Gay History
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Gay History – November 29, 1990: G.H.W. Bush Signs Immigration Bill Ending “Homosexuals and Other Sex Perverts” Ban
LGBT History: November 29, 1990 - President George H.W. Bush signed the overhauled immigration bill into law, gay people, for…
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Gay History – November 19, 1980: The NYC Ramrod Shooting. 2 Killed, 6 Injured In Hate Crime Shooting Spree
On the night of November 19, 1980 Ronald Crumpley, 38, a former Transit Authority policeman and son of a minister,…
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Gay History – November 17, 1998: John Lawrence Arrested In His Home For Having Gay Sex. Lawrence vs. Texas Begins
In 1960 every state in America had an anti-sodomy law on its books. In 1961, the American Law Institute's Model…
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Gay History – November 16, 1979: “BENT” Written by Martin Sherman Opens In London
Bent is a 1979 play written by Martin Sherman. that revolves around the persecution of gays in Nazi Germany, and takes place during and after the Night of…
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Gay History – November 11, 1950: The Mattachine Society Holds It’s First Meeting In Los Angeles
On November 11th. 1950, Harry Hay and a group of Los Angeles friends formed The Mattachine Society, a group to…
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Gay History – November 8, 1977: Harvey Milk Elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors
Gay History - November 8, 1977: November 8, 1977 - Harvey Milk is elected to the San Francisco Board of…
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Gay History – November 4, 1986: California’s Prop 64 To Quarantine People With AIDS Defeated
The AIDS Plague years is the darkest chapter in gay history. One of those dark moments happened in California in…
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Gay History Halloween Edition – October 31: Happy Birthday Baby Jane, Toronto’s Mass Gay Bashings, and Silent Film Star Ramon Novarro Murdered With A Lead Jeweled Dildo
LGBT History October 31: October 31,1968 : Silent film star Ramon Novarro's body was found after being brutally murdered. A…
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Gay History Month – October 27: Sigmund Freud On Homosexuality, The GAA Invades Harper’s Magazine and the Tragic Murder of Gay Sailor Allen Schindler
n 1935, Freud wrote to a mother who had asked him to treat her son's homosexuality, a letter that would…
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Gay History Month – 100 Years Ago: Read Two 1919 “Letters to the Editor” From Gay Men aka. “Sexual Inverts”
Gay History - 100 Years Ago: Read Two 1919 "Letters to the Editor" From Gay Men aka. "Sexual Inverts" In…
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