newsweek:

June 6, 1977

Newsweek’s first cover on gay rights, featuring a fiery Anita Bryant, documented how the Florida Citrus Commission spokeswoman (and former Miss Oklahoma) was mobilizing what was described as a “somewhat bizarre but deadly serious battle over gay rights.”

Bryant, of course, would later take a banana cream pie in the face. (“Well at least it’s a fruit pie,” she exclaimed.)

And thirty-four years to the month later, New York would become the sixth and largest state to legalize gay marriage.

svfinerie:

Jean Shrimpton Newsweek 1965 « We Heart Vintage from (via We Heart it)

So good.

fuckyeahnewsweekarchives:

Let’s get this thing started off right. LESBIANS! 1993.

How many times can I reblog this? Because really, nothing is enough for that velvet button-up.

newsweek:

In honor of yesterday’s archival gem, a few more choice masculinity covers from the NEWSWEEK library (which is currently a very big stack of boxes; thank you to our research dept for digging these up). And ladies, we’ve got you covered: you can find an equally-amazing gallery of women on vintage NEWSWEEK covers here. Please note slide #6, which is possibly the best NEWSWEEK cover of all time. In fact, we regularly try to recreate that look while skipping around the office.