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Harvey Milk Day 2013 – Watch “The Times of Harvey Milk” – Video
Share this: Without knowing, understanding and embracing our past. We can not move forward in the future…. Harvey Bernard Milk (May 22, 1930 – November 27, 1978) was an American politician who became the first openly gay man to be elected to public...
Remembering Harvey – Harvey Milk: May 22, 1930 – November 27, 1978
Share this: “You gotta give them hope,” Harvey Milk was an awkward man who refused to hide the fact that he was gay. Born in New York, Harvey Milk moved to San Francisco when he was 40 years old and quickly became a community activist. He dubbed...
This Week In Gay History May 12 – 18: Nero Marries 1st Gay Couple, Divine, Auntie Mame, and ENDA
Share this:ANCIENT HISTORY 54 AD - Nero becomes Emperor of Rome. Nero married two men in legal ceremonies, with at least one spouse accorded the same honours as an empress. Gay relationships are accepted and institutionalized in this time period. 1102...
This Week In Gay History May 5 – May 11: Ancient Egypt, Nazi Germany, DOMA, and Mark Bingham
Share this: ANCIENT HISTORY 2400 BCE In 1964 in the ancient necropolis of Saqqara, Egyptian archaeologist Ahmed Moussa discovered a series of tombs with rock-cut passages in the escarpment facing the causeway that lead to the pyramid of Unas. Chief...
This Week In Gay History April 28 – May 4: Alice B, Billie Jean, Gay Bar Terrorist Attack and More
Share this: April 28 April 28, 1929 - Gay journalist John Paul Hudson is born. Hudson is one of the first gay writers to take up gay rights and become involved in the media. He wrote for the periodical Gay in 1969, the Advocate in 1970 and contributed...
WEBSTER HALL, NYC – First Gathering Place for Gay and Lesbian New Yorkers?
Share this:Each night before I go to sleep, I like catching up on one of my favorite podcast ,no, not my own podcast, which is amazing though. The podcast that I love listening to each night is called The Bowery Boys. Each episode two friends Tom Meyers...
This Week In Gay History April 21 – 27: Shakespear, “Ma” Rainey and The Most Hated Man In San Francisco
Share this:April 21 April 21 1981 – In Toronto six people, including activists George Hislop and Peter Maloney and head of Club Bath chain in United States, Jack Campbell are charged with conspiracy to live off avails of crime. All three were...
April 17, 1965 – 48 Years Ago Today Frank Kameny Led The First Gay Protest At The White House
Share this: In 1957, Dr. Frank Kameny, along with gay rights pioneer Jack Nichols, co-founded the Mattachine Society of Washington, one of the first gay rights organizations in the United States. The Mattachine Society fought for equal treatment of gay...
This Week In Gay History April 14 – 20: DaVinci, The Boys, Abe Lincoln and the Gay Titanic
Share this: April 14 April 14, 1865 – President Lincoln is shot and mortally wounded by John Wilkes Booth while attending the comedy “Our American Cousin” at Ford’s Theater in Washington, D.C. He passes away the next day. C..A....