Girl Scout Cookies

Philadelphia Neighborhoods

Puerto Rico Postcard

The Venture Inn

Germantown, Philadelphia - 1960

Philadelphia General Hospital

The Lincoln Apartments - at Camac and Locust Streets - Presentday

Maxine's - Matchbook Ad and Menu

The Westbury - Bar Sign and Ad

Photo of the Westbury and an ad for the Westbury (late-1940s).

Map of Philadelphia - Neighborhoods

Graphical representation of Philadelphia neighborhoods.

The Connection, Volume 4, Number 2

The Connection, Volume 4, Number 1

A Gay Youth Group, the FBI, and the Community, 1984, by Mitchell Halberstadt

An exhibit on Gay and Lesbian Youth of New York and its relationship to the FBI in the 1980s.

Polish Activist Publishes Manifesto

Polish gay activist Krzysztof Darski publishes a page-long article in the national weekly magazine, Polityka. Writing frankly about the situation faced by gays in Poland, he described them as “ridiculed and pushed to the edge of society,…

British film, Victim, denied Hollywood approval.

The British film, Victim, starring Dirk Bogarde, is denied a seal of approval from Hollywood’s Motion Picture Production Code Administration. The film, which openly advocated the repeal of laws criminalizing homosexual behavior between consenting…

Elaine Noble Elected in Massachusetts

Elaine Noble is elected to the state legislature in Massachusetts as a representative from a district in Boston. Noble was the first openly LGBT candidate elected to a state legislative position. Her election encouraged other candidates to run for…

Protest Against Media Bias

Several dozen activists from the Gay Activists Alliance in New York City conduct a sit-in at the offices of Harper’s, a prominent nationally circulated monthly magazine. The previous month, Harper’s had run a cover story by Joseph Epstein who wrote,…

Cheryl Clarke 2

Poet and scholar Cheryl Clarke

Rustin at Podium

Bayard Rustin at the podium during the March on Washington

Rustin in Office

Bayard Rustin in his office, showing a map of the March on Washington.