Gay History
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Gay History – 1964: Four Years Before Stonewall The First Gay Cookbook Was Published
wall riots The Gay Cookbook by Lou Rand Hogan, a 280-page book “for that very special man in your life…
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Gay History – March 4: Vanity Plates, Man Hating Lesbians, and Murder
Gay History - March 4: 1971: Village Voice columnist Jill Johnston comes out in her article, “Lois Lane is a…
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Gay Jersey City Board of Ed Member Wears Rainbow Flag As Religious Bigots Complain About LGBT History Curriculum
A debate over the state-mandated LGBT history curriculum has been at a center of a heated battle between the Jersey…
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Gay History – January 8, 1962: Two Men Arrested for “Abominable Act and Detestable Crime Against Nature” In North Carolina Under 429-Year-Old Law
Max Perkins and Robert McCorkle were arrested in Charlotte, North Carolina, on the charge that they “did unlawfully, willfully, maliciously and…
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SAN DIEGO: Construction Begins on Historic Naval Vessel USNS Harvey Milk
At a ceremony at the National Steel and Shipbuilding Company in San Diego on Friday, the "first cut" of steel…
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Gay History – September 14, 1989: ACT UP Protests the NYSE, Crashes Trading Floor
On September 14, 1989, ACT UP (AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power) led a noon protest of 350 people in front…
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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 – August 24, 1970: the New York Times Runs Front Page Story On “Homosexuals in Revolt”
On August 24, 1970: A little over a year after the Stonewall riots The New York Times ran a front…
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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 – May 16, 1921: Edward Everett Tanner (aka Patrick Dennis) Author of “Auntie Mame” Is Born
May 16, 1921 – Patrick Dennis (pseudonym of Edward Everett Tanner) , the writer who created Auntie Mame was born…
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