Gay History
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Gay History – May 18, 1981: Dr. Lawrence Mass Becomes The First Person To Report About AIDS
While many believe that June 5, 1981 is the date of the first published report about the deadly disease which…
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Gay History – May 17, 1972: John Water’s “Pink Flamingos” Opens Starring: DIVINE! – WATCH THE FULL MOVIE!
On this day in 1972 John Waters’ outrageous movie Pink Flamingos opens in theaters. Written, produced, filmed, and edited by John Waters. It is…
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Ashley Judd and NPH to Star in Biopic of the Queen of Anti-Gay Bigots Anita Bryant
Ashley Judd and Neil Patrick Harris have been cast for the title roles in "Anita," a biopic on Anita Bryant,…
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Gay History – May 16, 1921: Edward Everett Tanner (aka Patrick Dennis) Author of “Auntie Mame” Is Born
May 16, 1921 – Patrick Dennis (pseudonym of Edward Everett Tanner) , the writer who created Auntie Mame was born…
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Gay History – May 14, 1883: Julian Eltinge The World’s Greatest Forgotten Female Impersonator – RARE 1929 Video
After appearing in the Boston Cadets Revue at the age of ten in feminine garb, Julian Eltinge garnered notice from…
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Gay History – May 13: Happy Birthday Armistead Maupin! With Love, 28 Barbary Lane.
Armistead Maupin was born on this day in Washington, D.C. in 1944. Maupin grew up in Raleigh, North Carolina.…
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Bigoted Parents Pull 650 Kids From School District To Protest LGBT History Curriculum
Bigoted parents pulled about 650 children from the Rocklin Unified School District in California on May 1st. for one day,…
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Gay History – May 11: The 1st. Gay Marriage Takes Place in 54 AD, The Ladies of Llangollen and Billy Bean
Gay History - May 11: The 1st. Gay Marriage Takes Place in 54 AD, The Ladies of Llangollen and Billy…
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Gay History – May 6 – 10, 1933: Nazi Youth Attack Magnus Hirschfeld’s Berlin Institute for Sexual Research and the “Säuberung” Book Burnings [RARE VIDEO]
On May 6, 1933, less than six months after Adolf Hitler and the Nazis had come to power, Nazi Youth…
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Gay History – May 7, 1365: 15 Year Old Giovanni di Giovanni Tortured and Killed for the Crime of Sodomy
Giovanni di Giovanni (1350 – 1365) is one of the youngest victims of the campaign against sodomy waged in 14th-century Florence.,…
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