Of Interest
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Today In Gay History – April 30th, 1877: Happy Birthday Alice B. Toklas!
April 30, 1877 – Alice B. Toklas (above pictured left) is born in San Francisco. Toklas will become a lover…
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Gay History- April 28, 1990: Bomb Explodes At Uncle Charlie’s Downtown NYC, Later Found To Be Terrorist Attack
On April 28th, 1990 a homemade pipe-bomb exploded in a popular gay bar in the West Village of New York City…
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Gay History – April 21, 1966: NYC Gay Rights Activist Stage “Sip-In” Protesting Refusal To Serve Homosexuals
On this date a little-known but very important milestone in gay history took place at Julius' bar on West 10th…
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Gay History – April 15, 1979: Happy 40th. Anniversary to San Francisco’s Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence
40 years ago on April 15, 1979 the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence founded a “convent” in San Francisco when three men, dressed…
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Gay History – March 23, 1874: The Father of Modern Magazine Design J. C. Leyendecker Born
March 23, 1874 - J. C. Leyendecker perhaps the most successful commercial artist of the 20th century was born in Montabour,…
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NAACP Officially Endorses LGBT Equality Act
The NAACP, the country’s oldest African-American civil rights organization, publicly endorsed the Equality Act, a federal LGBTQ anti-discrimination bill.
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March 1950 – The Lavender Scare: McCarthy and Cohn Hunt Homosexuals in the Federal Government
March 1950 - The Lavender Scare: McCarthy and Cohn Hunt Homosexuals in the Federal Government
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GAY HISTORY – March 18, 1986: William F. Buckley, Jr. Proposes Tattooing All “AIDS Carriers” in New York Times Op-Ed
William F. Buckley was an American conservative author, journalist and commentator who founded National Review magazine in 1955. He hosted 1,429…
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March 5, 1933: The Infamous Gay Nightclub The Eldorado Cafe In Berlin Closes As Nazi Gay Persecution Begins – Rare Pictures
The Eldorado Cafe in its long history featured regular performances by the likes of Marlene Dietrich, Claire Waldoff and the…
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Transgender QPOC Arrested In Hate Crime Spree in Bronx
Police on Saturday arrested a transgender woman attacked a white couple in the Bronx and may be behind a series…
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