Two men kiss at the New York Gay Pride Parade just one month after Bermuda's MPs voted to amend the Criminal Code which criminalized homosexuality. Organizers of the march said 1.1 million people took part or lined the streets as spectators during the 2.5 mile march that commemorated 25 years since the movement's turbulent beginning during the three-day "Stonewall Uprising." Crowds were entertained by Gregory Hines Carol Channing and Liza Minelli. There were no incidents of violence during the day's event that capped a week of activities for the gay community.

(Reuter) Royal Gazette

Bermuda wasn't the only country celebrating a first. In Tokyo more than 1 000 participants took part in a three-hour march in 91 degree heat to stage the first-ever gay pride parade in Japan. One lesbian painter from Tokyo said "This is a landmark day for us. We were able to prove that we're alive and that we exist in this society." Despite increased awareness of gay issues organizers said hat homosexuals are still excluded from many aspects of Japanese society.

(Reuter) Royal Gazette

One of the Condom Awareness adverts sponsored by The Allan Vincent Smith Foundation in the 1994 ad campaign.

American AIDS Educator Debbie Thomas was the guest speaker at World AIDS Day activities in Bermuda in 1994. "The biggest problem today in the AIDS fight is teaching people it's not who they are, but what they do."

Royal Gazette

Director of STAR Carolyn Armstrong counsels a woman at the Lighthouse STAR's home for people with AIDS. The photo accompanied an article by a mother of two who is living with the virus. She wanted to tell her story so that other women would protect themselves from AIDS.

Mid Ocean News

Pioneer Local AIDS Educator and Gay Rights Activist Curtis Gray spoke openly and honestly about issues in the community regularly through his column in the Mid Ocean News.

Mid Ocean News