Gay History
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The Day That Changed Our Lives Forever – July 3, 1981: The New York Times Publishes “Rare Cancer Seen In 41 Homosexuals”
On July 3rd. 1981, The New York Times’s wrote it’s first article about AIDS headlined: “Rare Cancer Seen in 41 Homosexuals.”…
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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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#PRIDE50: WATCH – A Treasure Trove Of Gay Rights News Clips From The 1970’s – Video
The great Dave Evans aka SuchIsLife has posted a veritable treasure trove of Gay Rights news clips from the 1970's.
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#PRIDE50 – June 28, 1969: The True History of the Stonewall Riots
In 1969 the world was a very different place. The Vietnam war was in full swing and its bloody images…
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#PRIDE50 Forgotten Gay Heroes: Perry Watkins – Watkins vs. The United States Army (1982)
Perry Watkins was an African-American gay man, and one of the first service members to challenge the ban against homosexuals…
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Gay History – June 26, 1964: LIFE Magazine Covers the “Sordid World of Homosexuality In America.”
Gay History - June 26, 1964: Life Magazine Covers the "Sordid World" of Homosexuality In America. Wrote LIFE magazine: “Homosexuality…
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Gay History – June 24, 1973: The UpStairs Lounge Fire In New Orleans Kills 32 – VIDEO
47 years ago on June 24th, 1973 the final day of Pride Weekend, thirty-two lives were lost when an arsonist…
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Ye Olde Gay History – June 23, 1629: Five “Beastly Sodomitical Boys” Busted By Puritan Preacher On Way To Salem, M.A.
June 23, 1629The Rev. Francis Higginson, a preacher with a Puritan bent in the Church of England, left his parish…
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Gay History – June 21, 1977: The Brutal Murder Of Robert Hillsborough Rocks San Francisco and the Nation
A brutal murder that took place over 40 years ago in San Francisco shocked and catalyzed that city’s gay community…
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PRIDE MONTH – Oh Connie Casserole! WATCH: “The Boys In The Band” FULL MOVIE HD Remastered (1970)
50 years ago the movie adaptation of Mart Crowley’s famous play The Boys in the Band opened in movie theaters around…
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