Chapter 6: Activist Agendas and Visions after Stonewall (1969-1973)

Chapter Six: Activist Agendas and Visions after Stonewall (1969-1973)

 

Documents 103-108: Gay Liberation Manifestos, 1969-1970

 

The documents reprinted in The Stonewall Riots are “Gay Revolution Comes Out,” Rat, 12 Aug. 1969, 7; North American Conference of Homophile Organizations Committee on Youth, “A Radical Manifesto—The Homophile Movement Must Be Radicalized!” 28 Aug. 1969, reprinted in Stephen Donaldson, “Student Homophile League News,” Gay Power (1.2), c. Sep. 1969, 16, 19-20; Preamble, Gay Activists Alliance Constitution, 21 Dec. 1969, Gay Activists Alliance Records, Box 18, Folder 2, New York Public Library; Carl Wittman, “Refugees from Amerika: A Gay Manifesto,” San Francisco Free Press, 22 Dec. 1969, 3-5; Martha Shelley, “Gay is Good,” Rat, 24 Feb. 1970, 11, reprinted as Gay Flames Pamphlet No. 1 (1970); Steve Kuromiya, “Come Out, Wherever You Are! Come Out,” Philadelphia Free Press, 27 July 1970, 6-7.

 

For related early sources on gay liberation agendas and philosophies in New York, see “Come Out for Freedom,” Come Out!, 14 Nov. 1969, 1; Bob Fontanella, “Sexuality and the American Male,” Come Out!, 14 Nov. 1969, 15; Lois Hart, “Community Center,” Come Out!, 14 Nov. 1969, 15; Leo Louis Martello, “A Positive Image for the Homosexual,” Come Out!, 14 Nov. 1969, 16; “An Interview with New York City Liberationists,” San Francisco Free Press, 7 Dec. 1969, 5; Bob Martin, “Radicalism and Homosexuality,” Come Out!, 10 Jan. 1970, 4; Allan Warshawsky and Ellen Bedoz, “G.L.F. and the Movement,” Come Out!,” 10 Jan. 1970, 4-5; Red Butterfly, “Red Butterfly,” Come Out!, 10 Jan. 1970, 4-5; Bob Kohler, “Where Have All the Flowers Gone,” Come Out!, 10 Jan. 1970, 14; Martha Shelley, “More Radical Than Thou,” Come Out!, 10 Jan. 1970, 7; Jim Fouratt, “Word Thoughts,” Come Out!, 10 Jan. 1970, 14; Lois Hart, “GLF News,” Come Out!, 10 Jan. 1970, 16; “28th of June Cell,” Come Out!, 10 Jan. 1970, 15; “GLF,” Come Out!, Apr. 1970, 2; Bob Kohler, “Right On!!,” Come Out!, Apr. 1970, 5; Pat Maxwell, “Homosexuals in the Movement,” Come Out!, Apr. 1970, 8-9; Steve Dansky, “Hey Man,” Come Out!, June 1970, 5; Craig Rodwell, “50 Years of Gay Life in America: 1970” Queen’s Quarterly, Fall 1970, 9, 52; Dennis Altman, “One Man’s Gay Liberation,” Come Out!, Dec. 1970, 20.

 

For related early sources on gay liberation agendas and philosophies in California, see Leo E. Laurence, “Gays Rising,” Berkeley Tribe, 5 Sep. 1969, 7, 18; Konstantin Berlandt, “Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me,” Berkeley Tribe, 12 Sep. 1969, 5, 21; “Homosexual Rights,” Berkeley Barb, 12 Sep. 1969, 4; “Homosexual Liberation,” Berkeley Tribe, 10 Oct. 1969, 25; Don Jackson, “Gay Liberation Movement Invades Los Angeles,” Berkeley Barb, 24 Oct. 1969, 5; Stevens McClave, “Manifesto for Gay Liberation Theatre,” San Francisco Free Press, 16 Oct. 1969, 4; “The New Gay World of Gale Whittington,” Tangents, Oct. 1969, 4-9; “A Talk with Leo Laurence,” Tangents, Oct. 1969, 24-30; Stevens McClave, “An Army of Lovers Cannot Be Defeated,” San Francisco Free Press, 1 Nov. 1969, 10; Leo E. Laurence, “Gays Rising Up Angry,” Berkeley Tribe, 7 Nov. 1969, 8; “Gay Is Beautiful!” Berkeley Tribe, 7 Nov. 1969, 7; Leo E. Laurence, “Berkeley Gay Movement,” Berkeley Tribe, 14 Nov. 1969, 25; Gary Alinder, “Alternative Culture,” San Francisco Free Press, 15 Nov. 1969, 10; “Gay Lib Weekend,” Berkeley Tribe, 27 Nov. 1969, 18; Reese Erlich, “Berkeley’s Berlandt, Gay Liberation for Gay Dignity,” Los Angeles Free Press, 5 Dec. 1969, 5; Michael Francis Itkin, “The Homosexual Liberation Movement: What Direction?” Berkeley Barb, 5 Dec. 1969, 16; “A Gay Proposal,” Berkeley Tribe, 5 Dec. 1969, 6; Marcus [Overseth], “Grows Rapidly: What Kind of People?” San Francisco Free Press, 7 Dec. 1969, 6; Paul Goodman, “Memoirs of an Ancient Activist,” Berkeley Barb, 12 Dec. 1969, 7; Douglas Key, “Gay Power Groups Pull It Together,” Los Angeles Free Press, 19 Dec. 1969, 20; Leo E. Laurence, “Homogenous Homosexuals,” Berkeley Tribe, 19 Dec. 1969, 11; “Gay Sandwich,” Berkeley Tribe, 26 Dec. 1969, 6; “Berkeley Gay Liberation Front Fact Sheet,” Jan. 1970, reprinted in Committee for Homosexual Freedom Newsletter, 11 Jan. 1970, 5; “Gay Confab Comes Up With Three-Way Split,” Berkeley Barb, 2 Jan. 1970, 7; Don Jackson, “Homosexual Violence Predicted,” Los Angeles Free Press, 16 Jan. 1970, 20; M. [Marcus] Overseth, “Inside Look at Where We Stand,” San Francisco Free Press (1.9), c. Feb. 1970, 5, reprinted as Marcus Overseth, “Gay Liberation: An Inside View,” Gay Power (1.12), c. Mar. 1970, 8; “Statement of Purpose – Gay Liberation Front Los Angeles, Calif.,” Gay Power (1.11), c. Feb. 1970, 10 (reprinted in Come Out!, Apr. 1970, 16); Konstantin Berlandt, “Gay Holiday,” Berkeley Tribe, 13 Mar. 1970, 6, 23; Stevens, “Gay Consciousness,” Berkeley Tribe, 20 Mar. 1970, 8, 22; Don Jackson, “L.A. Gay Riots Predicted,” Gay Power (1.17), c. May 1970, 15, 20; “Break out of the Closet,” Berkeley Tribe, 19 June 1970, 13; Charles Thorp, “I. D., Leadership and Violence,” San Francisco Gay Free Press (2.11), 1970, 4, 5, 12. See also related sources in Chapter 2.

 

For related early sources on gay liberation agendas and philosophies in Chicago, see “Other Homophile Groups,” Mattachine Midwest Newsletter, Nov. 1969, 2; “Chicago Gay Liberation Group Forms,” Mattachine Midwest Newsletter, Nov. 1969, 3; Chicago Gay Liberation, “Statement of Human Rights,” Chicago Gay Liberation Newsletter, 18 June 1970, 4; Rich Larsen, “Gay Liberation—Midwest Regional Conference,” Chicago Gay Liberation Newsletter, Aug. 1970, 2-3.

 

For related early sources on gay liberation agendas and philosophies in Philadelphia, see Steve Kuromiya, “Just A Kiss Away,” Philadelphia Plain Dealer, 4 June 1970, 5; Basil O’Brien, “Gay Liberation Front Doesn’t Want Your Acceptance,” Distant Drummer, 18 June 1970, 5; Gay Liberation Front, Philadelphia Free Press, 27 July 1970, cover; Tom Ashe and Basil O’Brien, Philadelphia Free Press, 27 July 1970, 6-7; Steve Kuromiya, Philadelphia Free Press, 27 July 1970, 6; Stan Luxenberg, “Is ‘Gay’ an Accepted Word?” Thursday’s Drummer, 31 Dec. 1970, 1; Gay Dealer, c. Dec. 1970.

 

For related sources on the North American Conference of Homophile Organizations and the Eastern Regional Conference of Homophile Organizations, see Stephen Donaldson, “NACHO ’69 Meeting Stresses Varied Projects,” Los Angeles Advocate, Nov. 1969, 2, 27, 28, 29; Resolution, Eastern Regional Conference of Homophile Organizations, Nov. 1969, reprinted in C. F. [Carole Friedman], “In the Movement: ERCHO Report, Homophile Action League Newsletter, Jan. 1970, 5-7; Madolin Cervantes, “Autumn Conference of E.R.C.H.O. Meets in Philadelphia,” GAY, 1 Dec. 1969, 3, 10; “ERCHO Spring Conference,” Gay Power (1.7), c. Dec. 1969, 6; Bob Martin, “ERCHO Meeting Adopts Radical Manifesto,” Los Angeles Advocate, Jan. 1970, 24; Dick Leitsch, “N.A.C.H.O. 70--San Francisco,” Mattachine Times, Sep. 1970, 9-12; Rob Cole, “Old, New Ideas Tangle at NACHO Convention,” Los Angeles Advocate, 30 Sep. 1970, 1-2, 6-7, 12, 23; Jim Kepner, “Angles on the News: NACHO in Future-Shock,” Los Angeles Advocate, 30 Sep. 1970, 2, 13; Jim Rankin, “NACHO Upside Down,” Gay Sunshine, Oct. 1970, 4; Rob Cole, “NACHO ‘Liberated’ on Final Day,” Los Angeles Advocate, 14 Oct. 1970, 8, 11.

 

For homophile activist responses to gay liberation, see Price Dickenson, “What Is ‘Gay Power’?” Mattachine Society of New York Newsletter, Sep. 1969, 1-2; Carole Friedman, “Whither the Movement,” Homophile Action League Newsletter, Nov. 1969, 1-3; Edward Sagarin, “Behind the Gay Liberation Front,” Realist, May 1970, 17; “Rumors! Rumors! Rumors!?!” Mattachine Times, June 1971, 1-2; “In the Beginning,” Gay Activist, June 1971, 3, 14; “The Night They Raided the Stonewall,” Gay Activist, June 1971, 4, 12; Jim Kepner, “When Did Gay Militancy Begin,” The Advocate, 23 Dec. 1971, 2, 10; Randy Wicker, “The Stonewall Myth: Lies about Gay Liberation,” GAY, 9 Apr. 1973, 4-5.

 

For related sources on the Gay Activists Alliance in New York, see Leo Louis Martello, “Gay Activists Alliance Forms in New York City, Los Angeles Advocate, Mar. 1970, 1, 15; “GAA—Then ‘Til Now,” Gay Activist, Apr. 1971, 6; Frank Conner, “GAA—The Second Year,” Gay Activist, Dec. 1971, 3, 12, 16; “Where the Action Was,” Gay Activist, Dec. 1971, 9; Morty Manford and Arthur Evans, “The Theory and Practice of Confrontation Tactics,” GAY, 12 Feb. 1973, 18-19; Morty Manford and Arthur Evans, “The Theory and Practice of Confrontation Tactics: The Political Function of Zaps,” GAY, 26 Feb. 1973, 17-18; Morty Manford and Arthur Evans, “The Theory and Practice of Confrontation Tactics: How to Zap,” GAY, 12 March 1973, 17.

 

For related sources on Wittman’s “Refugees from Amerika,” see Carl Wittman, “Waves of Resistance,” Liberation, Nov. 1968, 29-33; “Talking to Gays,” Committee for Homosexual Freedom Newsletter, 22 Apr. 1969, 1; “Grass Roots Support,” Committee for Homosexual Freedom Newsletter, 29 Apr. 1969, 2; “Homosexual Liberation,” Berkeley Tribe, 10 Oct. 1969, 25; “Refugees from Amerika: A Gay Perspective,” Berkeley Tribe, 26 Dec. 1969, 12; “Gay Lib Stirs Up Fem Lib,” Berkeley Barb, 2 Jan. 1970, 3; Carl Wittman, Liberation, Feb. 1970; Bob Kohler, “Right On!!,” Come Out!, Apr. 1970, 5; “S.F. Militant Issues Manifesto,” GAY, 20 Apr. 1970, 3, 15; Bob Kohler, “Right On!!,” Come Out!, Apr. 1970, 5; “Gay Pride Week, 1970,” Mattachine Midwest Newsletter, July 1970, 1; Rich Larsen, “Gay Liberation—Midwest Regional Conference,” Chicago Gay Liberation Newsletter, Aug. 1970, 2-3; “A Gay Manifesto,” Los Angeles Free Press, 14 Aug. 1970, 56-57, 53; “Literature from Rep,” Gay Liberator, Dec. 1970, 11.

 

Documents 109-113: Lesbian Feminist Manifestos, 1969-1973

 

The documents reprinted in The Stonewall Riots are Radicalesbians, “The Woman-Identified Woman,” Come Out!, June 1970, 12-13; Lesbian Workshop, Revolutionary People’s Constitutional Convention, “Lesbian Demands: Panther Constitution Convention,” Come Out!, Sep. 1970, 16; Del Martin, “‘If That’s All There Is’: Female Gay Blasts Men, Leaves Movement,’” Los Angeles Advocate, 28 Oct. 1970, 21-22; Anita Cornwell, “Open Letter to a Black Sister,” The Ladder, Oct. 1971, 33-36; Jeanne Córdova, “Lesbian Feminism & the Fourth Demand,” Gay Liberator, Apr. 1973, 4-5.

 

For related early sources on lesbian feminism in New York, see Martha Shelley, “Stepin Fetchit Woman,” Come Out!, 14 Nov. 1969, 7, reprinted in Philadelphia Free Press, 27 July 1970, 6; Lois Hart, “Some News,” Come Out!, Apr. 1970, 3; Kathy Wakeham, “Lesbian Oppression,” Come Out!, June 1970, 9; E. Bedoz, “Afraid of What,” Come Out!, Sep. 1970, 7; Ana Sanchez and Lydia French, “Hermanas Unidas,” Come Out!, Sep. 1970, 13; M. Shelley, “Subversion in the Women’s Movement,” It Ain’t Me Babe, 30 Oct. 1970, 8-9, and M. Shelley, “Subversion in the Women’s Movement,” Ain’t I A Woman, 30 Oct. 1970, 8-9, reprinted as Martha Shelley, “Subversion in the Womans Movement,” Off Our Backs, 8 Nov. 1970, 5-6, and Martha Shelley, “Subversion in the Womans Movement,” Come Out!, Dec. 1970, 8-9; “GLF Women,” Come Out!, Dec. 1970, 10; “Radicalesbians,” Come Out!, Dec. 1970, 10; Sue Katz, “Some Thoughts after a Gay Woman’s Lib Meeting,” Come Out!, Dec. 1970, 14.

 

For related early sources on lesbian feminism in California, see “Gay Lib Stirs Up Fem Lib,” Berkeley Barb, 2 Jan. 1970, 3; Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon, “Who Will Set the Female Homosexual Free,” Los Angeles Free Press, 9 Jan. 1970, 1, 13, 18; “Gay Women’s Liberation Is Formed in Berkeley and SF,” Committee for Homosexual Freedom Newsletter, 11 Jan. 1970, 3; Tiresias, “A Kiss on the Mouth,” Berkeley Barb, 23 Jan. 1970, 2, 12; Varda Murrell, “Ladies Lib Seeks Sisterly Aid from Lesbian Group,” Los Angeles Free Press, 27 Mar. 1970, 10; “Women’s Lib Meets Gay Lib at Berkeley,” Los Angeles Advocate, Mar. 1970, 7; Judy, “Lesbians as Women,” It Ain’t Me Babe, 21 May 1970, 7, 13; Gay Women’s Liberation statement, c. May 1970, reprinted in It Ain’t Me Babe, 6 Aug. 1970, 16; Don Jackson, “Gay Women’s Lib,” Gay Power (1.17), c. May 1970, 21; Judy Grahn, “Lesbians As Women,” Berkeley Tribe, 19 June 1970, 16; “Lesbians As Bogeywomen,” Come Out!, June 1970, 10; Del Martin, “If That’s All There Is,” It Ain’t Me Babe, 8 Oct. 1970, 6-7; Del Martin, “Columnist Resigns, Blasts Male Chauvinism,” Vector, Oct. 1970; Del Martin, “If That’s All There Is,” Gay Liberator, Nov. 1970, 12-13; Sally Gearhart, “Lesbianism As A Political Statement,” Sisters, Dec. 1970, 2-5; Karen Wells, “DOB and Radical Politics,” Sisters, Dec. 1970, 29-31; Jeanne Cordova, “Sisterhood and Non-Sisterhood at Gay Women's West Coast Conference,” Everywoman, 9 July 1971, 10; Jeanne Cordova, “Same War!” Lavender Woman, Jan. 1973, 12.

 

For related early sources on lesbian feminism in Philadelphia, see “Radicalesbians,” Homophile Action League Newsletter, 26 Jan. 1971, 6; “Radicalesbians: Coming Out v. Coming Home,” Awake and Move, Mar. 1971, 4; Mike, “Stand Up and Be Counted,” Getting It Together, 8 Nov. 1971, 4, 9; Ruth Rovner, “Lesbians First; Women Second,” Drummer, 16 Dec. 1971, 4; Anita Cornwell, “Letter to a Friend,” The Ladder, Dec. 1971, 42-45; Anita Cornwell, “From a Soul Sister’s Notebook,” The Ladder, June 1972, 43-44; “To Liberate Women Is To Liberate Society,” Lesbians Fight Back, July 1972, 1; Christa, “On Putting Your Own Kind Down,” Lesbians Fight Back, Aug. 1972, 2; Judy, “Racism: A Feminist Analysis,” Lesbians Fight Back, Sep. 1972, 5-6; Rosalee Buck, “I Am a Lesbian, I Am Proud,” Lesbians Fight Back, Sep. 1972, 6-7; Anita Cornwell, “A Black Lesbian Is A Woman Is A Woman,” Los Angeles Free Press, 24 Nov. 1972, 23.

 

For related sources on lesbian feminism in Washington, D.C., see Ginny Berson, “The Story of the Furies,” The Furies, Jan. 1972, 1; Sharon Deevey, “Such A Nice Girl,” The Furies, Jan. 1972, 2; Rita Mae Brown, “Roxanne Dunbar: How A Female Heterosexual Serves the Interests of Male Supremacy,” The Furies, Jan. 1972, 5-6; Charlotte Bunch, “Lesbians in Revolt,” The Furies, Jan. 1972, 8-9.

 

See below on the 1973 lesbian feminism conference, the Black Panthers, and the 1970 Revolutionary People’s Constitutional Convention.

 

Documents 114-117: Trans Liberation Manifestos, 1969-1973

 

The documents reprinted in The Stonewall Riots are “Transvestite and Transsexual Liberation,” Gay Dealer, c. Dec. 1970, 9, reprinted in “Transvestite and Transsexual Liberation,” Gay Sunshine, Jan. 1971, 3; “Queens Liberation Front…What Is It?” Drag 2.6 (1972), 13-14; Silvia [Sylvia] Lee Rivera, “Transvestites: Your Half Sisters and Half Brothers of the Revolution,” Come Out!, Winter 1972, 10; “Rapping with a Street Transvestite Revolutionary: An Interview with Marcia [Marsha] Johnson,” in Out of the Closets: Voices of Gay Liberation, ed. Karla Jay and Allen Young (New York: Douglas, 1972), 112-120.

 

For related sources on trans liberation, see Martha Shelley, “Respectability,” The Ladder, Oct. 1969, 24-25; Marty Stephan, “Bitch: Summer’s Not Forever,” Come Out!, 14 Nov. 1969, 11; “Drag Queens to Form Their Own Organization,” GAY, 1 Dec. 1969, 10; Virginia, “Unexpected Allies,” Transvestia, Dec. 1969, 38; Angela Douglas, “Transvestites & Transsexuals’ Teach-In,” Los Angeles Free Press, 5 June 1970, 12; John LeRoy, “Drag Queens Unite!” GAY, 8 June 1970, 14; Laura McAlister, “The Transvestite in America,” Come Out!, June 1970, 18; “Gay Power News: West Coast,” Gay Power (1.19), c. June 1970, 6; Angela Douglas, “Transvestite & Transsexual Liberation,” Come Out!, Sep. 1970, 21, reprinted in Gay Dealer, c. Dec. 1970, 10-12, and Gay Sunshine, Jan. 1971, 3; E. Bedoz, photograph, Come Out!, Dec. 1970, 5; Transvestite Transsexual Action Organization Newsletter, Jan. 1971, 1-3; Lilly Rose, “T.V. Guide,” Gay Sunshine, c. Mar. 1971, 6; “Transvestites,” Fag Rag, Summer 1972, 4; Jeanne Cordova, “D.O.B. Says No,” Lesbian Tide, Dec. 1972, 21, 31; “A Collective Editorial,” Lesbian Tide, Dec. 1972, 21, 29; “San Francisco,” Drag (3.10), 1973, 6-7; Arthur Evans, “Should TVs Embarrass Gay Cause?” The Advocate, 23 May 1973, 37, 39; Angela K. Douglas, “Transsexuals, Transvestites ‘Getting It Together,’” The Advocate, 7 Nov. 1973, 14.

 

For related sources on trans-lesbian conflicts at the 1973 lesbian feminist conference in Los Angeles, see Pichulina Hampi, “Transsexual Issue Plagues Lesbians,” The Advocate, 9 May 1973, 4; Connie Mayer, “1200 Sisters Gather!” Lavender Woman, May 1973, 2; Cheryl, “Lotsa Lesbians,” Sisters, May 1973, 2; “Beth Elliott, “Of Infidels and Inquisitions,” Lesbian Tide, June 1973, 15, 26; Robin Morgan, “Lesbianism and Feminism: Synonyms or Contradictions?,” Lesbian Tide, June 1973, 30-34; Jeanne Cordova, “Radical Feminism? Politics and Perspectives of Lesbian Feminists,” Lesbian Tide, June 1973, 20-21, 25-27; Connie Rathbun, Kris Vaughan, and Jean Hasler, “Dykes Galore,” Gay Liberator, June 1973, 6; Kris Vaughan and Jean Hasler, “Transexuals in the News,” Gay Liberator, June 1973, 6; Marley, “In Retrospect,” Sisters, June 1973, 15-16; Roberta Dill, “West Coast Lesbian Conference: April 1973,” Sisters, June 1973, 5-11; Virginia A. McConnell, “In Defense of Robin Morgan,” Sisters, June 1973, 13-14; Carol DeArment, “Lesbian Conference: A Bomb,” Vector, June 1973, 34; “Transsexuals Hex Robin Morgan,” The Advocate, 18 July 1973, 21; Joan E. Nixon, “Documenting the Dyke Conference,” Lavender Woman, Aug. 1973, 13-14; “A Challenge and a Response,” Gay Liberator, Oct. 1973, 7.

 

Documents 118-122: Anticolonial, Antiracist, Black, Third World LGBT Liberation Manifestos, 1970-1973

 

The documents reprinted in The Stonewall Riots are Huey P. Newton, “A Letter from Huey to the Revolutionary Brothers and Sisters about the Women’s Liberation and Gay Liberation Movements,” Black Panther, 21 Aug. 1970, 5; Male Homosexual Workshop, Revolutionary People’s Constitutional Convention, “We Demand,” Come Out!, Dec. 1970, 15; Third World Gay Revolution, “16 Point Platform and Program,” Come Out!, Dec. 1970, 16-17; Elandria V. Henderson, “Black and Lavender: The Black Lesbian,” Lavender Woman, Dec. 1971, 4.

 

For related sources in 1970, see Martha Shelley, “The Young Lords,” Come Out!, Apr. 1970, 10; Karen Wald, “Interview with James Baldwin,” Come Out!, June 1970, 16; “Gay People Help Plan New World,” Gay Flames, 11 Sep. 1970, 1-2, 7-8; “Black Panther Party Supports Gay Liberation,” GAY, 14 Sep. 1970, 3, 12; Ray Schultz, “Peoples Convention,” East Village Other, 15 Sep. 1970, 4-5, 20; Gay Revos Brigade, “The Almighty Stonewall Nation of All Tribes,” East Village Other, 29 Sep. 1970, 10; Third World Gay Revolution, “Who We Are/Quienes Somos,” Come Out!, Sep. 1970, 12; Third World Gay Revolution, “The Oppressed Shall Not Become the Oppressor/Los Oprimidos No Se Convertiran En Opresores,” Come Out!, Sep. 1970, 13, reprinted in Gay Liberator, Nov. 1970, 5, 7; “Hermanas Unidas,” Come Out!, Sep. 1970, 13; Lois Hart, “Black Panthers Call a Revolutionary People’s Constitutional Convention: A White Lesbian Responds,” Come Out!, Sep. 1970, 15, reprinted as “A Woman Speaks,” It Ain’t Me Babe, 9 Oct. 1970, 5; Lesbian Workshop, Revolutionary People’s Constitutional Convention, “Lesbian Demands: Panther Constitution Convention,” Come Out!, Sep. 1970, 16, reprinted as “Demands of the Lesbian Workshop,” Rat, 6 Oct. 1970, 6; Robbie, “Gay Lib Go Take Part in the Revolutionary People’s Constitutional Convention,” Chicago Gay Liberation Newsletter, Sep. 1970, 2; Don Jackson, “Gays Say They,” Berkeley Barb, 23 Oct. 1970, 6; Paul Eberle, “Platforms and Political Playmates,” Los Angeles Free Press, 30 Oct. 1970, 17, 20, 25, 28, 29; Angela Douglas, “Hatshepsut Sure Was A Drag!” Los Angeles Free Press, 30 Oct. 1970, 64; M. Shelley, “Subversion in the Women’s Movement,” It Ain’t Me Babe, 31 Oct. 1970, 8-9, reprinted as Martha Shelley, “Subversion in the Womans Movement,” Come Out!, Dec. 1970, 8-9; Audrey Weaver, “‘Gay’ Guys Movement in Midwest Is Going Strong,” Chicago Defender, 31 Oct. 1970, 8; “Gays Discover Revolutionary Love,” Chicago Gay Liberation Newsletter, Oct. 1970, 3-5, 7; “Schism in Chicago Gay Lib!” Chicago Gay Liberation Newsletter, Oct. 1970, 1, reprinted in Gay Liberator, Nov. 1970, 6; “Panther Chief Favors Gay, Women’s Lib,” Mattachine Midwest Newsletter, Oct. 1970, 14; Huey Newton, “On the Liberation of Gays & Women,” Detroit Gay Liberator, 1 Nov. 1970, 4; Angela Douglas, letter to the editor, Los Angeles Advocate, 11 Nov. 1970, 20; Ron V., Giles K., and Allen Y., 6-7; “Gay Tribes Come Together in the Nation’s Capitol,” Gay Flames, 14 Dec. 1970, “Gay Man in Philadelphia,” Come Out!, Dec. 1970, 15; Earl Galvin, “Letter from Cuba,” Come Out!, Dec. 1970, 19; “No Revolution without Us,” Come Out!, Dec. 1970, 17; Dennis Altman, “One Man’s Gay Liberation,” Come Out!, Dec. 1970, 20; Third World Gay Revolution, “16 Point Platform and Program,” Gay Dealer, c. Dec. 1970; Detroit Gay Liberation Front Black Caucus, letter to the Detroit chapter of the National Committee to Combat Fascism, reprinted in Gay Liberator, Dec. 1970, 7.

 

For related sources in 1971, 1972, and 1973, see Michael Robinson, “The Stud Shooting: From a Black Viewpoint,” Gay Sunshine, Jan. 1971, 2; Harlan, “Everyday Racism in G.L.F.D.,” Gay Liberator, Feb. 1971, 3, 14; Third World Gay Revolution, “16 Point Platform and Program,” Gay Liberator, Feb. 1971, 6-7; Wayne Pierce and Kwame Keita, “Feed Back! Discussion & Criticism of Third World 16 Point Platform,” Gay Liberator, Mar. 1971, 4-5; “Gay Feelings on the Brigade,” Rat, 30 Mar. 1971, 19; “Sisters and Brothers,” Come Out, Spring 1971, 4-5; “Statement by GLF/T.W.G.R.,” Chicago Gay Pride, June 1971, 21, 23; “3rd World Gay Revolution,” Fag Rag, Fall 1971, 8; letter to the editor, Jet, 28 Oct. 1971, 4; letter to the editor, Jet, 16 Dec. 1971, 4; Anita Cornwell, “Letter to a Friend,” The Ladder, Dec. 1971, 42-45; letter to the editor, Jet, 13 Jan. 1972, 4; Margaret, “Black and Lavender: Blacklesbian,” Lavender Woman, Nov. 1971, 4; Elandria V. Henderson, “Black Gay Liberation,” Lavender Woman, May 1972, 5; Anita Cornwell, “From a Soul Sister’s Notebook: The Lesser of the Worst,” The Ladder, June 1972, 43-44; Anita Cornwell, “A Black Lesbian Is A Woman Is A Woman,” Los Angeles Free Press, 24 Nov. 1972, 23; Anita Cornwell, “Black/Lesbian/Woman,” Gay Liberator, Feb. 1973, 7; letters to the editor, Ebony, Nov. 1972, 18-19; Jan. 1973, 20; Mar. 1973, 13; May 1973, 14; July 1973, 11, 13.