- Photograph by
- Dr. Simmons, Ron, American, 1950 - 2020
- Subject of
- Sapphire Sapphos, American, founded 1979
- Abdulahad, Tania, American
- Date
- 1980-1981
- Medium
- reversal film and plastic
- Dimensions
- H x W: 2 × 2 in. (5.1 × 5.1 cm)
- Caption
- Sapphire Sapphos was founded in December 1979 and is widely considered to be DC's "first ongoing political, social, and cultural group for lesbians of color."
- Description
- A color photographic slide depictingTania Abdulahad standing next to Sapphire Sapphos banner. Abdulahadl stands in front of a fence with a black sign just to her left. She wears a white t-shirt with a logo on the left side. The logo consists of concentric ovals. On the top of the logo, between both ovals, the words [PROUD OF OUR CULTURE] are written and on the bottom [PROUD OF OUR HERITAGE]. In the inner oval, [3RD WORLD LESBIAN/GAY] sits above larger and emboldened letters that read [NC *lambda* B]. The bottom third of the inner oval has a date and location: [OCTOBER 12-15, WASHINGTON DC]. The sign on the fence reads [Sapphire Sapphos] and features a white logo shaped like a flower with ten petals surrounding two faces. The slide's encasement is printed with [OCT 81W3] at the bottom left corner, with [37] in the bottom right corner. On the reverse is printed [Ektachrome SLIDE] in blue, with a red and yellow Kodak logo and [PROCESSED BY KODAK] in red.
- Place depicted
- Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- The Ron Simmons Photography Collection
- Classification
- Archival Collections
- Photographs and Still Images
- Type
- color slides
- Topic
- Activism
- Civil rights
- Identity
- LGBTQ
- Sexuality
- U.S. History, 1969-2001
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Ron Simmons
- Object number
- TA2019.38.1.1.1.9
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Ron Simmons
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




