Various papers relating to Red Wing Pride celebrations from 2012 to 2025.
This file includes newspaper clippings, flyers, and the city of Red Wing's proclamation of its recognition of Red Wing Pride.
A. Includes a photograph of Sam Nordquist, who was a Red Wing trans man who was murdered in New York a few days before Red Wing Pride in 2025. Lisa Hanson organized a vigil at St. Paul Lutheran Church, and this photograph was framed and displayed in a place of honor during the 2025 Pride celebration.
Located in LGBTQIA+ Community Collection, Box 1, Folder 5.
Content Warning: This collection, while mostly chronicling the founding of LGBTQIA+ advocacy in Red Wing, Minnesota, does include harmful, hateful, and threatening material that organizations like PFLAG, The Diversity Festival, Pride, and members of the Queer community in Red Wing, and the greater Minnesota and America have received through their years of advocating for LGBTQIA+ lives. This material includes slurs, threats of violence, as well as hateful and harmful speech. Please be advised when viewing.