BEDGATE 1996
photo from Innewsweekly June 23, 1996. See link below for full article.
In 1996 members of the Boston lesbian avengers decided to carry a bed in the Boston Dyke March. The plan was to have dykes kissing on the bed as a form of pro-sex political street performance. As many of the marchers were topless, topless dykes could be found on the bed as the cast of performers on the bed changed. Throughout the march, the “making out” sometimes progressed to sexualized acts and simulated sex acts.
In 1996, like 1995, the Boston Dyke March began at the Ruggles subway station and marched downtown to join the Boston Gay Pride Parade. The sexualized acts that took place on the bed when the Dyke March joined the Gay Pride Parade made some of the spectators uncomfortable and caused a stir. Coincidently, the grand marshal for the Gay Pride Parade that year was Boston Mayor Thomas Menino.
In 1996, like 1995, the Boston Dyke March began at the Ruggles subway station and marched downtown to join the Boston Gay Pride Parade. The sexualized acts that took place on the bed when the Dyke March joined the Gay Pride Parade made some of the spectators uncomfortable and caused a stir. Coincidently, the grand marshal for the Gay Pride Parade that year was Boston Mayor Thomas Menino.
Bedgate Documents
Post-Bedgate letter by the Dyke March Committee
Bedgate explanation by a participant
Bedgate Press
Bay Windows June 13, 1996
Bay Windows June 13, 1996 letters to the editor
Bay Windows June 13, 1996 editorial by Jeff Epperly
Bay Windows June 20, 1996
Bay Windows June 27, 1996
Boston Globe June 12, 1996
Boston Globe June 13, 1996
Boston Globe June 14, 1996
Boston Globe June 15, 1996
Boston Globe June 16, 1996 letters to the editor
Boston Globe June 16, 1996
Boston Globe June 18, 1996
Boston Globe June 23, 1996
InNewsweekly June 23, 1996
The Boston Herald June 11, 1996
The TAB June 18, 1996
The TAB July 1, 1996
The Phoenix June 1996
Post-Bedgate letter by the Dyke March Committee
Bedgate explanation by a participant
Bedgate Press
Bay Windows June 13, 1996
Bay Windows June 13, 1996 letters to the editor
Bay Windows June 13, 1996 editorial by Jeff Epperly
Bay Windows June 20, 1996
Bay Windows June 27, 1996
Boston Globe June 12, 1996
Boston Globe June 13, 1996
Boston Globe June 14, 1996
Boston Globe June 15, 1996
Boston Globe June 16, 1996 letters to the editor
Boston Globe June 16, 1996
Boston Globe June 18, 1996
Boston Globe June 23, 1996
InNewsweekly June 23, 1996
The Boston Herald June 11, 1996
The TAB June 18, 1996
The TAB July 1, 1996
The Phoenix June 1996