Monika
Monika’s green ceramic cup was purchased from The Planet Cafe in Kansas City, Missouri before the business closed in 2008. The ceramic cup has a single handle. Inside the cup is a brown paper coffee insulator which reads, “Planet Cafe Espresso Bar: 3535 Broadway St. # D Kansas City, Mo. 64111 (816) 561-7CUP”
The book Monika received as a gift from her Mother is titled Loving Ourselves: The Gay and Lesbian Guide to Self Esteem by Kimeron N. Hardin. The book has a glossy white cover with a rainbow border.
Casey
Casey’s “Thunderbird Ring” – a sterling silver ring bearing the geometric image of an Anishinaabe thunderbird. The ring features a single turquoise stone in the center of the bird figure, which has three tail feathers and a left-facing head.
Casey’s “pride pin” – a small silver safety pin that has been bent to add six rainbow-colored glass beads, then reshaped as a wearable pin.
A photo of Casey as a teenager, wearing a yellow shirt and black backpack, laughing in front of a chalk board in a high-school classroom. He is with three friends, all of whom are also laughing. The three friends’ images are blurred because they are mid-laugh.
Kelli
Front of brown t-shirt with a screen-printed pocket that reads “Pocket Gay Friend” below the picture of a character from LogoTV’s “Big Gay Sketch Show”. 
The reverse of same brown t-shirt, displaying red text that reads “Look in your pocket, whaddya spy? Your very own little G-A-Y!”
Kelli’s necklace, featuring a small silver pendant of the “lesbian” symbol made up of two interlinking “female” symbols. The pendant is on a thin silver chain.
A photo of a cardboard cutout of George W. Bush taken when Bush was president (2005) at St. Louis Pride. The cutout is wearing a purple hat, pink plastic lei, and blue bead necklace, as well as a white “Stonewall Democrats” t-shirt that bears a triangular print of the American flag, superimposed with a representation of the St. Louis arch. The cutout is surrounded by paper speech bubbles which feature several quotes from various addresses by President Bush.