Join the VT Folklife and Rutland County Pride for a reception to celebrate the opening of the Pride 1983 exhibit at the Castleton University Bank Gallery, 104 Merchants Row in downtown Rutland, Vermont.

A collaboration between VT Folklife and the Pride Center of Vermont, Pride 1983 explores the origins and lasting legacy of Burlington, Vermont’s first LGBTQ2+ Pride celebration on June 25, 1983.

The exhibit draws on archival materials from that collection as well as from UVM Special Collections, the Out in the Open Andrews Inn Oral History Project, and the personal collections of those featured in the exhibition. It also includes interviews with twelve activists and organizers crucial to the establishment of Pride in Burlington.