Gay History
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Gay History – August 24, 1970: the New York Times Runs Front Page Story On “Homosexuals in Revolt”
On August 24, 1970: A little over a year after the Stonewall riots The New York Times ran a front…
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Gay History – August 24, 79 AD: Mt. Vesuvius Erupts Burying Gay Lovers and Ancient Gay Porn In Pompeii
August 24, 79 AD: Mt Vesuvius erupts burying Pompeii and preserving the city. The ash preserves homoerotic frescoes that Christianity…
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Lost NYC Gay History: Remembering Crisco Disco
Opened in the late 1970's. Crisco's as it was called was an after-hours, milti-floor club in an old converted warehouse…
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Gay History – August 22, 1983: Organizers of the 20th Anniversary March of MLK Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” Speech Deny LGBT’s The Right to Speak
On August 22, 1983 organizers of a Washington march marking the 20th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I…
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Gay History – August 21, 1983: La Cage aux Folles Opens on Broadway! [Video]
August 21, 1983 On this day in gay history the musical La Cage aux Folles (Yea Theatre Queens!) with a…
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Listen to Marsha P. Johnson Talk About the Stonewall Riots In Her Own Words – We didn’t start the rebellion. [RARE AUDIO]
Before his/her tragic death in 1992 , Eric Marcus of Making Gay History interviewed self identified drag queen activist Marsha…
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Gay History – August 1971: Newsweek Magazine Publishes “The Militant Homosexual” – READ THE FULL ARTICLE
August 1971 – Newsweek Magazine Publishes “The Militant Homosexual” A little over two years after the Stonewall riots in NYC’s Greenwich Village…
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Gay History – August 18, 1978: Boston Police Beat, Arrest 3 Gay Teens, Screams “This is for Anita Bryant!”
On the night of August 18, 1972 three gay teens, were walking in the Beacon Hill section of Boston as…
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Gay History – August, 1673: Plymouth Colony Convicts Two Men Of “Spending their seed one upon another”
On August 6, 1673 Plymouth Colony convicted two men of “Lewd Behavior and Unclean Carriage”.
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Gay History – August 15, 1972: Ohio Refuses To Incorporate Cincinnati Gay Organization
August 15, 1972 Republican Ohio Secretary of State Ted W. Brown (R) refused to accept the articles of incorporation for…
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