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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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Gay History – February 18, 1895: Oscar Wilde Is Accused of Being A “Sodomite”
On this day in 1895, British playwright Oscar Wilde was dining at the Albermarle Club in London when the Marquess of Queensbury…
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Canada’s Stonewall – February 5, 1981: Toronto’s Brutal “Operation Soap” Bathhouse Raids, Over 300 Gay Men Arrested
“We ended up in the shower room and we were all told to strip… But I think one of the…
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Gay History – October 16: Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde and Nazi Germany’s Paragraph 175
October 16, 1856: Oscar Wilde is born in Dublin, Ireland. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880's, Oscar Wilde became…
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Tennessee Church Refuses to Hold Man’s Funeral Because His Son is Gay
Lees Baptist Church in Sweetwater Tennessee is denying a dying man’s request to host his funeral because his son is…
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Gay History – April 27, 1953: President Dwight Eisenhower Signs Executive Order Banning Homosexuals From Working for the Federal Government
On this day April 27, 1953, President Dwight Eisenhower signs Executive Order 10450, banning anyone identified as threats to national…
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2 Gay Men Publicly Flogged In Aceh, Indonesia. Receive 87 Lashes Each
15 people, including five women, and two gay men were punished with public caning Friday for violating Sharia law in…
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Saudi Arabia Police Arrest Men After ‘Gay Wedding’ Video Goes Viral
Saudi Arabia police say they have arrested several young men who last week appeared in a what was described online…
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Gay Couple Arrested in Uzbekistan for Engaging in “Illegal Relations”
Two gay men have been arrested in Uzbekistan and face charges of engaging in “illegal sexual relations”. The two…
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Tanzania Deports Three Lawyers After Arresting Them For ‘Promoting Homosexuality’
Three South African lawyers were arrested and then deported by the country of Tanzania after they were accused of…
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