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Variety Publishes Article on "Pansy Parlors"
Variety, the weekly magazine of the entertainment industry, publishes an article under the headline “Pansy Parlors – Tough Chicago Has Epidemic of Male Butterflies.” It described the rapid spread in Chicago of “boy joints,” gathering places for…
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Society for Human Rights Publishes First "Gay Rights" Newsletter
The Society for Human Rights, founded in Chicago by Henry Gerber, receives a charter from the state of Illinois. It published two issues of Friendship and Freedom, the first “gay rights” newsletter in the United States.
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San Francisco Mayor Vetoes First Domestic Partnership Law in U.S.
Responding to pressure from religious leaders in San Francisco, Mayor Diane Feinstein vetoes a bill passed by the city’s Board of Supervisors that would have extended to the domestic partners of city employees the same benefits received by the…
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Le Katmandou Opens in Paris
Elula Perrin opens Le Katmandou in Paris. For the next two decades, it was the most popular lesbian social club and disco in Paris.
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GLAAD Holds First Rally Outside New York Post
GLAAD [the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation] holds its first public rally outside the offices of the New York Post, a newspaper owned by media mogul Rupert Murdoch, to protest its homophobic coverage of the AIDS epidemic. 800 protesters…
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The Children's Hour Opens in New York City
The Children’s Hour, a play by Lillian Hellman, opens in New York City. The play revolves around the accusation by a student that two teachers in the school are lesbians. The play received strongly positive reviews and was a hit on Broadway. The…
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Boise Newspaper Starts Anti-Gay Panic
In an editorial titled “Crush the Monster,” the Idaho Daily Statesman, a newspaper in Boise, announces that the “evils of moral perversion prevail in Boise on an extensive scale.” The editorial sets off a public panic that lasts for over a year and…
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Allen Schindler, Jr. Murdered in Hate Crime
U.S. Navy Petty Officer Allen Schindler, Jr. is brutally murdered by a fellow sailor in an anti-gay hate crime. Schindler had complained to his superiors of harassment and had come out to them, but they were slow to process his discharge. In the…
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ACT UP Demonstrations at the FDA
The militant AIDS activist organization ACT UP stages a day-long demonstration outside the offices of the Food and Drug Administration in Bethesda, Maryland. The 1500 demonstrators were protesting the secrecy and slowness of the process for…
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San Francisco Progress "Exposes" Lesbian and Gay Rights Organizations
The San Francisco Progress, a weekly neighborhood newspaper, carries a front-page story with the headline, “Sex Deviates Make S.F. Headquarters.” The paper “exposes” the existence of organizations like the Mattachine Society and the Daughters of…
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Paul Monette
Writer
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Randy Shilts
Journalist/Author
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Richard Foltz
Songwriter and Activist
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Marijane Meaker
Writer
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Miriam Ben Shalom
Military Veteran and Activist
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Michael Bennett
Theatre Director, Choreographer
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Janis Ian
Songwriter, Singer, Musician
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Edward Albee
Playwright
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Judith Butler
Philosopher/Intellectual
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Franco Zeffirelli
Film and Stage Director