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…

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…

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…

Paul Monette

Writer

Randy Shilts

Journalist/Author

Richard Foltz

Songwriter and Activist

Marijane Meaker

Writer

Miriam Ben Shalom

Military Veteran and Activist

Michael Bennett

Theatre Director, Choreographer

Janis Ian

Songwriter, Singer, Musician

Edward Albee

Playwright

Judith Butler

Philosopher/Intellectual

Franco Zeffirelli

Film and Stage Director

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