Gay History
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GAY HISTORY – September 23, 1984: The First Folsom Street Fair Takes Place in San Francisco
San Francisco has always had a large gay leather community. By the late 1970's, they had created ‘Miracle Mile’, a…
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Gay History – September 22, 1975: The Tragic Story of Oliver Sipple, The Gay Man Who Saved President Ford’s Life
On September 22, 1975 President Gerald Ford was in San Francisco to deliver a luncheon speech to a foreign affairs…
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Gay History – September 18, 1981: “Mommie Dearest” Opens Nationwide. Happy 40th. Birthday Mommie Dearest.
Walk into any gay bar in America and shout, ''Tina, bring me the ax!'' and you will unleash a torrent…
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Gay History – September 15, 1969: “Gay Power” New York City’s First “Homosexual” Newspaper Published
On September 15, 1969: Gay Power, “New York’s First Homosexual Newspaper” and the first publication to emerge from the post-Stonewall movement,…
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GAY HISTORY – September 13, 2001: Moral Majority Leader Rev. Jerry Falwell Blames Gays and Lesbians for 9/11 Terrorist Attacks – [Video]
On September 13, 2001 "Moral Majority" Reverend Jerry Falwell who founded Liberty University Law School with the assistance of the anti-LGBT hate…
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Gay History – September 12, 1969: Gay Liberation Front Protests The Village Voice Over Homophobic Advertising Policy
On September 12, 1969 he Gay Liberation Front held a protest at the Village Voice,demanding a meeting with publisher Ed…
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Gay History – September 10, 1996: Congress Passes the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) Rejects The Employment Non-Discrimination Act
Gay History - September 10, 1996: Congress Passes the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) Rejects The Employment Non-Discrimination Act
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Gay History – September 7, 1952: Sen. Joseph McCarthy Brags About The Destruction of 145 Gay “Deviant” Lives
Sen. Joseph McCarthy (R-WI) and closet-case right-hand henchman Roy Cohn’s (pictured above) anti-Communist hearings are a dark, and sinister stain…
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Gay History: August 26, 1986: Former Washington Redskins Football Player Jerry Smith Announces He Has AIDS
LGBT History: August 26, 1986: Jerry Smith, former Washington Redskins tight end, is the first celebrity to voluntarily acknowledge that…
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Gay History – August 1888: Lifelong Transman Discovered As Patient At Fort Madison, Iowa Prison Hospital
A case of sexual perversion has been discovered in the Ft. Madison penitentiary. A woman from her early youth had…
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