\" fill=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"0\" viewBox=\"0 0 576 512\" height=\"1em\" width=\"1em\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M552 64H88c-13.255 0-24 10.745-24 24v8H24c-13.255 0-24 10.745-24 24v272c0 30.928 25.072 56 56 56h472c26.51 0 48-21.49 48-48V88c0-13.255-10.745-24-24-24zM56 400a8 8 0 0 1-8-8V144h16v248a8 8 0 0 1-8 8zm236-16H140c-6.627 0-12-5.373-12-12v-8c0-6.627 5.373-12 12-12h152c6.627 0 12 5.373 12 12v8c0 6.627-5.373 12-12 12zm208 0H348c-6.627 0-12-5.373-12-12v-8c0-6.627 5.373-12 12-12h152c6.627 0 12 5.373 12 12v8c0 6.627-5.373 12-12 12zm-208-96H140c-6.627 0-12-5.373-12-12v-8c0-6.627 5.373-12 12-12h152c6.627 0 12 5.373 12 12v8c0 6.627-5.373 12-12 12zm208 0H348c-6.627 0-12-5.373-12-12v-8c0-6.627 5.373-12 12-12h152c6.627 0 12 5.373 12 12v8c0 6.627-5.373 12-12 12zm0-96H140c-6.627 0-12-5.373-12-12v-40c0-6.627 5.373-12 12-12h360c6.627 0 12 5.373 12 12v40c0 6.627-5.373 12-12 12z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/div><\/span><\/div><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-detail\"><div class=\"story-details\"><div class=\"story-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large ctlb-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"791\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/queernorthampton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1169\/2025\/04\/MSeneker01-791x1024.png\" alt=\"The April 1997 copy of \u201cThe Lesbian Calendar,\u201d highlighting the \u201cLesbian Baby Boom\u201d throughout Western New England and the United States.\" class=\"wp-image-427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/queernorthampton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1169\/2025\/04\/MSeneker01-791x1024.png 791w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/queernorthampton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1169\/2025\/04\/MSeneker01-232x300.png 232w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/queernorthampton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1169\/2025\/04\/MSeneker01-768x995.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/queernorthampton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1169\/2025\/04\/MSeneker01.png 1036w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 791px) 100vw, 791px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">\u201cCelebrating Our 10th Year Serving the Lesbians, Our Families, Friends, and Allies of Western New England.\u201d The Lesbian Calendar. April 1997, Vol. 10, #12. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading ctlb-block-title\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px\">\u201cThe Lesbian Calendar\u201d in Western New England<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ctlb-block-desc\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px\">Molly Seneker<br><br>In the year 1987, \u201cThe Lesbian Calendar\u201d was created in Northampton, Massachusetts as \u201cA Monthly Listing of Events By, For, and About LESBIANS in Western New England.\u201d The calendar is a physical copy, shared throughout the Northampton and Western MA communities, that spreads awareness of current events, advertisements, comics, and event information in the area. Each copy is priced at $3 and is available for purchase at local shops throughout New England, and organizations are allowed to advertise their businesses and events within the calendar. One of the most unique and community-based pieces within each Lesbian Calendar is the events calendar for each month, located within the middle of the paper. The calendar highlights events all over the area throughout the month, sharing information about readings, performances, forums, potlucks, lectures, protests, festivals, workshops, retreats, and much more. Larger events are able to be highlighted within the calendar, too, and have the option to pay extra to advertise their event. \u201cThe Lesbian Calendar\u201d is a useful guide for Lesbians and ally\u2019s within New England to help continue building community, share insights and information, and continue to perpetuate pride within the Queer community.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cp-timeline-content-timeline-child swiper-slide\"><div class=\"timeline-content icon-true \"><div class=\"timeline-block-timeline ctl-row  position-right\"><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-time\"><div class=\"story-time\"><p>1979 &#8211; 1995<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline-block-icon\"><span class=\"timeline-block-render-icon\" style=\"fill:white\"><div class=\"iconpicker-item\" style=\"font-size:24px;color:white;padding:2px\"><svg stroke=\"currentColor\" fill=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"0\" viewBox=\"0 0 576 512\" height=\"1em\" width=\"1em\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M552 64H88c-13.255 0-24 10.745-24 24v8H24c-13.255 0-24 10.745-24 24v272c0 30.928 25.072 56 56 56h472c26.51 0 48-21.49 48-48V88c0-13.255-10.745-24-24-24zM56 400a8 8 0 0 1-8-8V144h16v248a8 8 0 0 1-8 8zm236-16H140c-6.627 0-12-5.373-12-12v-8c0-6.627 5.373-12 12-12h152c6.627 0 12 5.373 12 12v8c0 6.627-5.373 12-12 12zm208 0H348c-6.627 0-12-5.373-12-12v-8c0-6.627 5.373-12 12-12h152c6.627 0 12 5.373 12 12v8c0 6.627-5.373 12-12 12zm-208-96H140c-6.627 0-12-5.373-12-12v-8c0-6.627 5.373-12 12-12h152c6.627 0 12 5.373 12 12v8c0 6.627-5.373 12-12 12zm208 0H348c-6.627 0-12-5.373-12-12v-8c0-6.627 5.373-12 12-12h152c6.627 0 12 5.373 12 12v8c0 6.627-5.373 12-12 12zm0-96H140c-6.627 0-12-5.373-12-12v-40c0-6.627 5.373-12 12-12h360c6.627 0 12 5.373 12 12v40c0 6.627-5.373 12-12 12z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/div><\/span><\/div><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-detail\"><div class=\"story-details\"><div class=\"story-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large ctlb-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1554\" height=\"1170\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/queernorthampton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1169\/2025\/04\/RFroehlich-edited.jpg\" alt=\"Excerpt from the September 1991 issue of Valley Women\u2019s Voice\" class=\"wp-image-445\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/queernorthampton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1169\/2025\/04\/RFroehlich-edited.jpg 1554w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/queernorthampton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1169\/2025\/04\/RFroehlich-edited-300x226.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/queernorthampton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1169\/2025\/04\/RFroehlich-edited-1024x771.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/queernorthampton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1169\/2025\/04\/RFroehlich-edited-768x578.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/queernorthampton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1169\/2025\/04\/RFroehlich-edited-1536x1156.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1554px) 100vw, 1554px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Forbes Library. &#8220;Valley Women&#8217;s Voice.&#8221; Valley Women&#8217;s Voice, September 1991.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading ctlb-block-title\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px\">Feminist Thought and Action in Northampton: The Valley Womens Voice<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ctlb-block-desc\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px\">Rita Froehlich<br><br>The <em>Valley Women\u2019s Voice<\/em> was a monthly feminist newspaper based in Northampton, Massachusetts, and published from 1979 to 1995. Its central aim was to provoke feminist thought and political engagement, through community-based action. Each issue featured a wide range of content related to women\u2019s issues, such as discussions on the politics of pornography (evident in the issue depicted), reproductive rights, gender-based violence, alongside poetry, comics, and much more. The paper also highlighted the vibrancy of the local lesbian community within the Pioneer Valley, covering events such as the Northampton\/Amherst Lesbian Festival and other gatherings of visibility and solidarity. Overall, it contributed in shaping and reflecting the feminist and lesbian activism of its time, both locally and within broader national movements.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cp-timeline-content-timeline-child swiper-slide\"><div class=\"timeline-content icon-true \"><div class=\"timeline-block-timeline ctl-row  position-left\"><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-time\"><div class=\"story-time\"><p>February 8th, 1983<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline-block-icon\"><span class=\"timeline-block-render-icon\" style=\"fill:white\"><div class=\"iconpicker-item\" style=\"font-size:24px;color:white;padding:2px\"><svg stroke=\"currentColor\" fill=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"0\" viewBox=\"0 0 480 512\" height=\"1em\" width=\"1em\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M468 0h-79c-10.7 0-16 12.9-8.5 20.5l16.9 16.9-80.7 80.7C294.5 104.1 268.2 96 240 96c-28.2 0-54.5 8.1-76.7 22.1l-16.5-16.5 19.8-19.8c4.7-4.7 4.7-12.3 0-17l-28.3-28.3c-4.7-4.7-12.3-4.7-17 0l-19.8 19.8-19-19 16.9-16.9C107.1 12.9 101.7 0 91 0H12C5.4 0 0 5.4 0 12v79c0 10.7 12.9 16 20.5 8.5l16.9-16.9 19 19-19.8 19.8c-4.7 4.7-4.7 12.3 0 17l28.3 28.3c4.7 4.7 12.3 4.7 17 0l19.8-19.8 16.5 16.5C104.1 185.5 96 211.8 96 240c0 68.5 47.9 125.9 112 140.4V408h-36c-6.6 0-12 5.4-12 12v40c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h36v28c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h40c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12v-28h36c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12v-40c0-6.6-5.4-12-12-12h-36v-27.6c64.1-14.6 112-71.9 112-140.4 0-28.2-8.1-54.5-22.1-76.7l80.7-80.7 16.9 16.9c7.6 7.6 20.5 2.2 20.5-8.5V12c0-6.6-5.4-12-12-12zM240 320c-44.1 0-80-35.9-80-80s35.9-80 80-80 80 35.9 80 80-35.9 80-80 80z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/div><\/span><\/div><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-detail\"><div class=\"story-details\"><div class=\"story-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large ctlb-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"791\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/queernorthampton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1169\/2025\/04\/MSMITH01-791x1024.png\" alt=\"Vigil of Unity Flyer\" class=\"wp-image-428\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/queernorthampton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1169\/2025\/04\/MSMITH01-791x1024.png 791w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/queernorthampton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1169\/2025\/04\/MSMITH01-232x300.png 232w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/queernorthampton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1169\/2025\/04\/MSMITH01-768x995.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/queernorthampton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1169\/2025\/04\/MSMITH01.png 1078w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 791px) 100vw, 791px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Lesbian Bisexual Transgender Alliance Records, Box #3016.1, Smith College Archives, CA-MS-00112, Smith College Special Collections, Northampton, Massachusetts.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading ctlb-block-title\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px\">Vigil Of Unity, Resistance, Self-Empowerment <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ctlb-block-desc\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px\">Maya Smith<br><br>Following many months of harassment and threats towards the Lesbian and Gay community in Northampton from an anonymous group called \u201cSHUN\u201d (Stop Homosexual Unity Now), a meeting took place between hundreds of community members and the Mayor and other town officials to call for action against this violence. During this meeting, there was a vigil held outside to support those in the meeting and urge the town to actually combat the violence and harassment that the queer community was facing. The flyer was distributed by Smith College\u2019s Lesbian Bisexual Alliance (LBA) to spread word to students about the coming protests.<sup data-fn=\"dfd0e0b5-8671-42cf-9f4d-c8b5df0d8f3f\" class=\"fn\"><a href=\"#dfd0e0b5-8671-42cf-9f4d-c8b5df0d8f3f\" id=\"dfd0e0b5-8671-42cf-9f4d-c8b5df0d8f3f-link\">8<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cp-timeline-content-timeline-child swiper-slide\"><div class=\"timeline-content icon-true \"><div class=\"timeline-block-timeline ctl-row  position-right\"><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-time\"><div class=\"story-time\"><p>1989 to 1992<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline-block-icon\"><span class=\"timeline-block-render-icon\" style=\"fill:white\"><div class=\"iconpicker-item\" style=\"font-size:24px;color:white;padding:2px\"><svg stroke=\"currentColor\" fill=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"0\" viewBox=\"0 0 384 512\" height=\"1em\" width=\"1em\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M372 0h-79c-10.7 0-16 12.9-8.5 20.5l16.9 16.9-80.7 80.7C198.5 104.1 172.2 96 144 96 64.5 96 0 160.5 0 240c0 68.5 47.9 125.9 112 140.4V408H76c-6.6 0-12 5.4-12 12v40c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h36v28c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h40c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12v-28h36c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12v-40c0-6.6-5.4-12-12-12h-36v-27.6c64.1-14.6 112-71.9 112-140.4 0-28.2-8.1-54.5-22.1-76.7l80.7-80.7 16.9 16.9c7.6 7.6 20.5 2.2 20.5-8.5V12c0-6.6-5.4-12-12-12zM144 320c-44.1 0-80-35.9-80-80s35.9-80 80-80 80 35.9 80 80-35.9 80-80 80z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/div><\/span><\/div><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-detail\"><div class=\"story-details\"><div class=\"story-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large ctlb-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"515\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/queernorthampton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1169\/2025\/04\/MHawes01-1024x515.jpg\" alt=\"The Lezzie Lizard holds a sign showing support for bisexuals\" class=\"wp-image-417\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/queernorthampton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1169\/2025\/04\/MHawes01-1024x515.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/queernorthampton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1169\/2025\/04\/MHawes01-300x151.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/queernorthampton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1169\/2025\/04\/MHawes01-768x386.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/queernorthampton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1169\/2025\/04\/MHawes01-1536x773.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/queernorthampton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1169\/2025\/04\/MHawes01.jpg 1997w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">English, Susan. \u201cLesbian Lizard.\u201d Illustration. Queer Nation Speaks: Western Mass, September 1991, 3.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading ctlb-block-title\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px\">Conflicts over Bisexual Inclusion in the Northampton Pride March<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ctlb-block-desc\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px\">M. Hawes<br><br>In 1989, based on a vote conducted by the Northampton Pride March Steering Committee, the word &#8220;Bisexual&#8221; was added to the name of that year\u2019s Lesbian and Gay Pride March. Many members of the bisexual community in Northampton, who rallied around the issue and took great pains to be present at the committee meeting in order to vote, viewed this as a victory, while many lesbian feminists believed this to be an encroachment upon lesbian-specific space. In 1990, the Steering Committee voted to remove the word \u201cBisexual\u201d from the March\u2019s title. Much conflict and many community meetings ensued, until finally, in 1992, the conflict was resolved when the entire Northampton community was invited to vote on the issue. The final vote resulted in the word \u201cBisexual\u201d remaining in the March\u2019s name from then on.<sup data-fn=\"32386db4-5a80-4bfe-9760-2228f0c76854\" class=\"fn\"><a href=\"#32386db4-5a80-4bfe-9760-2228f0c76854\" id=\"32386db4-5a80-4bfe-9760-2228f0c76854-link\">9<\/a><\/sup><br><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cp-timeline-content-timeline-child swiper-slide\"><div class=\"timeline-content icon-true \"><div class=\"timeline-block-timeline ctl-row  position-left\"><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-time\"><div class=\"story-time\"><p>1991<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline-block-icon\"><span class=\"timeline-block-render-icon\" style=\"fill:white\"><div class=\"iconpicker-item\" style=\"font-size:24px;color:white;padding:2px\"><svg stroke=\"currentColor\" fill=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"0\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" height=\"1em\" width=\"1em\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M288 176c0-79.5-64.5-144-144-144S0 96.5 0 176c0 68.5 47.9 125.9 112 140.4V368H76c-6.6 0-12 5.4-12 12v40c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h36v36c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h40c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12v-36h36c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12v-40c0-6.6-5.4-12-12-12h-36v-51.6c64.1-14.5 112-71.9 112-140.4zm-224 0c0-44.1 35.9-80 80-80s80 35.9 80 80-35.9 80-80 80-80-35.9-80-80zm336 140.4V368h36c6.6 0 12 5.4 12 12v40c0 6.6-5.4 12-12 12h-36v36c0 6.6-5.4 12-12 12h-40c-6.6 0-12-5.4-12-12v-36h-36c-6.6 0-12-5.4-12-12v-40c0-6.6 5.4-12 12-12h36v-51.6c-21.2-4.8-40.6-14.3-57.2-27.3 14-16.7 25-36 32.1-57.1 14.5 14.8 34.7 24 57.1 24 44.1 0 80-35.9 80-80s-35.9-80-80-80c-22.3 0-42.6 9.2-57.1 24-7.1-21.1-18-40.4-32.1-57.1C303.4 43.6 334.3 32 368 32c79.5 0 144 64.5 144 144 0 68.5-47.9 125.9-112 140.4z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/div><\/span><\/div><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-detail\"><div class=\"story-details\"><div class=\"story-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large ctlb-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"931\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/queernorthampton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1169\/2025\/04\/SSawh01-931x1024.jpg\" alt=\"The engagement photo of Bell Grace and Karen Bellavance\" class=\"wp-image-424\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/queernorthampton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1169\/2025\/04\/SSawh01-931x1024.jpg 931w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/queernorthampton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1169\/2025\/04\/SSawh01-273x300.jpg 273w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/queernorthampton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1169\/2025\/04\/SSawh01-768x844.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/queernorthampton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1169\/2025\/04\/SSawh01-1397x1536.jpg 1397w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/queernorthampton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1169\/2025\/04\/SSawh01-1863x2048.jpg 1863w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 931px) 100vw, 931px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Lesbian Bisexual Transgender Alliance Records, Box #3016.1, Smith College Archives, CA-MS-00112, Smith College Special Collections, Northampton, Massachusetts.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading ctlb-block-title\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px\">Northampton Lesbian Engagement Announcement&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ctlb-block-desc\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px\">Satya Sawh<br><br>In 1991, Bell Grace and Karen Bellavance used a picture of them in their Northampton apartment to announce their engagement in a local newspaper. Unintentionally, their announcement began a trend of local lesbian couples doing the same thing. The women\u2019s announcement came at a time when Northampton had gained a reputation as being \u201cLesbanville U.S.A.\u201d<sup data-fn=\"ec33ef0e-bd38-4c15-a410-87d6d64412a3\" class=\"fn\"><a href=\"#ec33ef0e-bd38-4c15-a410-87d6d64412a3\" id=\"ec33ef0e-bd38-4c15-a410-87d6d64412a3-link\">10<\/a><\/sup>, and the news of their engagement garnered even more national attention for the town, to the point where there story was published in an article in the Los Angeles Times, entitled, \u201cA Place to Call Home\u201d.<sup data-fn=\"bbe56af6-0140-4585-a9be-e30077b7304a\" class=\"fn\"><a href=\"#bbe56af6-0140-4585-a9be-e30077b7304a\" id=\"bbe56af6-0140-4585-a9be-e30077b7304a-link\">11<\/a><\/sup> The article, and many others that featured news of couples like Grace and Bellavance, reported that Northampton boasted a population of 10,000 lesbians, was a hotspot for lesbian social events and nightlife, and provided a safe haven for open expression of lesbian affection.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cp-timeline-content-timeline-child swiper-slide\"><div class=\"timeline-content icon-true \"><div class=\"timeline-block-timeline ctl-row  position-right\"><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-time\"><div class=\"story-time\"><p>April 1992<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline-block-icon\"><span class=\"timeline-block-render-icon\" style=\"fill:white\"><div class=\"iconpicker-item\" style=\"font-size:24px;color:white;padding:2px\"><svg stroke=\"currentColor\" fill=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"0\" viewBox=\"0 0 576 512\" height=\"1em\" width=\"1em\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M552 64H112c-20.858 0-38.643 13.377-45.248 32H24c-13.255 0-24 10.745-24 24v272c0 30.928 25.072 56 56 56h496c13.255 0 24-10.745 24-24V88c0-13.255-10.745-24-24-24zM48 392V144h16v248c0 4.411-3.589 8-8 8s-8-3.589-8-8zm480 8H111.422c.374-2.614.578-5.283.578-8V112h416v288zM172 280h136c6.627 0 12-5.373 12-12v-96c0-6.627-5.373-12-12-12H172c-6.627 0-12 5.373-12 12v96c0 6.627 5.373 12 12 12zm28-80h80v40h-80v-40zm-40 140v-24c0-6.627 5.373-12 12-12h136c6.627 0 12 5.373 12 12v24c0 6.627-5.373 12-12 12H172c-6.627 0-12-5.373-12-12zm192 0v-24c0-6.627 5.373-12 12-12h104c6.627 0 12 5.373 12 12v24c0 6.627-5.373 12-12 12H364c-6.627 0-12-5.373-12-12zm0-144v-24c0-6.627 5.373-12 12-12h104c6.627 0 12 5.373 12 12v24c0 6.627-5.373 12-12 12H364c-6.627 0-12-5.373-12-12zm0 72v-24c0-6.627 5.373-12 12-12h104c6.627 0 12 5.373 12 12v24c0 6.627-5.373 12-12 12H364c-6.627 0-12-5.373-12-12z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/div><\/span><\/div><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-detail\"><div class=\"story-details\"><div class=\"story-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large ctlb-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"884\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/queernorthampton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1169\/2025\/04\/image1-1024x884.png\" alt=\"Article from the National Enquirer\" class=\"wp-image-440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/queernorthampton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1169\/2025\/04\/image1-1024x884.png 1024w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/queernorthampton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1169\/2025\/04\/image1-300x259.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/queernorthampton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1169\/2025\/04\/image1-768x663.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/queernorthampton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1169\/2025\/04\/image1-1536x1326.png 1536w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/queernorthampton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1169\/2025\/04\/image1.png 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Raymond, Kaymarion. \u201cLesbianville Lookback.\u201d From Wicked to Wedded. May 27, 2019. https:\/\/fromwickedtowedded.com\/2019\/05\/27\/lesbianville-lookback\/.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading ctlb-block-title\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px\">Northampton is dubbed \u201cLesbianville, USA\u201d by the National Enquirer <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ctlb-block-desc\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px\">Maddie McAllister<br><br>In 1991, Karen Bellavance and Beth Grace featured in the first same-sex engagement announcement published in the Daily Hampshire Gazette.<sup data-fn=\"abb6a0bf-a335-42e0-ae4c-028aae6355a0\" class=\"fn\"><a href=\"#abb6a0bf-a335-42e0-ae4c-028aae6355a0\" id=\"abb6a0bf-a335-42e0-ae4c-028aae6355a0-link\">12<\/a><\/sup> They were soon contacted by a reporter from the Los Angeles Times, who published an article (\u201cA Place to Call Home\u201d<sup data-fn=\"f5f06f17-21b7-4f5d-a49b-7f629d0d394a\" class=\"fn\"><a href=\"#f5f06f17-21b7-4f5d-a49b-7f629d0d394a\" id=\"f5f06f17-21b7-4f5d-a49b-7f629d0d394a-link\">13<\/a><\/sup>) that piqued the interest of other publications and eventually resulted in Karen and Beth\u2019s photo being displayed prominently in the <em>National Enquirer. <\/em>The reaction to this article, \u201cStrange town where men aren\u2019t wanted\u201d was mixed within the Northampton community \u2013 while some lesbians found the article funny, others argued that it \u201cperpetuate[d] the stereotype of man-hating lesbians.\u201d<sup data-fn=\"37acb52c-a33c-4de0-b6a9-addb4658a931\" class=\"fn\"><a href=\"#37acb52c-a33c-4de0-b6a9-addb4658a931\" id=\"37acb52c-a33c-4de0-b6a9-addb4658a931-link\">14<\/a><\/sup> Either way, the National Enquirer article kicked off a flurry of media attention around \u201cLesbianville\u201d and triggered a new wave of lesbians to move to Northampton.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cp-timeline-content-timeline-child swiper-slide\"><div class=\"timeline-content icon-true \"><div class=\"timeline-block-timeline ctl-row  position-left\"><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-time\"><div class=\"story-time\"><p>1994<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline-block-icon\"><span class=\"timeline-block-render-icon\" style=\"fill:white\"><div class=\"iconpicker-item\" style=\"font-size:24px;color:white;padding:2px\"><svg stroke=\"currentColor\" fill=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"0\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" height=\"1em\" width=\"1em\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M470.38 1.51L150.41 96A32 32 0 0 0 128 126.51v261.41A139 139 0 0 0 96 384c-53 0-96 28.66-96 64s43 64 96 64 96-28.66 96-64V214.32l256-75v184.61a138.4 138.4 0 0 0-32-3.93c-53 0-96 28.66-96 64s43 64 96 64 96-28.65 96-64V32a32 32 0 0 0-41.62-30.49z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/div><\/span><\/div><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-detail\"><div class=\"story-details\"><div class=\"story-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full ctlb-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/queernorthampton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1169\/2025\/04\/SFormica01.jpg\" alt=\"This is the cover of the Hotel Massachusetts (Deluxe Edition) compilation album from Chunk\nRecords.\" class=\"wp-image-422\" style=\"aspect-ratio:4\/3;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/queernorthampton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1169\/2025\/04\/SFormica01.jpg 700w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/queernorthampton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1169\/2025\/04\/SFormica01-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/queernorthampton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1169\/2025\/04\/SFormica01-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Chunk Archives Recordings, Hotel Massachusetts (Deluxe Edition) album cover, 1994,\nhttps:\/\/chunkarchives.bandcamp.com\/album\/hotel-massachusetts-deluxe-edition.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading ctlb-block-title\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px\">Hotel Massachusetts Compilation Album<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ctlb-block-desc\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px\">Sarah Formica<br><br>This is a compilation album released in 1994 of songs from many of the punk and alternative rock artists and bands from Western Mass at the time. It was organized around the Bay State Hotel venue, a popular DIY venue in the Northampton area. The album was extended in a deluxe edition years later to include even more artists from 1992-2001 in the Bay State scene and Western Mass area, including Pangloss, band of Queer Northampton narrator Heather Pighetti, as well as many other local bands that Pangloss had close relationships with, like Tizzy, Amanda\u2019s Dirty Secret, The Unband, and Home. This album offers a record of those involved in nightlife, specifically punk and alt-rock DIY scenes, in the area during this time period as well as connects them to each other, bringing the sounds of the era into one place and giving a glimpse into what artists were influencing each other.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cp-timeline-content-timeline-child swiper-slide\"><div class=\"timeline-content icon-true \"><div class=\"timeline-block-timeline ctl-row  position-right\"><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-time\"><div class=\"story-time\"><p>January 1995<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline-block-icon\"><span class=\"timeline-block-render-icon\" style=\"fill:white\"><div class=\"iconpicker-item\" style=\"font-size:24px;color:white;padding:2px\"><svg stroke=\"currentColor\" fill=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"0\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" height=\"1em\" width=\"1em\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M340 0h-79c-10.7 0-16 12.9-8.5 20.5l16.9 16.9-48.7 48.7C198.5 72.1 172.2 64 144 64 64.5 64 0 128.5 0 208s64.5 144 144 144 144-64.5 144-144c0-28.2-8.1-54.5-22.1-76.7l48.7-48.7 16.9 16.9c2.4 2.4 5.5 3.5 8.4 3.5 6.2 0 12.1-4.8 12.1-12V12c0-6.6-5.4-12-12-12zM144 288c-44.1 0-80-35.9-80-80s35.9-80 80-80 80 35.9 80 80-35.9 80-80 80zm356-128.1h-79c-10.7 0-16 12.9-8.5 20.5l16.9 16.9-48.7 48.7c-18.2-11.4-39-18.9-61.5-21.3-2.1 21.8-8.2 43.3-18.4 63.3 1.1 0 2.2-.1 3.2-.1 44.1 0 80 35.9 80 80s-35.9 80-80 80-80-35.9-80-80c0-1.1 0-2.2.1-3.2-20 10.2-41.5 16.4-63.3 18.4C168.4 455.6 229.6 512 304 512c79.5 0 144-64.5 144-144 0-28.2-8.1-54.5-22.1-76.7l48.7-48.7 16.9 16.9c2.4 2.4 5.4 3.5 8.4 3.5 6.2 0 12.1-4.8 12.1-12v-79c0-6.7-5.4-12.1-12-12.1z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/div><\/span><\/div><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-detail\"><div class=\"story-details\"><div class=\"story-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large ctlb-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"725\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/queernorthampton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1169\/2025\/04\/MHaff01-725x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Court Cline and his dog Dakota as the \u201cCoverguys\u201d for the January 1995 of The Valley Gay Men Calendar.\" class=\"wp-image-416\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/queernorthampton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1169\/2025\/04\/MHaff01-725x1024.jpg 725w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/queernorthampton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1169\/2025\/04\/MHaff01-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/queernorthampton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1169\/2025\/04\/MHaff01-768x1084.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/queernorthampton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1169\/2025\/04\/MHaff01-1088x1536.jpg 1088w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/queernorthampton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1169\/2025\/04\/MHaff01-1450x2048.jpg 1450w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/queernorthampton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1169\/2025\/04\/MHaff01-scaled.jpg 1813w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 725px) 100vw, 725px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Black, Chris. The Valley Gay Men\u2019s Calendar, Vol. 1 #5. Forbes Library Archives, Northampton, MA.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading ctlb-block-title\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px\">The Valley Gay Men Calendar, Vol. 1 #5<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ctlb-block-desc\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px\">Maeve Keenan Haff<br><br>The Valley Gay Men\u2019s Calendar provided information and events for gay men in Northampton and the Pioneer valley. Each edition of the calendar would feature local gay men as their monthly \u201cCoverguy\u201d. In addition to the cover photoshoot, a short biography of the cover guys were included in the calendar. The January 1995 edition featured Court Cline, a LGBTQ+ activist and his dog Dakota. Court and Dakota, at the time of publication, lived in Peak House at Butterworth Farm. Butterworth Farm was founded as a \u201cback to the land\u201d gay male community in Royaliston, MA.<sup data-fn=\"bd74fceb-db83-4ca2-8e26-d2f6b5e0555e\" class=\"fn\"><a href=\"#bd74fceb-db83-4ca2-8e26-d2f6b5e0555e\" id=\"bd74fceb-db83-4ca2-8e26-d2f6b5e0555e-link\">15<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cp-timeline-content-timeline-child swiper-slide\"><div class=\"timeline-content icon-true \"><div class=\"timeline-block-timeline ctl-row  position-left\"><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-time\"><div class=\"story-time\"><p>1994-2002<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline-block-icon\"><span class=\"timeline-block-render-icon\" style=\"fill:white\"><div class=\"iconpicker-item\" style=\"font-size:24px;color:white;padding:2px\"><svg stroke=\"currentColor\" fill=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"0\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" height=\"1em\" width=\"1em\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M470.38 1.51L150.41 96A32 32 0 0 0 128 126.51v261.41A139 139 0 0 0 96 384c-53 0-96 28.66-96 64s43 64 96 64 96-28.66 96-64V214.32l256-75v184.61a138.4 138.4 0 0 0-32-3.93c-53 0-96 28.66-96 64s43 64 96 64 96-28.65 96-64V32a32 32 0 0 0-41.62-30.49z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/div><\/span><\/div><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-detail\"><div class=\"story-details\"><div class=\"story-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large ctlb-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/queernorthampton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1169\/2025\/04\/MRehrman01-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Dingo Roi performs at the Fire &amp; Water Cafe, 1997.\" class=\"wp-image-419\" style=\"aspect-ratio:4\/3;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/queernorthampton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1169\/2025\/04\/MRehrman01-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/queernorthampton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1169\/2025\/04\/MRehrman01-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/queernorthampton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1169\/2025\/04\/MRehrman01-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/queernorthampton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1169\/2025\/04\/MRehrman01-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/queernorthampton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1169\/2025\/04\/MRehrman01-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Davies, Diana. Dingo Roi performs at the Fire &amp; Water Cafe. 1997. Courtesy of Forbes Library Special Collections.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading ctlb-block-title\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px\">Fire &amp; Water Cafe<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ctlb-block-desc\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px\">The Fire &amp; Water Cafe was a vegetarian cafe and performance space located on Old South Street in Northampton. The cafe, owned by couple Patricia Overstreet and Daniel Star Drooker, was open from 1994 to 2002. Fire &amp; Water hosted a variety of singer\/songwriters, poets, and other performers who played for a crowd that often included students from Smith College.<sup data-fn=\"05ad77ed-3cb4-41a5-b709-b35c67f04ffd\" class=\"fn\"><a href=\"#05ad77ed-3cb4-41a5-b709-b35c67f04ffd\" id=\"05ad77ed-3cb4-41a5-b709-b35c67f04ffd-link\">16<\/a><\/sup> The venue was an important part of the music scene in Northampton, and performers who started in its smaller space grew their audiences and sometimes began to perform at more prominent venues, such as the Iron Horse. Dingo Roi, pictured, was a pop group from the 1990s that performed at Fire &amp; Water.<sup data-fn=\"48dfb580-17eb-44d6-ab3d-aa3b71e4b82f\" class=\"fn\"><a href=\"#48dfb580-17eb-44d6-ab3d-aa3b71e4b82f\" id=\"48dfb580-17eb-44d6-ab3d-aa3b71e4b82f-link\">17<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cp-timeline-content-timeline-child swiper-slide\"><div class=\"timeline-content icon-true \"><div class=\"timeline-block-timeline ctl-row  position-right\"><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-time\"><div class=\"story-time\"><p>May 10th, 1996<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline-block-icon\"><span class=\"timeline-block-render-icon\" style=\"fill:white\"><div class=\"iconpicker-item\" style=\"font-size:24px;color:white;padding:2px\"><svg stroke=\"currentColor\" fill=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"0\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" height=\"1em\" width=\"1em\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M470.38 1.51L150.41 96A32 32 0 0 0 128 126.51v261.41A139 139 0 0 0 96 384c-53 0-96 28.66-96 64s43 64 96 64 96-28.66 96-64V214.32l256-75v184.61a138.4 138.4 0 0 0-32-3.93c-53 0-96 28.66-96 64s43 64 96 64 96-28.65 96-64V32a32 32 0 0 0-41.62-30.49z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/div><\/span><\/div><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-detail\"><div class=\"story-details\"><div class=\"story-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large ctlb-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"746\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/queernorthampton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1169\/2025\/04\/LYoung01-746x1024.jpg\" alt=\"an action shot of Joan Jett playing a guitar and singing at Pearl Street Nightclub\" class=\"wp-image-415\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/queernorthampton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1169\/2025\/04\/LYoung01-746x1024.jpg 746w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/queernorthampton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1169\/2025\/04\/LYoung01-218x300.jpg 218w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/queernorthampton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1169\/2025\/04\/LYoung01-768x1055.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/queernorthampton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1169\/2025\/04\/LYoung01.jpg 782w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 746px) 100vw, 746px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Joan Jett &#8211; rock-punk musician, 1996. Northampton, Mass, 1996. Diana Davies papers, Sophia Smith Collection, SSC-MS-00309, Smith College Special Collections, Northampton, Massachusetts. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading ctlb-block-title\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px\">Joan Jett Performs at Pearl Street Nightclub 1996<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ctlb-block-desc\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px\">Leila Young<br><br>On May 10th, 1996, Joan Jett performed at Pearl Street Nightclub in Northampton, Massachusetts. Jett openly identifies as bisexual and is a notorious guitarist and singer, primarily involved in the rock music scene, and she has been an advocate for LGBTQ+ rights throughout her career.<sup data-fn=\"3a52582b-a7b3-4848-90f5-c667dd65dd2b\" class=\"fn\"><a href=\"#3a52582b-a7b3-4848-90f5-c667dd65dd2b\" id=\"3a52582b-a7b3-4848-90f5-c667dd65dd2b-link\">18<\/a><\/sup> This performance featured Joan Jett &amp; The Blackhearts, and the opener was Hank. Jett is primarily a solo artist, but also performed as Joan Jett &amp; The Blackhearts, with four core members, who produced and performed many songs primarily throughout the 1980s and 1990s. There were numerous performers May 10th, 1996 at Pearl Street, and Jett was the headliner. Pearl Street was a place for live music, offering a venue for many musicians from 1985 to 2020, often featuring rock musicians. As of 2025, Jett is still touring but will have to find a new location in Northampton, Massachusetts. As a result of the Covid pandemic, despite numerous attempts to reopen, the doors to Pearl Street Nightclub have closed.<sup data-fn=\"db3d2228-db82-4de9-b4b4-b22ec03662bc\" class=\"fn\"><a href=\"#db3d2228-db82-4de9-b4b4-b22ec03662bc\" id=\"db3d2228-db82-4de9-b4b4-b22ec03662bc-link\">19<\/a><\/sup>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cp-timeline-content-timeline-child swiper-slide\"><div class=\"timeline-content icon-true \"><div class=\"timeline-block-timeline ctl-row  position-left\"><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-time\"><div class=\"story-time\"><p>2000 &#8211; 2016<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline-block-icon\"><span class=\"timeline-block-render-icon\" style=\"fill:white\"><div class=\"iconpicker-item\" style=\"font-size:24px;color:white;padding:2px\"><svg stroke=\"currentColor\" fill=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"0\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" height=\"1em\" width=\"1em\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M470.38 1.51L150.41 96A32 32 0 0 0 128 126.51v261.41A139 139 0 0 0 96 384c-53 0-96 28.66-96 64s43 64 96 64 96-28.66 96-64V214.32l256-75v184.61a138.4 138.4 0 0 0-32-3.93c-53 0-96 28.66-96 64s43 64 96 64 96-28.65 96-64V32a32 32 0 0 0-41.62-30.49z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/div><\/span><\/div><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-detail\"><div class=\"story-details\"><div class=\"story-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large ctlb-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"657\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/queernorthampton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1169\/2025\/04\/DJordan01-1024x657.png\" alt=\"People dancing at Diva\u2019s nightclub on a Saturday night in Northampton, MA.\" class=\"wp-image-426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/queernorthampton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1169\/2025\/04\/DJordan01-1024x657.png 1024w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/queernorthampton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1169\/2025\/04\/DJordan01-300x192.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/queernorthampton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1169\/2025\/04\/DJordan01-768x493.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/queernorthampton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1169\/2025\/04\/DJordan01.png 1060w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Dan Little, Diva\u2019s Nightclub Saturday Night in Northampton, 2015, Valley Advocate, 2015.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading ctlb-block-title\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px\">Diva\u2019s Nightclub: The Longest Running LGBTQ+ Bar in Northampton<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ctlb-block-desc\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px\">Dylan Jordan<br><br>Diva\u2019s was a queer nightclub and bar that operated at 492 Pleasant St from 2000 to 2016. The longest-lasting of any queer nightlife space in Northampton, Diva\u2019s succeeded the North Star Seafood Bar and the Grotto.<sup data-fn=\"a4af36ff-2fa7-441a-befe-9f48b910b7af\" class=\"fn\"><a href=\"#a4af36ff-2fa7-441a-befe-9f48b910b7af\" id=\"a4af36ff-2fa7-441a-befe-9f48b910b7af-link\">20<\/a><\/sup> The nightclub was known for its popular goth and alternative nights, along with drag events<sup data-fn=\"8347218f-1048-4a27-b47f-ac3e9d7b72e3\" class=\"fn\"><a href=\"#8347218f-1048-4a27-b47f-ac3e9d7b72e3\" id=\"8347218f-1048-4a27-b47f-ac3e9d7b72e3-link\">21<\/a><\/sup>. The only explicitly queer bar for most of the time it was open, Diva\u2019s existed as a space for queer people as well as women that wanted a place to feel safe.<sup data-fn=\"a8ce9e37-adb9-4e69-8628-782d5cd7e297\" class=\"fn\"><a href=\"#a8ce9e37-adb9-4e69-8628-782d5cd7e297\" id=\"a8ce9e37-adb9-4e69-8628-782d5cd7e297-link\">22<\/a><\/sup> The nightclub struggled to maintain attendance levels after the passing of local star and prominent house DJ Otis Sears Jr. and closed three years after his death.<sup data-fn=\"35c895ef-e40c-46b1-814a-1098d78bc683\" class=\"fn\"><a href=\"#35c895ef-e40c-46b1-814a-1098d78bc683\" id=\"35c895ef-e40c-46b1-814a-1098d78bc683-link\">23<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cp-timeline-content-timeline-child swiper-slide\"><div class=\"timeline-content icon-true \"><div class=\"timeline-block-timeline ctl-row  position-right\"><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-time\"><div class=\"story-time\"><p>May 17, 2004<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline-block-icon\"><span class=\"timeline-block-render-icon\" style=\"fill:white\"><div class=\"iconpicker-item\" style=\"font-size:24px;color:white;padding:2px\"><svg stroke=\"currentColor\" fill=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"0\" viewBox=\"0 0 640 512\" height=\"1em\" width=\"1em\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M464.46 246.68L352 179.2V128h48c8.84 0 16-7.16 16-16V80c0-8.84-7.16-16-16-16h-48V16c0-8.84-7.16-16-16-16h-32c-8.84 0-16 7.16-16 16v48h-48c-8.84 0-16 7.16-16 16v32c0 8.84 7.16 16 16 16h48v51.2l-112.46 67.48A31.997 31.997 0 0 0 160 274.12V512h96v-96c0-35.35 28.65-64 64-64s64 28.65 64 64v96h96V274.12c0-11.24-5.9-21.66-15.54-27.44zM0 395.96V496c0 8.84 7.16 16 16 16h112V320L19.39 366.54A32.024 32.024 0 0 0 0 395.96zm620.61-29.42L512 320v192h112c8.84 0 16-7.16 16-16V395.96c0-12.8-7.63-24.37-19.39-29.42z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/div><\/span><\/div><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-detail\"><div class=\"story-details\"><div class=\"story-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large ctlb-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"979\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/queernorthampton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1169\/2025\/04\/LSuess01-979x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"Photo of anti and pro gay marriage protestors on the cover of the Valley Advocate issue discussing legal gay marriage in Massachusetts.\" class=\"wp-image-414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/queernorthampton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1169\/2025\/04\/LSuess01-979x1024.jpeg 979w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/queernorthampton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1169\/2025\/04\/LSuess01-287x300.jpeg 287w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/queernorthampton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1169\/2025\/04\/LSuess01-768x804.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/queernorthampton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1169\/2025\/04\/LSuess01-1468x1536.jpeg 1468w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/queernorthampton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1169\/2025\/04\/LSuess01-1957x2048.jpeg 1957w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 979px) 100vw, 979px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photograph of anti and pro gay marriage protestors by Paul Shoul on the cover of the Valley Advocate, May 13-19, 2004, Hampshire Room of Local History, Forbes Library, Northampton, MA.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading ctlb-block-title\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px\">Gay Marriage is Made Legal in Massachusetts<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ctlb-block-desc\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px\">Leila Suess<br><br>On \u201cThe Big Day\u201d that gay marriage was legalized in Massachusetts, the Northampton city clerk issued 140 marriage licenses.<sup data-fn=\"c968729c-0096-4a77-b872-80e34ed583bd\" class=\"fn\"><a href=\"#c968729c-0096-4a77-b872-80e34ed583bd\" id=\"c968729c-0096-4a77-b872-80e34ed583bd-link\">24<\/a><\/sup> Northampton City Hall was surrounded by crowds of couples getting marriage licenses, clerks handing out roses, caterers, and one elementary school class on a civics field trip. Usually couples have to wait three days between obtaining a marriage license and getting married, but many LGBTQ+ couples obtained special waivers to get married that same day. One Hampshire probate court judge handed out milk and cookies to those couples seeking a waiver. Gay and lesbian couples wanted to be married as quickly as possible because they feared intervention by staunchly anti-gay marriage then governer Mitt Romney. Although Northampton had been a historically gay city, gay marriage was a contentious issue. In 1995, Northampton voters rejected an ordinance to extend the rights of heterosexual couples to gay couples.<sup data-fn=\"41a14999-adc0-496e-99ab-5e9f04ce8708\" class=\"fn\"><a href=\"#41a14999-adc0-496e-99ab-5e9f04ce8708\" id=\"41a14999-adc0-496e-99ab-5e9f04ce8708-link\">25<\/a><\/sup> In Northampton in 1996, a catholic priest performed a marriage ceremony for two gay men, consequently suffering ostracization and hate from the local community. Therefore, May 17th 2004 was a liberatory day for many gay couples in Northampton, but the threat loomed that the opportunity to marry may not last long.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cp-timeline-content-timeline-child swiper-slide\"><div class=\"timeline-content icon-true \"><div class=\"timeline-block-timeline ctl-row  position-left\"><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-time\"><div class=\"story-time\"><p>May 1st, 2010<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline-block-icon\"><span class=\"timeline-block-render-icon\" style=\"fill:white\"><div class=\"iconpicker-item\" style=\"font-size:24px;color:white;padding:2px\"><svg stroke=\"currentColor\" fill=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"0\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" height=\"1em\" width=\"1em\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M470.38 1.51L150.41 96A32 32 0 0 0 128 126.51v261.41A139 139 0 0 0 96 384c-53 0-96 28.66-96 64s43 64 96 64 96-28.66 96-64V214.32l256-75v184.61a138.4 138.4 0 0 0-32-3.93c-53 0-96 28.66-96 64s43 64 96 64 96-28.65 96-64V32a32 32 0 0 0-41.62-30.49z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/div><\/span><\/div><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-detail\"><div class=\"story-details\"><div class=\"story-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large ctlb-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"690\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/queernorthampton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1169\/2025\/04\/RLORD01-1024x690.jpg\" alt=\"Melissa Ferrick \u201cPride After Dark\u201d advertisement. \" class=\"wp-image-421\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/queernorthampton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1169\/2025\/04\/RLORD01-1024x690.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/queernorthampton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1169\/2025\/04\/RLORD01-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/queernorthampton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1169\/2025\/04\/RLORD01-768x517.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/queernorthampton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1169\/2025\/04\/RLORD01-1536x1035.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/queernorthampton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1169\/2025\/04\/RLORD01-2048x1380.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">&#8220;Iron Horse Entertainment Group Presents Pride after Dark: Melissa Ferrick with Band&#8221; [Advertisement]. Noho Pride 2010 Guide, p. 3. The Northampton Pride Collection, Courtesy of  Forbes Library Special Collections.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading ctlb-block-title\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px\">Pride After Dark Melissa Ferrick<br><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ctlb-block-desc\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px\">Roan Lord<br><br>On \u200b\u200bApril 27, 2010 the Daily Hampshire Gazette wrote that \u201cThe role of the annual gay pride parade in Northampton has changed over the years, becoming as much a celebration as it is a political action.\u201d<sup data-fn=\"f91339cd-2582-41ab-9b56-59ae756529ed\" class=\"fn\"><a href=\"#f91339cd-2582-41ab-9b56-59ae756529ed\" id=\"f91339cd-2582-41ab-9b56-59ae756529ed-link\">26<\/a><\/sup>&nbsp;<br>The Iron Horse Entertainment Group\u2019s partnership with Noho Pride on the event, \u201cPride After Dark,\u201d illustrates this cultural shift towards a celebration versus protest. This event featured Melissa Ferrick, a visiting queer folk rock musician who has been touring since 1991. Resident of Newburyport, MA, Ferrick became well known colloquially as a lesbian folk-rock icon in the 2000s and still plays many shows in Northampton at the Iron Horse.<sup data-fn=\"6b60484e-bc9d-423b-b7f2-9cfc812c45b9\" class=\"fn\"><a href=\"#6b60484e-bc9d-423b-b7f2-9cfc812c45b9\" id=\"6b60484e-bc9d-423b-b7f2-9cfc812c45b9-link\">27<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cp-timeline-content-timeline-child swiper-slide\"><div class=\"timeline-content icon-true \"><div class=\"timeline-block-timeline ctl-row  position-right\"><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-time\"><div class=\"story-time\"><p>1986\/2001 &#8211; Present<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline-block-icon\"><span class=\"timeline-block-render-icon\" style=\"fill:white\"><div class=\"iconpicker-item\" style=\"font-size:24px;color:white;padding:2px\"><svg stroke=\"currentColor\" fill=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"0\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" height=\"1em\" width=\"1em\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M470.38 1.51L150.41 96A32 32 0 0 0 128 126.51v261.41A139 139 0 0 0 96 384c-53 0-96 28.66-96 64s43 64 96 64 96-28.66 96-64V214.32l256-75v184.61a138.4 138.4 0 0 0-32-3.93c-53 0-96 28.66-96 64s43 64 96 64 96-28.65 96-64V32a32 32 0 0 0-41.62-30.49z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/div><\/span><\/div><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-detail\"><div class=\"story-details\"><div class=\"story-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large ctlb-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"812\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/queernorthampton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1169\/2025\/04\/XSun01-812x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"June Millington\" class=\"wp-image-453\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/queernorthampton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1169\/2025\/04\/XSun01-812x1024.jpeg 812w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/queernorthampton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1169\/2025\/04\/XSun01-238x300.jpeg 238w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/queernorthampton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1169\/2025\/04\/XSun01-768x968.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/queernorthampton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1169\/2025\/04\/XSun01-1219x1536.jpeg 1219w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/queernorthampton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1169\/2025\/04\/XSun01.jpeg 1428w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 812px) 100vw, 812px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">June Millington, co-founder of the legendary all-women rock band Fanny, lights up the room with her electric energy and guitar at the Institute for the Musical Arts (IMA) in Western Massachusetts, where she&#8217;s spent decades empowering the next generation of girls and women musicians.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading ctlb-block-title\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px\">June Millington playing at the Institute for the Musical Arts (IMA): You just turn it up and play like a girl.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ctlb-block-desc\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px\">Xinyang Sun<br><br>Originally founded in Northern California in 1986, June Millington shared her vision of an organization supporting all women in music inspired by Angela Davis\u2019s push\u2014and with the support of her partner, Ann Hackler, who ran The Women\u2019s Center at Hampshire College\u2014Millington co-founded what would become the Institute for the Musical Arts (IMA), a teaching, performing, and recording facility. The IMA has been in Goshen, Massachusetts, since 2001. The Institute is a nonprofit dedicated to empowering women and girls in music and music-related fields, with a focus on creating inclusive opportunities for women of color and LGBTQ+ individuals.<sup data-fn=\"9faf76d6-a67b-40f4-97e5-bc7342192b16\" class=\"fn\"><a href=\"#9faf76d6-a67b-40f4-97e5-bc7342192b16\" id=\"9faf76d6-a67b-40f4-97e5-bc7342192b16-link\">28<\/a><\/sup> In 2002, June performed at the Noho Pride and has been involved in various benefit performances in the region. In July of the same year, the IMA did their first Rock-and-Roll Girls Camp, and the IMA also hosts music performances and venues, contributing an important role in the music scene. In 2016, the Millington sisters, June and Jean, and drummer Brie Darling from Fanny regrouped as <em>Fanny Walked the Earth<\/em> and performed at a tribute concert in Northampton in early 2016.<sup data-fn=\"6cd5283f-bd7a-4f3a-bbab-f64e14848a70\" class=\"fn\"><a href=\"#6cd5283f-bd7a-4f3a-bbab-f64e14848a70\" id=\"6cd5283f-bd7a-4f3a-bbab-f64e14848a70-link\">29<\/a><\/sup> IMA\u2019s legacy continues as the legend of June and Ann continues their effort in fostering a safe and diverse community for music in the greater Pioneer Valley; they intend to stay here forever and pass IMA on to the next generation.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Citations<\/h2>\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-footnotes\"><li id=\"c04e4d1d-e711-4502-97c5-5d7ec6ae2835\">\u00a0Beth Caurant, interview by Becca Damante, transcript of video recording, April 1, 2016, Documenting Lesbian Lives Oral History Project, Sophia Smith Collection.\u00a0 <a href=\"#c04e4d1d-e711-4502-97c5-5d7ec6ae2835-link\" aria-label=\"Jump to footnote reference 1\">\u21a9\ufe0e<\/a><\/li><li id=\"1b48a42d-4440-4108-aecf-864d7174806b\">\u00a0Kaymarion Raymond, \u201cDancing Wimmin: Lilith, the Band,\u201d From Wicked To Wedded, June 1, 2021, https:\/\/fromwickedtowedded.com\/2017\/08\/24\/dancing-wimmin-lilith-the-band\/. <a href=\"#1b48a42d-4440-4108-aecf-864d7174806b-link\" aria-label=\"Jump to footnote reference 2\">\u21a9\ufe0e<\/a><\/li><li id=\"40083c37-d7d4-4c82-9225-dca0ff5ef586\">\u00a0Caurant, interview by Becca Damante, transcript of video recording.\u00a0 <a href=\"#40083c37-d7d4-4c82-9225-dca0ff5ef586-link\" aria-label=\"Jump to footnote reference 3\">\u21a9\ufe0e<\/a><\/li><li id=\"be8b559e-eedf-4776-a0a9-af749a324638\">\u00a0\u201cElection Reflection,\u201d From Wicked to Wedded, accessed April 13, 2025, https:\/\/fromwickedtowedded.com\/2017\/01\/19\/election-reflection\/. <a href=\"#be8b559e-eedf-4776-a0a9-af749a324638-link\" aria-label=\"Jump to footnote reference 4\">\u21a9\ufe0e<\/a><\/li><li id=\"1d03f273-a06c-47a7-ae7e-cce24f01882c\">\u201cBiography: David Bliss,\u201d Northampton Neighbors, accessed April 10, 2025, https:\/\/northamptonneighbors.org\/content.aspx?page_id=22&amp;club_id=560030&amp;module_id=572128 <a href=\"#1d03f273-a06c-47a7-ae7e-cce24f01882c-link\" aria-label=\"Jump to footnote reference 5\">\u21a9\ufe0e<\/a><\/li><li id=\"17b1b0ff-e806-49b9-8a83-03d4febfc731\">Steven Botkin, &#8220;Our Evolving Men&#8217;s Network,&#8221; <em>Valley Men<\/em> (Oct 31, 1984): 5, https:\/\/www.proquest.com\/scholarly-journals\/our-evolving-mens-network\/docview\/200864290\/se-2 <a href=\"#17b1b0ff-e806-49b9-8a83-03d4febfc731-link\" aria-label=\"Jump to footnote reference 6\">\u21a9\ufe0e<\/a><\/li><li id=\"8d3aa182-a257-457d-97c3-8576122fc7f3\">\u00a0David Musante and Rick Fantasia, &#8220;Gentrification &#8211; Say What?,&#8221; interview, Oh No! Noho (Northampton, MA), March 1985, 5-7, Forbes Library Internet Archive. <a href=\"#8d3aa182-a257-457d-97c3-8576122fc7f3-link\" aria-label=\"Jump to footnote reference 7\">\u21a9\ufe0e<\/a><\/li><li id=\"dfd0e0b5-8671-42cf-9f4d-c8b5df0d8f3f\">\u00a0Raymond, Kaymarion. \u201cGay and Lesbian Activists \u2013 from Wicked to Wedded.\u201d From Wicked To Wedded, June 28, 2020. https:\/\/fromwickedtowedded.com\/tag\/gay-and-lesbian-activists\/. <a href=\"#dfd0e0b5-8671-42cf-9f4d-c8b5df0d8f3f-link\" aria-label=\"Jump to footnote reference 8\">\u21a9\ufe0e<\/a><\/li><li id=\"32386db4-5a80-4bfe-9760-2228f0c76854\">Nathanson, Jessica, and Dawn Atkins. \u201cPride and Politics: Revisiting the Northampton Pride March, 1989-1993.\u201d <em>Bisexual Women in the Twenty-First Century<\/em> 2, no. 2\/3 (April 1, 2002): 143\u201361. https:\/\/research.ebsco.com\/linkprocessor\/plink?id=2cfe5490-a782-3b2a-bb87-4699f6ae2c58. <a href=\"#32386db4-5a80-4bfe-9760-2228f0c76854-link\" aria-label=\"Jump to footnote reference 9\">\u21a9\ufe0e<\/a><\/li><li id=\"ec33ef0e-bd38-4c15-a410-87d6d64412a3\">\u00a0\u201cStrange Town Where Men Aren\u2019t Wanted,\u201d <em>National Inquirer, <\/em>April 25, 1992. <a href=\"#ec33ef0e-bd38-4c15-a410-87d6d64412a3-link\" aria-label=\"Jump to footnote reference 10\">\u21a9\ufe0e<\/a><\/li><li id=\"bbe56af6-0140-4585-a9be-e30077b7304a\">\u00a0Elizabeth Mehren, \u201cA Place to Call Home: A Small Massachusetts College Town Has Become a Haven for Women, Especially Lesbians,\u201d <em>Los Angeles Times, <\/em>December 19, 1991.\u00a0 <a href=\"#bbe56af6-0140-4585-a9be-e30077b7304a-link\" aria-label=\"Jump to footnote reference 11\">\u21a9\ufe0e<\/a><\/li><li id=\"abb6a0bf-a335-42e0-ae4c-028aae6355a0\">Greta Jochem, &#8220;The legend of \u2018Lesbianville,\u2019&#8221; <em>Daily Hampshire Gazette (Northampton, MA)<\/em>, May 4, 2019. <em>NewsBank: Access World News \u2013 Historical and Current<\/em>. https:\/\/infoweb.newsbank.com\/apps\/news\/document-view?p=WORLDNEWS&amp;docref=news\/17335311370F61F8. <a href=\"#abb6a0bf-a335-42e0-ae4c-028aae6355a0-link\" aria-label=\"Jump to footnote reference 12\">\u21a9\ufe0e<\/a><\/li><li id=\"f5f06f17-21b7-4f5d-a49b-7f629d0d394a\">Elizabeth Mehren, \u201cA Place to Call Home: A Small Massachusetts College Town Has Become a Haven for Women, Especially Lesbians,\u201d <em>Los Angeles Times, <\/em>December 19, 1991. https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/archives\/la-xpm-1991-12-19-vw-976-story.html <a href=\"#f5f06f17-21b7-4f5d-a49b-7f629d0d394a-link\" aria-label=\"Jump to footnote reference 13\">\u21a9\ufe0e<\/a><\/li><li id=\"37acb52c-a33c-4de0-b6a9-addb4658a931\">Judith Kelliher, \u201cEnquiring minds wanted to know: Tabloid\u2019s treatment draws outrage,\u201d <em>Daily Hampshire Gazette (Northampton, MA)<\/em>, April 14, 1992. https:\/\/www.newspapers.com\/article\/daily-hampshire-gazette\/142220086\/ <a href=\"#37acb52c-a33c-4de0-b6a9-addb4658a931-link\" aria-label=\"Jump to footnote reference 14\">\u21a9\ufe0e<\/a><\/li><li id=\"bd74fceb-db83-4ca2-8e26-d2f6b5e0555e\">Raymond, Kaymarion. \u201cLeft, Gay &amp; Green: A Writer\u2019s Life &#8211; Allen Young.\u201d From Wicked To Wedded, July 25, 2018. https:\/\/fromwickedtowedded.com\/2018\/07\/. <a href=\"#bd74fceb-db83-4ca2-8e26-d2f6b5e0555e-link\" aria-label=\"Jump to footnote reference 15\">\u21a9\ufe0e<\/a><\/li><li id=\"05ad77ed-3cb4-41a5-b709-b35c67f04ffd\">\u00a0&#8220;Cafe, Performance Space Opens on Old South St. Next Month.&#8221; Daily Hampshire Gazette (Northampton, MA), May 28, 1994. NewsBank: Access World News \u2013 Historical and Current. https:\/\/infoweb.newsbank.com\/apps\/news\/document-view?p=WORLDNEWS&amp;docref=news\/125F77C882BD6E68. <a href=\"#05ad77ed-3cb4-41a5-b709-b35c67f04ffd-link\" aria-label=\"Jump to footnote reference 16\">\u21a9\ufe0e<\/a><\/li><li id=\"48dfb580-17eb-44d6-ab3d-aa3b71e4b82f\">\u00a0\u00a0&#8220;A blast from the past: the progressive pop of Dingo Roi.&#8221; Daily Hampshire Gazette (Northampton, MA), September 13, 2018: 3. NewsBank: Access World News \u2013 Historical and Current. https:\/\/infoweb.newsbank.com\/apps\/news\/document-view?p=WORLDNEWS&amp;docref=news\/16E688CEABB043E0. <a href=\"#48dfb580-17eb-44d6-ab3d-aa3b71e4b82f-link\" aria-label=\"Jump to footnote reference 17\">\u21a9\ufe0e<\/a><\/li><li id=\"3a52582b-a7b3-4848-90f5-c667dd65dd2b\">\u00a0Ren\u00e9 Ostberg, \u201cJoan Jett,\u201d Encyclop\u00e6dia Britannica, April 3, 2025, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/biography\/Joan-Jett\">https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/biography\/Joan-Jett<\/a>.\u00a0 <a href=\"#3a52582b-a7b3-4848-90f5-c667dd65dd2b-link\" aria-label=\"Jump to footnote reference 18\">\u21a9\ufe0e<\/a><\/li><li id=\"db3d2228-db82-4de9-b4b4-b22ec03662bc\">\u00a0\u201c1996 Concert History of Pearl Street Northampton, Massachusetts, United States: Concert Archives.\u201d 1996 Concert History of Pearl Street Northampton, Massachusetts, United States | Concert Archives. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.concertarchives.org\/venues\/pearl-street?year=1996\">https:\/\/www.concertarchives.org\/venues\/pearl-street?year=1996<\/a>. <a href=\"#db3d2228-db82-4de9-b4b4-b22ec03662bc-link\" aria-label=\"Jump to footnote reference 19\">\u21a9\ufe0e<\/a><\/li><li id=\"a4af36ff-2fa7-441a-befe-9f48b910b7af\">Kaymarion Raymond, \u201cNorthampton \u2013 from Wicked to Wedded,\u201d From Wicked To Wedded, September 7, 2019,<a href=\"https:\/\/fromwickedtowedded.com\/tag\/northampton\/\"> https:\/\/fromwickedtowedded.com\/tag\/northampton\/<\/a>. <a href=\"#a4af36ff-2fa7-441a-befe-9f48b910b7af-link\" aria-label=\"Jump to footnote reference 20\">\u21a9\ufe0e<\/a><\/li><li id=\"8347218f-1048-4a27-b47f-ac3e9d7b72e3\">\u00a0Shaina Mishkin, \u201cDiva\u2019s Nightclub to Close This Fall, Announces Final Pride Celebration,\u201d masslive, March 24, 2016,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.masslive.com\/news\/2016\/03\/divas_nightclub_in_northampton_closing.html\"> https:\/\/www.masslive.com\/news\/2016\/03\/divas_nightclub_in_northampton_closing.html<\/a>. <a href=\"#8347218f-1048-4a27-b47f-ac3e9d7b72e3-link\" aria-label=\"Jump to footnote reference 21\">\u21a9\ufe0e<\/a><\/li><li id=\"a8ce9e37-adb9-4e69-8628-782d5cd7e297\">\u00a0Angie Han, \u201cDestinations: Diva\u2019s Nightclub,\u201d The Amherst Student, April 9, 2003,<a href=\"https:\/\/amherststudent-archive.amherst.edu\/current\/arts\/view.php%3Fyear=2002-2003&amp;issue=22&amp;section=arts&amp;article=08.html\"> https:\/\/amherststudent-archive.amherst.edu\/current\/arts\/view.php%3Fyear=2002-2003&amp;issue=22&amp;section=arts&amp;article=08.html<\/a>. <a href=\"#a8ce9e37-adb9-4e69-8628-782d5cd7e297-link\" aria-label=\"Jump to footnote reference 22\">\u21a9\ufe0e<\/a><\/li><li id=\"35c895ef-e40c-46b1-814a-1098d78bc683\">\u00a0Hunter Styles, \u201cWe\u2019re All Diva\u2019s Now: In the New Era of Queerness, Can Northampton\u2019s Historically Gay Nightclub Dissolve Its Old Labels?,\u201d Valley Advocate, November 23, 2015,<a href=\"https:\/\/valleyadvocate.com\/2015\/11\/23\/were-all-divas-now\/\"> https:\/\/valleyadvocate.com\/2015\/11\/23\/were-all-divas-now\/<\/a>. <a href=\"#35c895ef-e40c-46b1-814a-1098d78bc683-link\" aria-label=\"Jump to footnote reference 23\">\u21a9\ufe0e<\/a><\/li><li id=\"c968729c-0096-4a77-b872-80e34ed583bd\">Contrada, Fred. 2014. \u201cSame-Sex Couples Recall the Day Marriage Became Legal 10 Years Later.\u201d Masslive. May 16, 2014. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.masslive.com\/news\/2014\/05\/same-sex_couples_recall_the_da.html\">https:\/\/www.masslive.com\/news\/2014\/05\/same-sex_couples_recall_the_da.html<\/a>. <a href=\"#c968729c-0096-4a77-b872-80e34ed583bd-link\" aria-label=\"Jump to footnote reference 24\">\u21a9\ufe0e<\/a><\/li><li id=\"41a14999-adc0-496e-99ab-5e9f04ce8708\">for the Advocate, Rachel Brahinsky. &#8220;Newlyweds Tim and Nick Platanitis-McKee are forging a normal life together, despite a political climate that seems determined not to let them.&#8221; <em>Valley Advocate (Easthampton, MA)<\/em>, December 19, 1996. <em>NewsBank: Access World News \u2013 Historical and Current<\/em>. <a href=\"https:\/\/infoweb.newsbank.com\/apps\/news\/document-view?p=WORLDNEWS&amp;docref=news\/1169FD862B501E98\">https:\/\/infoweb.newsbank.com\/apps\/news\/document-view?p=WORLDNEWS&amp;docref=news\/1169FD862B501E98<\/a>. <a href=\"#41a14999-adc0-496e-99ab-5e9f04ce8708-link\" aria-label=\"Jump to footnote reference 25\">\u21a9\ufe0e<\/a><\/li><li id=\"f91339cd-2582-41ab-9b56-59ae756529ed\">\u00a0&#8220;Gay pride: For the 29th time, gay rights march hits Northampton streets Saturday.&#8221; Daily Hampshire Gazette (Northampton, MA), April 27, 2010. NewsBank: Access World News \u2013 Historical and Current. https:\/\/infoweb.newsbank.com\/apps\/news\/document-view?p=WORLDNEWS&amp;docref=news\/12F592D7794DC8D8. <a href=\"#f91339cd-2582-41ab-9b56-59ae756529ed-link\" aria-label=\"Jump to footnote reference 26\">\u21a9\ufe0e<\/a><\/li><li id=\"6b60484e-bc9d-423b-b7f2-9cfc812c45b9\">\u00a0&#8220;Festival overload? Not yet.&#8221; Daily Hampshire Gazette (Northampton, MA), August 10, 2000: D1. NewsBank: Access World News \u2013 Historical and Current. https:\/\/infoweb.newsbank.com\/apps\/news\/document-view?p=WORLDNEWS&amp;docref=news\/125F8344D811C228. <a href=\"#6b60484e-bc9d-423b-b7f2-9cfc812c45b9-link\" aria-label=\"Jump to footnote reference 27\">\u21a9\ufe0e<\/a><\/li><li id=\"9faf76d6-a67b-40f4-97e5-bc7342192b16\">\u00a0I.M.A. \u201cAbout.\u201d The Institute for the Musical Arts, 2024. https:\/\/ima.org\/about\/.\u00a0 <a href=\"#9faf76d6-a67b-40f4-97e5-bc7342192b16-link\" aria-label=\"Jump to footnote reference 28\">\u21a9\ufe0e<\/a><\/li><li id=\"6cd5283f-bd7a-4f3a-bbab-f64e14848a70\">\u00a0Seetoo, John. \u201cJune Millington of Pioneering Rock Band Fanny, Part One.\u201d PS Audio, October 2, 2023. https:\/\/www.psaudio.com\/blogs\/copper\/june-millington-of-pioneering-rock-band-fanny-part-one?srsltid=AfmBOopjO5wQ9ylJbS7DyOfnY_3AH0-ci-54PWUlOfrGDdcf63urpOhF.\u00a0 <a href=\"#6cd5283f-bd7a-4f3a-bbab-f64e14848a70-link\" aria-label=\"Jump to footnote reference 29\">\u21a9\ufe0e<\/a><\/li><\/ol>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Citations<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5691,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":"[{\"content\":\"\u00a0Beth Caurant, interview by Becca Damante, transcript of video recording, April 1, 2016, Documenting Lesbian Lives Oral History Project, Sophia Smith Collection.\u00a0\",\"id\":\"c04e4d1d-e711-4502-97c5-5d7ec6ae2835\"},{\"content\":\"\u00a0Kaymarion Raymond, \u201cDancing Wimmin: Lilith, the Band,\u201d From Wicked To Wedded, June 1, 2021, https:\/\/fromwickedtowedded.com\/2017\/08\/24\/dancing-wimmin-lilith-the-band\/.\",\"id\":\"1b48a42d-4440-4108-aecf-864d7174806b\"},{\"content\":\"\u00a0Caurant, interview by Becca Damante, transcript of video recording.\u00a0\",\"id\":\"40083c37-d7d4-4c82-9225-dca0ff5ef586\"},{\"content\":\"\u00a0\u201cElection Reflection,\u201d From Wicked to Wedded, accessed April 13, 2025, https:\/\/fromwickedtowedded.com\/2017\/01\/19\/election-reflection\/.\",\"id\":\"be8b559e-eedf-4776-a0a9-af749a324638\"},{\"content\":\"\u201cBiography: David Bliss,\u201d Northampton Neighbors, accessed April 10, 2025, https:\/\/northamptonneighbors.org\/content.aspx?page_id=22&amp;club_id=560030&amp;module_id=572128\",\"id\":\"1d03f273-a06c-47a7-ae7e-cce24f01882c\"},{\"content\":\"Steven Botkin, \\\"Our Evolving Men's Network,\\\" <em>Valley Men<\/em> (Oct 31, 1984): 5, https:\/\/www.proquest.com\/scholarly-journals\/our-evolving-mens-network\/docview\/200864290\/se-2\",\"id\":\"17b1b0ff-e806-49b9-8a83-03d4febfc731\"},{\"content\":\"\u00a0David Musante and Rick Fantasia, \\\"Gentrification - Say What?,\\\" interview, Oh No! 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