Great vintage photo of lesbian wedding

1970s couple

(Via Jet Magazine/Pop-Up Museum of Queer History)

BY HUFFINGTON POST GAY VOICES

Check out the stunning photograph of a lesbian same-sex marriage, circa 1970, which took place in Chicago! The image, which was sent to HuffPost Gay Voices by the Pop-Up Museum Of Queer History, was originally published in the Oct. 15, 1970 issue of Jet magazine.

The Illinois couple, identified as Edna Knowles (left) and Peaches Stevens, were reportedly wed at Liz’s Mark III Lounge, a Chicago gay bar, “before a host of friends and well wishers,” according to the museum’s Tumblr account.

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