This photo, provided by Pacific Center founder Jim Green, was taken at the East Bay Gay Day Festival in Ho Chi Minh Park (also known as Willard Park) in South Berkeley. It showcases the queer community in the East Bay at the time, in its impressive diversity and vibrancy.
Below is a second image provided by Jim Green, this one of founder Richard Boxer at the same festival the subsequent year.
Jim Green, "East Bay Gay Festival," June 17, 1973. Courtesy of Jim Green. Jim Green, "Richard Boxer (b. 1953 - d. 2006), East Bay Gay Celebration," May 1974. Courtesy of Jim Green.
Images of the queer festival held at Berkeley's Ho Chi Minh Park
East Bay Gay expands service to include free counseling sessions
Pacific Center founders Jim Green and Richard Boxer, in the year of the Center's establishment
A group of "users" of East Bay Gay spoke harshly of its "directorship"
East Bay Gay was a social service agency, not a social club, said its director, in response to a controversy that threatened it
When East Bay Gay opened its brick-and-mortar Pacific Center, it signalled a new inclusiveness
Pacific Center began with a Gay Switchboard that was pivotal for the queer community
Through its Sexual Minority Prisoner Program, Pacific Center reached out to queer people who were incarcerated
An official commendation for the Pacific Center for mental health services.
Shut out by the Berkeley Women's Center, a self-declared "separatist dyke" acknowledged Pacific Center's hospitality
Shut out by the Berkeley Women's Center, a self-declared "separatist dyke" acknowledged Pacific Center's hospitality
Lou was disappointed to discover that a trans support group was "like a hippie crash pad scene"
Lou opened up at his second visit to a trans support group — and appreciated it more
Lesbians of Color represent Pacific Center at 1977 SF Gay Freedom Day
A snapshot of Pacific Center's diverse range of programs -- and of its balancing act
Pacific Center hoped to move in April 1979 from San Pablo Ave to a more capacious Victorian house on Telegraph
Trans folks from as far as Sacramento and San Jose attended rap groups at Pacific Center
Cause for celebration: Pacific Center concluded its move to its current location on Telegraph Ave
Gwen & Jerene were booked by Lenn Keller to play at the San Pablo location of the Pacific Center
When a trans woman explored getting surgery, she also was directed to find community at Pacific Center
Community Services Listing featuring phone number for Pacific Center and Switchboard
A youth-oriented dance put on by the center for young gays and lesbians.
A flyer for a musical event, headlined by a lesbian of color
Through its Sexual Minority Prisoner Program, Pacific Center reached out to queer people who were incarcerated
Pacific Center's director skewered employment commissioners who had mocked him for being gay
A protester at 1977 SF Gay Freedom Day
A call for discussion of racism within the lesbian community.
A snapshot of Pacific Center's diverse range of programs -- and of its balancing act
Pacific Center helped to get a homophobic film removed from school curricula
When a show of solidarity with Latin America failed in the presence of white privilege, activists repaired to Pacific Center
Pacific Center acted as a mediator when a gay-friendly business was accused of classism and racism
Lesbians of Color came to Pacific Center to figure out how the movement might practice the solidarity it preached
When East Bay Gay opened its brick-and-mortar Pacific Center, it signalled a new inclusiveness
An official commendation for the Pacific Center for mental health services.
Pacific Center's director skewered employment commissioners who had mocked him for being gay
Pacific Center battled hard to obtain United Way funding
In a coup for Pacific Center and gay rights, United Way decided to support the center with a grant
Pacific Center was stretched thin by the resources required to mount its multifaceted AIDS Project
A shirt for the Pacific Center's 1981 Campaign for Survival
A flyer thanking the lesbian community for support of the male gay community
What numbers to call for AIDS resources in the East Bay
A flyer for a workshop on safe sex.
Pacific Center was stretched thin by the resources required to mount its multifaceted AIDS Project
AIDS Project saved by community support