Gay History
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Gay History – WATCH: Bette Midler’s Final Performance At The Continental Baths in NYC (1971) – Video
In the late 1960’s Steve Ostrow opened the Continental Baths in the basement of the landmark Ansonia Hotel, which…
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Gay Media History – Lou Maletta and NYC’s Gay Cable Network: (1984 – 2000)
In 1982, Lou Maletta launched the first ever Gay Cable Network in New York City. Maletta started small with the…
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Gay History – September 16th: Maria Callas, NAMBLA, Wilheim Von Gloeden, and the “Little Faggot Truck”
September 16: 1730: In Amsterdam, Lourens Hosponjon is executed for sodomy. Other than the record of his execution no…
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Gay History – September 15, 1969: Gay Power, “New York’s First Homosexual Newspaper” Published
On September 15, 1969: Gay Power, “New York’s First Homosexual Newspaper” and the first publication to emerge from the post-Stonewall…
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Gay History – September 14, 1989: ACT UP Protests the NYSE, Crashes Trading Floor
On September 14, 1989, ACT UP (AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power) led a noon protest of 350 people in…
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September 13, 2001: Moral Majority Leader Reverend Jerry Falwell Blames Gays and Lesbians for 9/11 Attacks- Video
On September 13, 2001 the Reverend Jerry Falwell who founded Liberty University Law School with the assistance of the anti-LGBT hate group leader…
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September 11 – Remembering Our Lost LGBT Brothers and Sisters In The September 11th. Terrorist Attacks
While every life that was lost in the September 11th attacks was precious. I wanted to take a moment today to…
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Lost Gay History – September 8, 1292: John de Wettre of Belgium Burned at the Stake for Sodomy
On this date in 1292 in the Belgium city of Ghent, 29 year old knife maker John de Wettre was found with another man committing…
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Gay History – September 7, 1952: Sen. Joseph McCarthy Brags About The Destruction of 145 Gay “Deviate” Lives
Sen. Joseph McCarthy (R-WI) and closet-case right-hand henchman Roy Cohn’s (pictured above) anti-Communist hearings are a dark, and sinister stain…
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Happy Labor Day Everyone! – Courtesy of Tom of Finland
Just makes you want to lay some pipe doesn’t it!
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