Of Interest
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READ: AIDS Activist Peter Staley’s Emotionally Raw Remembrance Larry Kramer
Longtime AIDS activist Peter Staley knew Larry Kramer quite well. Both were influential members of ACT UP — Kramer being…
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Gay History – May 14, 1883: Julian Eltinge The World’s Greatest Forgotten Female Impersonator – RARE 1929 Video
After appearing in the Boston Cadets Revue at the age of ten in feminine garb, Julian Eltinge garnered notice from…
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The Jenny Jones Show “Secret Crush” Gay Panic Murder Subject of NETFLIX’s “Trial by Media”
Every year on March 25th. we at Back2Stonewall post about the 1995 murder of Scott Amedure at the hands of…
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Arrest Made in 1988 Cold Case Hate Crime Murder of American Student in Australia
Detectives in New South Wales, Australia have arrested and charged a man with the 1988 hate crime murder of American…
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Gay History – May 11: The First Gay Marriage Takes Place in 54 AD, The Ladies of Llangollen and Billy Bean
May 11, 54 AD - Nerō Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, or just plain NERO to his friends becomes Emperor of Rome. Nero is…
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TWINK TUESDAY – What Exactly Is A Twink?
Twink is gay slang for a young man in his late teens to early twenties whose traits may include: general…
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Stonewall Riots and Eminent Gay Historian David Carter Dies at 67
David Carter, author and gay historian who is credited with writing the definitive book about the 1969 Stonewall riots, died…
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Roy Horn of Siegfried and Roy Dies of Coronavirus
Roy Horn, half of the famous Siegfried & Roy magic and entertainment act in Las Vegas, has died after being…
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Gay History – May 7, 1365: 15-Year-Old Giovanni di Giovanni Tortured and Killed for the Crime of Sodomy in Italy
Giovanni di Giovanni (1350 – 1365) is one of the youngest victims of the campaign against homosexuality waged in 14th-century Florence.,…
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Gay History – May 6, 1933: Nazi Youth Attack Magnus Hirschfeld’s Berlin Institute for Sexual Research – The “Säuberung” Book Burnings [RARE VIDEO]
On May 6, 1933, less than six months after Adolf Hitler and the Nazis had come to power, Nazi Youth…
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