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Today In Gay History – March 23, 1874: Father of Modern Magazine Design J. C. Leyendecker Born
Share this: March 23, 1874 – J. C. Leyendecker perhaps the most successful commercial artist of the 20th century was born in Montabour, Germany. He is best known for his poster, book and advertising illustrations, the trade character known as The...
New Microsoft Outlook Ad Features Lesbian Wedding – Video
Share this: The times they are a changing. This is LGBT history in the making.
Iconic NYC Gay Bar RAWHIDE To Close – SAVE THE RAWHIDE!
Share this: Opened in 1979, the Rawhide in Chelsea is was one of the last of a handful of old-school, unpretentious gay bars left in New York City. An old motorcycle hangs from chains over a red-felt pool table, a grimy baby doll strapped to its muffler....
Forgotten Gay History – The Infamous Adonis Movie Theater NYC, NY (1975 – 1988)
Share this: The 1,433-seat Adonis Theatre, was originally built as the Tivoli Theatre in 1921 was one of a kind. A grandly opulent movie theatre on Eighth Avenue and 51st Street which in its declining year was revamped for stud romping, porn and anonymous...
Remembering Lou Maletta Pioneering LGBT Journalist and Founder of the Gay Cable Network
Share this: As I sit here at the 2013 LGBT Media Journalist Covening in Philadelphia I can’t help think of one of the first LGBT media pioneers Lou Maletta, who founded the Gay Cable Network in NYC in 1982. The first television station entirely...
New York Times Updates Ed Koch’s Obit To Include AIDS Criticism And Rightfully So
Share this:The New York Times revised its obituary of former NYC mayor Ed Koch after receiving many complaints of Koch’s handling of the AIDs crisis in New York City in the 1980s. Koch died of congestive heart failure yesterday at the age of 88. The...
OUTED! – The Most Self-Loathing Closet Cases Exposed! – Video Compilation
Share this:Here’s a video compilation of some of the most notorious self-loathing homophobe closet-cases who have been outed in recent years. Coming attractions: Lindsey Graham, Aaron Schrock, Peter LaBarbera and more.
Lost Gay History – Gay Disco Fan Dancing Featuring Bret Lacquement (1977) – Rare Video
Share this: In the late 1970′s and early 1980′s during the heyday of gay disco not only were you treated to the hot, sweaty, gyrating bodies of countless men all night long but sometimes if you lucky enough were treated to spectacular displays...
Gay Persecution Revisited – The Mansfield, Ohio Gay Sex Sting Of 1962 – GRAPHIC VIDEO
Share this: In the 1950′s and 1960′s small towns across America like Mansfield, OH had few outlets for gay men to interact (sexually or otherwise) In the summer of 1962, the Mansfield, Ohio Police Department photographed men having sex in...