Gay History
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Gay History – June 17th: Liberace: ‘I’m NOT Gay!’, 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 – June 16, 1990: Queer Nation “Takes Back The Night”, Activist Michelangelo Signorile Arrested.
June 16th. 1990The newly formed activist group Queer Nation holds a Take Back the Night march in New York, protesting…
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#PRIDE50 -Listen to Marsha P. Johnson Talk About the Stonewall Riots In Her Own Words [RARE AUDIO]
Before his/her tragic death in 1992 , Eric Marcus of Making Gay History interviewed self identified drag queen activist Marsha…
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Gay History – June 14: Plato Was A Daddy, George Bush Disses PRIDE, and Hijacked TWA Flight 847 Gay Hostages Freed
Gay History - June 14: Plato Was A Daddy, George Bush Disses PRIDE, and Hijacked TWA Flight 847 Gay Hostages…
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Gay History – June 13, 1926: Happy Birthday Paul Lynde – Rare 1978 Video
Comedian Paul Lynde was best known for his roles as Uncle Arthur on Bewitched and Harry MacAfee, the befuddled father…
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Gay History – June 10, 1922: Happy Birthday Judy Garland! The Queen of Gay Icons.
Forget Beyoncé, Lady Gaga and yes, (Sorry Matthew Rettenmund of Boy Culture) even Madonna. Judy Garland was and always will…
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Gay History – June 8: The First Gay Activist Priest, Lambda Rising Bookstore, and So Much More!
LGBT History: June 8, 1923 - Malcolm Boyd (pictured above), was the first openly gay clergyman in a mainstream U.S.…
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NYC Police Dept. Apologizes for 1969 Raid at the Stonewall Inn – [VIDEO]
New York City’s police commissioner has issued a belated apology for the 1969 police raid at the Stonewall Inn which…
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PRIDE – June 4, 1971: The Gay Activist Alliance Takes Over the NYC Marriage License Bureau – Rare Videos of the Protest
On June 4, 1971 less than two years after the Stonewall uprising, a group of men and women from the…
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Gay History – 1919: The First Gay Movie Was Made 100 Years Ago – “Different From Others” [Video]
Made in 1919 Different From The Others was a 90 minute film centered around a famous violinist and his male student.…
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