Picnic in Forest Park
No Bad News, was St.Louis' only gay and lesbian newspaper from June, 1980 until the Gay (and Lesbian) News Telegraph started publishing in October of 1981. In NBN's first issue they carried full coverage of the 1980 Celebration of Lesbian and Gay Pride. The scan below, made from a so-so copy, still carries the flavor of this aspect of the 1980 Celebration. In 2003 Lisa Kohn interviewed Jim Thomas, who had this to say about the Celebration and the picnic.
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