AIDS
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Gay History – June 30: Cincinnati Police Ignore Anti-Gay Public Pool Riot, GA Sodomy Law Upheld, and Jacob Israel de Haan Assassinated
June 30, 2000: David Copeland, 24, is convicted murder for planting a bomb in a London gay bar a year…
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Gay History- June 19, 1983: Founder of the Moral Majority Jerry Falwell: “AIDS Is God’s Punishment For Homosexuals.”
Appearing on CNN a day after Falwell's death, Christopher Hitchens said: "The empty life of this ugly little charlatan proves…
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Gay History – June 17: Liberace: ‘I’M NOT GAY!’, Barry Manilow, Walter Mondale, and NYC Funeral Homes Refuse to Embalm AIDS Victims
July 17, 1959 - On this date a London court awarded pianist Liberace $22,400 in damages against the "London Daily…
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Gay History – Remembering Bisexual Actor Brad Davis Who Fought For Work and Dignity While Battling AIDS
Brad Davis: (1949-1991) - Born Robert Davis on November 6th, 1949 to Eugene Davis (a dentist from Beverly Hills whose…
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Gay History – June 2: AIDS Tax Introduced in Congress, Bill Clinton Introduces PRIDE Month, and Crimes Against Nature Charges in 2008
June 2, 1983 - US Congressman Lawrence McDonald (D-GA) proposed that a "user-tax" be imposed on people with AIDS to…
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MEMORIAL DAY – WATCH: A Day In The Life Of The AIDS Memorial Quilt and Remember Our Lost and Fallen
There is more than one type of war and those who become causalities of it.On October 12, 1996. The AIDS…
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Gay History – May 18, 1981: Dr. Lawrence Mass Becomes The First Person To Report About AIDS
While many believe that June 5, 1981 is the date of the first published report about the deadly disease which…
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Gay History – April 15, 1979: San Francisco’s Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence Founded
On April 15, 1979 the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence founded a “convent” in San Francisco when three men, dressed in full traditional…
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U.S. Senators Urge Changes of Gay Donor Restrictions During Covid-19 Blood Shortage
15 United States senators sent a letter to the Food and Drug Administration on Thursday urging authorities to “shift away…
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Gay History – March 10, 1987: ACT UP (AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power) Is Formed In NYC [VIDEOS]
On March 10, 1987 - ACT UP (The AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power) was effectively formed at the Lesbian and…
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