Gay History
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Gay History – March 27: Happy Birthday Bob Mizer! Publisher and Photographer of the Athletic Model Guild aka. AMG
A long, long, time ago before there was the internet the only offer of gay porn were some extremely illegal…
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Gay History – March 24, 1987: ACT UP Stages Its First Major Protest In NYC, 17 Arrested – [Video]
March 24, 1987 - ACT UP stages its first major demonstration on Wall Street in New York City.Outraged by the…
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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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Gay History – March 20, 1749: The Single Women of New York Denounce “Old Bachelors”
n a petition to the New York Gazette, the club proposed that those “old bachelors,” (many of whom were gay…
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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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Gay History: The Incredible Life of Black and Gay Civil Rights Icon Bayard Rustin (March 17, 1912 – August 24, 1987)
As a teenager, Rustin wrote poems, played left tackle on the high school football team and, according to lore, staged…
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Gay History – March 16, 1680: New Hampshire Makes Gay Sex Punishable By Death
Legislators of New Hampshire pass the colony’s first capital laws, copied almost word for word from the Plymouth laws of…
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Gay History: The Lost and Forgotten Art of Gay Disco Fan Dancing Featuring: Bret Lacquement [Rare Video]
In the late 1970's and early 1980's during the heyday of gay disco not only were you treated to the…
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Gay History – March 10, 1778: First Gay Soldier Court Martialed At Valley Forge
Gen. George Washington’s general orders for March 14, 1776 at Valley Forge, PA., included the following description of a court…
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Gay History -March 8, 1970: The Forgotten NYC Snake Pit Bar Raid. 167 Arrested, 1 Critically Wounded
Many people don't realize it but the raids on gay bars by the New York City Police Department didn't end with…
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