Name/Title
[GLAAD Celebrates First Annual Lighting Pinback Button]Entry/Object ID
2022.12.02Tags
Events, OrganizationsDescription
A circular, yellow pinback button featuring a purple, photographic design of a man and woman looking up to the Empire State Building, radiated by purple lines. In purple text reads "GLAAD Celebrates First Annual Lighting Empire State Building 1990."Item Type
Pinback buttonUse
Souvenir from the 1990 lighting of the Empire State Building.Context
From the New York City LGBTQ Historic Sites Project project manager Amanda Davis (2017): "After a multi-year campaign led by GLAAD, the Empire State Building commemorated LGBT Pride for the first time in 1990 by lighting its famed tower in lavender, a tradition it continues today with rainbow lighting. In subsequent years it has also been lit in association with World AIDS Day and Spirit Day, an initiative that brings attention to the bullying, and related suicides, of LGBT youth." (Linked in this record)Collection
Adrian J. Cardwell CollectionMade/Created
Date made
1990Time Period
20th CenturyPlace
* Untyped Place
New York CityLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
Button, PromotionalNomenclature Class
Advertising MediaNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsGetty AAT
Concept
LGBTQ+, memorabilia, event buttons, souvenirsLegacy Lexicon
Object Name
LGBTQ+ clubs and organizations, LGBTQ+ eventsCategory
HomosaurusOther Names
Name Type
Organization NameOther Name
GLAADName Type
Event NameOther Name
First Annual Lighting of the Empire State Building, 1990Valuations
Valuation Type
Donor EstimateValue
$25.00Date
Oct 17, 2026Create Date
October 18, 2026Update Date
October 18, 2026