Gay History
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Gay History – November 19, 1980: The NYC Ramrod Shooting. 2 Killed, 6 Injured In Hate Crime Shooting Spree
On the night of November 19, 1980 Ronald Crumpley, 38, a former Transit Authority policeman and son of a minister,…
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Gay History – November 17, 1998: John Lawrence Arrested In His Home For Having Gay Sex. Lawrence vs. Texas Begins
In 1960 every state in America had an anti-sodomy law on its books. In 1961, the American Law Institute's Model…
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Gay History – November 16, 1979: “BENT” Written by Martin Sherman Opens In London
Bent is a 1979 play written by Martin Sherman. that revolves around the persecution of gays in Nazi Germany, and takes place during and after the Night of…
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Gay History – November 11, 1950: The Mattachine Society Holds It’s First Meeting In Los Angeles
On November 11th. 1950, Harry Hay and a group of Los Angeles friends formed The Mattachine Society, a group to…
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Gay History – November 10: The Republican White House Call-Boy Crack Scandal of 1989 and More
November 10th. 1928 – The New York Times reported that forty distinguished witnesses including T. S. Eliot, Arnold Bennett, Vera Brittain, Ethel Smyth. and Virginia Woolf, appeared…
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Gay History – November 8, 1977: Harvey Milk Elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors
Gay History - November 8, 1977: November 8, 1977 - Harvey Milk is elected to the San Francisco Board of…
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Gay History: November 7, 1985: NYC Closes the “Notorious” MINESHAFT Sex Club – READ The NY Times Article
New York City yesterday closed a bar frequented by homosexuals, contending that it permitted ''high-risk sexual activity'' linked to the…
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Gay History – November 7, 1978: California’s Prop 6 aka The Briggs Initiative Against Gay Teachers Defeated
California’s Proposition 6 commonly known as The Briggs Initiative, would have banned gays and lesbians, and possibly anyone who supported gay rights,…
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Gay History – November 4, 1986: California’s Prop 64 To Quarantine People With AIDS Defeated
The AIDS Plague years is the darkest chapter in gay history. One of those dark moments happened in California in…
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Gay History – November 1: That Certain Summer, The Children’s Hour, and the Gay Games
Gay History - November 1, 1972: The landmark TV movie That Certain Summer airs, starring Hal Holbrooke and Martin Sheen as…
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