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    Gay in Newark poem

    Gay in Newark Poem

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    Sandow Photo

    Sandow Photo

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    Sandow Title Page

    Sandow Title Page

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    Asbury Park Press bar headline

    Asbury Park Press bar headline

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    Sakia Gunn

    Sakia Gunn

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    Queer Newark, 1885-present, by Timothy Stewart-Winter and Whitney Strub

    An exhibit on the often overlooked queer history of Newark, New Jersey, a history that is "tragic at times, but also bold, defiant, and resistant." First published on OutHistory in 2014.

  • Anti-Discrimination Law in Wisconsin

    Governor Lee Dreyfus of Wisconsin signs into law a bill that bans discrimination in housing, employment, and public accommodations based on sexual orientation. Originally introduced and sponsored by David Clarenbach, an openly gay member of the…

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    Marc Blitzstein

    Marc Blitzstein, Music Composer

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    Pedro Zamora

    Pedro Zamora, AIDS Activist

  • Gay Liberation in London

    In London, as Gay Liberation Front men leaflet outside, GLF women enter the Gateway Club, a popular lesbian bar, to protest the earlier expulsion by the owner of several women who were active in GLF. Demonstrators unplugged the juke box and shouted…

  • Controversy at University of North Carolina

    In a non-binding referendum, the student body at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill votes to deny funding to the Carolina Gay and Lesbian Association. But the delegates to the campus Student Congress decide to override the referendum…

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    Isaac Julien

    Isaac Julien, Filmmaker and Artist

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    Barbara Jordan

    Barbara Jordan, Politician and Civil Rights Leader

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    Sara Josephine Baker: Public Health Pioneer, 1873-1945, by Karisa Butler-Wall

    An exhibit on the life of Sara Josephine Baker, a pioneering figure in the history of public health. Published originally on OutHistory in 2014.

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    Sara Josephine Baker 3

    Baker driving an automobile (National Library of Medicine) [n.d.]

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    Sara Josephine Baker 2

    Unveiling of bust of Baker at Woman's Medical College of Philadelphia, Founders' Day event attended by Jane Wasey, sculptor; Dr. Leona Baumgartner, I.A.R. Wylie (who presented the bust to the College), Dean Marion Fay, Dr. Louise Pearce,…

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    Sara Josephine Baker 1

    Baker seated at her desk, February 2, 1925 (Library of Congress)

  • The film Making Love opens

    The movie Making Love opens. Directed by Arthur Hiller, a major Hollywood director, it was the first mainstream Hollywood film to treat the issue of being gay and coming out in a sympathetic fashion. It tells the story of a doctor who realizes he…

  • German Women's Organization Endorses Homosexual Law Reform

    Doctors Magnus Hirschfeld, a prominent sexologist and activist for gay freedom, and Helen Stocker, an activist for woman’s rights, address the League for the Protection of Maternity and Sexual Reform on the need to decriminalize sex between…

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    Tammy Baldwin

    Tammy Baldwin, Politician