Gay History
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Gay History Month – October 20: ACT-UP Protests the UN, Dr. Evelyn Hooker, and the First Gay Wedding On TV May Surprise You.
October 20th. 1958: Truman Capote’s novella Breakfast at Tiffany’s is published in the November issue of Esquire Magazine. Gay men everywhere…
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GAY HISTORY MONTH – October 18: KKK Foiled In Gay Bar Bombing Plan, Georgia’s Sodomy Apology, and the US Navy’s Explosive Gay Frame-Up
LGBT HISTORY: October 18, 1990: Three white supremacists: are convicted of conspiring to blow up Neighbours Disco a gay bar…
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Gay History Month – October 17: Happy Birthday Montgomery Clift, The Black Lesbian Conference and Liberace
On October 17th. 1920: Actor Montgomery Clift is born in Omaha Nebraska. Clift's performance in 1951's A Place in the Sun is…
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Gay History Month – October 16: Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde and Nazi Germany’s Paragraph 175
October 16, 1856: Oscar Wilde is born in Dublin, Ireland. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880's, Oscar Wilde became…
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Gay History Month – October 15: Virgil, Foucault, Cole Porter, and Lucille Ball Was An Ally
October 15, Luuuuuucy! Honey! I'm HOMO! 1952: Members of the Mattachine Society form One, Inc. to promote gay education and…
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Gay History Month – October 14, 1977: Anita Bryant Hit In The Face With A “Fruit Pie” And 43 Years Later It’s Still Delicious! [Video]
Today marks one of the most iconic moments in gay history when a gay male activist threw a pie in…
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Gay History Month – Vito Russo – Vito Remembered: “Why We Fight.”
Vito Russo (July 11, 1946 – November 7, 1990),was a gay activist, film historian, author, and the co-founder of the…
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October 11 – National Coming Out Day: Learn Its History
National Coming Out Day was founded in 1988 by Robert Eichberg, a psychologist from New Mexico and founder of the personal…
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Gay History – October 9: Johnny Mathis, Billy Graham, Calls AIDS A Judgement By God, and Aileen Wournos & The Lesbian Avengers
LGBT History: October 9, 1993: Rev. Billy Graham apologizes for calling the AIDS epidemic an act of divine judgement by…
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Gay History Month – October 8: Marcus Welby M.D. Was A Homophobe, Mahogany, Ellen DeGeneres, and Mister Marcus
Gay History: October 8th: 1904: Anna Ruhling became one of the first feminists to publicly speak out in favor of rights for same-sex…
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