Pictorial History
Below, you will find thumbnails of pictures relevant to the work of the New England Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Veterans Inc.
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Year 2000:
U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy and Cliff Arnesen in Boston, MA
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April 4 , 1998
Harvard University, Cambridge MA: 5th International Conference on BisexualityL-R: New England Gay, Lesbian & Bisexual Veterans Vice- President, Rick Buchanan, Kerry Lobel, Executive Director, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, and Cliff Arnesen, President, NEGLB Veterans. Inc., Boston, MA.
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May 7, 1997
Officers and members of GLBVA and the New England GL&B Veterans, held another historic meeting inside the Old Executive Office Building in Washington, DC, with Mr. Richard Socarides, Gay Liaision and White House Special Assistant and Senior Advisor for President Bill Clinton.
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MAY 5,1997
GAY, LESBIAN & BISEXUAL VETERANS OF AMERICA & NEW ENGLAND GL&B VETERANS INC. MEET WITH PENTAGON OFFICIALS
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A picture of Leo Dorrington, current President of the New England Gay, Lesbian & Bisexual Veterans Inc., in his Uniform. |
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Washington DC: May 3, 1993
Members and friends of the New England Gay, Lesbian & Bisexual Veterans, Inc., with supporter and friend, US Senator Edward Kennedy.
PHOTO CREDIT: United States Senate Photographer
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March 15, 1992
Under a state court order issued by Boston, MA Federal Judge, Harry Zobel to the Gay, Lesbian, Irish Bisexual organization (GLIB), openly bisexual US Army Veteran, Cliff Arnesen, marched a five mile route under heavy police protection alongside his GLB brothers and sisters through an anti-gay, hate filled crowd of a half million people in Boston's infamous St. Patrick's Day Parade.
The date was also "Evacuation Day," when the British were driven out of Boston by Gen. George Washington's Continential Army.
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Arlington National Cemetery, Wednesday, May 5, 1993
Gay and Bisexual members and officers of the Gay, Lesbian & Bisexual Veterans, Inc., Boston, MA, stepping off to lay a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery, honoring ALL of our country's gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender veterans who died in service to our country
L-R: Lesbian Veteran, Virginia Adams (USN) ; Gay Navy Veteran, George Dunbar (USN) ; Bisexual Army Veteran, Cliff Arnesen, President (USA) ; Gay Army Veteran Aldo Rodriquez (USA) ; and Tomb of The Unknown Sentry
PHOTO CREDIT: LT. David Zeni (U.S. Navy)
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Gay and Bisexual members and officers of the Gay, Lesbian & Bisexual Veterans, Inc., Boston, MA, complete wreath laying at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
L-R : Bisexual Army Veteran, Cliff Arnesen, President (USA); Gay Army Veteran Aldo Rodriquez (USA); Lesbian Navy Veteran, Virginia Adams (USN) ; Gay Navy Veteran, George Dunbar (USN) ; Tomb of The Unknown Sentry
PHOTO CREDIT: LT. David Zeni (U.S. Navy)
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1991
Leo Dorrington, current President of the New England Gay, Lesbian & Bisexual Veterans Inc.,during his tour of duty in the Desert Storm somewhere in the Iraqi Desert.
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May 16, 1990 :
Black & White Photo of Openly Bisexual Veteran Cliff Arnesen's Congressional Testimony Before the U.S. House Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
HIV/AIDS PANEL: (L-R): Chuck Schoen, Veterans C.A.R.E. Redwood Empire, CA; Ken Huntington, President Texas Gay Veterans; Cliff Arnesen, President, New England Gay, Lesbian & Bisexual Veterans, Boston, MA; and Ilonka Thomas, HIV/AIDS
Coordinator, Department of Veterans Affairs, Boston VA Medical Center.
PHOTO CREDIT: Peri Jude Radecic
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1988 PHOTO TAKEN AT BOSTON COLLEGE IN 1988
L-R: SGT. Rick Buchanan, VP, New England GLB Veterans, the late SGT. Perry Watkins, SSGT. Miriam Ben-Shalom, Founder Gay, Lesbian & Bisexual Veterans of America, Inc.,
& Cliff Arnesen, President New England GLB Veterans, Inc. Boston, MA
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