Name/Title
[GLAAD Celebrates First Annual Lighting, Rubber Empire State Building]Entry/Object ID
2022.12.03Tags
Events, OrganizationsDescription
A purple rubber artifact shaped like the Empire State Building.Use
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 Sub-Class
MemorabiliaNomenclature Class
Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsGetty AAT
Concept
LGBTQ+, memorabilia, rubber (material), 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