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2022 - Pride flag raising 2022
Mayor Nicholson, wearing a Pride sash, hoists the progressive flag. The mayor said, “It’s great to be out here, invited by United Pride, it’s important to show up and spread the support.”
Pictured: Mayor Jared Nicholson
Location: Lynn City Hall, 3 City Hall Square, Lynn, MA
Source: The Daily Item
Date: 2022-06-22
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Pictured: Mayor Jared Nicholson
Location: Lynn City Hall, 3 City Hall Square, Lynn, MA
Source: The Daily Item
Date: 2022-06-22
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2022 - Coco Alinsug speaks on the steps of City Hall at 2022 flag raising
Coco speaks at flag raising
Pictured: Lynn City Councilor Coco Alinsug
Location: Lynn City Hall, 3 City Hall Square, Lynn, MA
Source: The Daily Item, page 1
Date: 2022-06-22
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Pictured: Lynn City Councilor Coco Alinsug
Location: Lynn City Hall, 3 City Hall Square, Lynn, MA
Source: The Daily Item, page 1
Date: 2022-06-22
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2022 - Lynn shows its pride
T Nash speaks before the 2022 flag raising
Pictured: T Nash
Location: Lynn City Hall, 3 City Hall Square, Lynn, MA
Source: The Daily Item
Date: 2022-06-22
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Pictured: T Nash
Location: Lynn City Hall, 3 City Hall Square, Lynn, MA
Source: The Daily Item
Date: 2022-06-22
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2016 - Lynn won't let fear win
At the annual June Flag Raising outside City Hall Mayor Flanagan said “Events like Orlando are made to make people afraid. We are not going to stop because of that. We are going to raise our flag in spite of that.”
Pictured: Mayor Judy Flanagan Kennedy, Tish (Robert Muise)
Location: Lynn City Hall, 3 City Hall Square, Lynn, MA
Source: The Daily Item
Date: 2016-06-18
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Pictured: Mayor Judy Flanagan Kennedy, Tish (Robert Muise)
Location: Lynn City Hall, 3 City Hall Square, Lynn, MA
Source: The Daily Item
Date: 2016-06-18
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2010 - First LGBTQ Flag Raising in Lynn
More than a dozen people gathered outside of Lynn City Hall for the first raising of the gay pride flag. The flag marks 40 years of gay pride in the city. Muise said his goal for raising the flag was to let people know that Lynn is gay-friendly.
Pictured: Tish (Robert Muise), Mayor Judy Flanagan Kennedy.
Location: Across from City Hall, Lynn, MA
Date: 2010-07-07
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Pictured: Tish (Robert Muise), Mayor Judy Flanagan Kennedy.
Location: Across from City Hall, Lynn, MA
Date: 2010-07-07
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2004 - May 17th same-sex marriage licenses issued in Lynn
Ruth Davidson and Emily Sherwood and Margot Abels and Bridget McGuiness were among the Lynn same-sex couples to obtain marriage licenses on May 17th, the first day marriage equality became legal in Massachusetts.
Pictured: News Article
Location: City Hall, 3 City Hall Square, Lynn, MA
Source: The Daily Item, Page 1
Date: 2004-05-17
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Pictured: News Article
Location: City Hall, 3 City Hall Square, Lynn, MA
Source: The Daily Item, Page 1
Date: 2004-05-17
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Couple celebrates first same sex marriage license in US
Susan Shepherd and her wife, Marcia Hams, hold the first same-sex marriage license in the US. They met while working at the GE plant in Lynn. Susan worked at GE Lynn from 1975 - 1988 and Marcia Hams worked there from 1976 - 1984.
Pictured: Peter Hams, son of Marcia Hams and Susan Shepherd, looks on as his moms cut the cake at the first anniversary party celebrating marriage equality at Cambridge City Hall. One year previous, Peter’s moms received the first legal same-sex marriage license in the country. That night, Marcia, fighting back tears, said, “There’s a kid somewhere that’s watching this. It’s going to change his whole life.” A year later, Peter had become an eloquent spokesperson for the children of gay and lesbian parents. (Marcia Hams quoted in Yvonne Abraham and Rick Klein, “Free to Marry –Historic Date Arrives,” Boston Globe, 17 May 2004.)
Location: Lynn, MA and Cambridge, MA
Photographer: Marilyn Humphries
Date: 2004-05-17, photo is of their one year anniversary in Cambridge
© 2004 Marilyn Humphries
Pictured: Peter Hams, son of Marcia Hams and Susan Shepherd, looks on as his moms cut the cake at the first anniversary party celebrating marriage equality at Cambridge City Hall. One year previous, Peter’s moms received the first legal same-sex marriage license in the country. That night, Marcia, fighting back tears, said, “There’s a kid somewhere that’s watching this. It’s going to change his whole life.” A year later, Peter had become an eloquent spokesperson for the children of gay and lesbian parents. (Marcia Hams quoted in Yvonne Abraham and Rick Klein, “Free to Marry –Historic Date Arrives,” Boston Globe, 17 May 2004.)
Location: Lynn, MA and Cambridge, MA
Photographer: Marilyn Humphries
Date: 2004-05-17, photo is of their one year anniversary in Cambridge
© 2004 Marilyn Humphries
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Steve Harrington and Jeff Chelgren, 36 years together
My husband, Jeff Chelgren, and I after getting our marriage license in May, 2004. We haved lived in Lynn since 1996. They have been a couple for 36 years.
Pictured: Jeff Chelgren and Steve Harrington
Location: City Hall, Lynn, MA
Source: Steve Harrington
Date: 2004-04-17
Subjects: HISTORIC LOVE
Pictured: Jeff Chelgren and Steve Harrington
Location: City Hall, Lynn, MA
Source: Steve Harrington
Date: 2004-04-17
Subjects: HISTORIC LOVE
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1995 - Lynn to host annual AIDS vigil
Lynn hosts the first AIDS vigil at City Hall.
Pictured: Mayor Patrick J. McManus and others
Location: Lynn City Hall, 3 City Hall Square, Lynn, MA
Source: The Daily Item, page 5
Date: 1995-11-28
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Pictured: Mayor Patrick J. McManus and others
Location: Lynn City Hall, 3 City Hall Square, Lynn, MA
Source: The Daily Item, page 5
Date: 1995-11-28
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