Then and now: Pride celebrations span decades in Connecticut

On June 26, 1982, Hartford Community Television, now Hartford Public Access Television, covered the “First Lesbian and Gay Pride Festival” which was held by the “Lesbian and Gay Task Force,” according to the GLBTQ Archives. This special collection, located in Central Connecticut State University’s Elihu Burritt Library, says the event drew hundreds of participants to the Old Statehouse—where they marched,...