1.  1987-02-16: St. Olson, Debra, "Gays, lesbians opening door," St. Cloud Daily Times (St. Cloud, MN), part 1.

2.  1987-02-16: St. Olson, Debra, "Gays, lesbians opening door," St. Cloud Daily Times (St. Cloud, MN), part 2. 

3  1987-02-17: Olson, Debra, "Homosexuals double life," St. Cloud Daily Times (St. Cloud, MN), part 1.

4  1987-02-17 Olson, Debra, Homosexuals double life, St. Cloud Daily Times (St. Cloud, MN), part 2.

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CHRONOLOGY

1850-00-00: DATE UNCERTAIN. Gender transgression. The seated individual is identified on back as as “Mr. C. Reil,” of “Kellogg Minn” (Minnesota).

1970-05-18: May 18, 1970, Michael McConnell and Jack Baker were married by Hennepin County Minnesota Justice of the Peace.

1976-00-00: Allan Spear, Minnesota, 1976

1978-00-00:1978 proved to be an important if ambivalent year in gay and lesbian politics; the anti-gay wave that defeated non-discriminatory legislation in Wichita, Kansas, St. Paul, Minnesota and Eugene, Oregon earlier in the year, was countered by the same day defeat of Initiative 13 in Seattle and the similar Briggs Initiative in California.

1987-02-16: St. Olson, Debra, "Gays, lesbians opening door," St. Cloud Daily Times (St. Cloud, MN), part 1. See document 1 above.

1987-02-16: St. Olson, Debra, "Gays, lesbians opening door," St. Cloud Daily Times (St. Cloud, MN), part 2. See the document to the right.

1987-02-17: Olson, Debra, "Homosexuals double life," St. Cloud Daily Times (St. Cloud, MN), part 1. See document 3.

1987-02-17 Olson, Debra, Homosexuals double life, St. Cloud Daily Times (St. Cloud, MN), part 2. See document 4.