Of Interest
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Gay History – September 25, 1984: J. Edgar Hoover’s Personal Papers on the War Against Gay “Sex Deviates” Released
On September 25. 1985 an ACLU lawsuit filed on behalf of the International Gay and Lesbian Archives (now the ONE…
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HOLD THEM TO THEIR WORDS! – 12 Notorious GOP Senators On The Record Previously for Putting SCOTUS Nominations On Hold In An Election Year
These notorious Republican Senators are all on the record in the past for holding up any Supreme Court nominations in…
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LEARN SOMETHING – The Great Pullman Strike of 1894 and the History of Labor Day
In the late 1800's, the state of labor was grim as U.S. workers toiled under bleak conditions: 12 or more…
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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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August 8, 1983: The Legacy of Gay AIDS Activist and “KS Poster Boy” Bobbi Campbell
On this day, August 8, 1983 Bobbi Campbell, and his partner Bobby Hilliard, became the faces of the deadly plague…
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Gay History – August 5, 1970: NYC Drops Charges Against The Gay Activists Alliance “Rockefeller Five”.
The Gay Activists Alliance was most active from 1970 to 1974. One of their most well known protests was a…
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Gay History – July 29: The Village People, Jerome Robbins, and the Murder of John O’Connell in San Francisco
July 29, 1905: Dag Hammarskjold, the second Secretary-General of the United Nations (1953-1961), in Jonkoping, Sweden. He died in a…
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Gay History – July 15, 1962: New York’s WBAI Radio Broadcasts Talk Show Featuring Eight Gay Men
Early in 1962, WBAI New York’s listener-supported "progressive radio station"which still exists today, aired an hour-long special, “The Homosexual In America.”
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Activists Demand Chicago’s Gay Neighborhood “Boystown” Name Be Changed To Be More Inclusive
A petition, created by local "queer" non-binary activist Devlyn Camp is demanding that the historic Chicago gay neighborhood of "Boystown"…
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Doctor Fighting Coronavirus in Spain Becomes Mr. Gay World
For the first time in the history of Mr. Gay World, an annual international competition for gay men could not…
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