Gay History
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Gay History – April 25: King Edward II Unlucky In Love, Dan White, and the March On Washington III
April 25, 1284 – Edward II, who ruled from 1307-1327, is one of England’s less fondly remembered kings. His reign…
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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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Bigoted Parents Pull 650 Kids From School District To Protest LGBT History Curriculum
Bigoted parents pulled about 650 children from the Rocklin Unified School District in California on May 1st. for one day,…
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