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The Best Of Off-Off Broadway Cover
Cover of "Off-Off Broadway," Michael Smith, ed.
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Program Cover 2
Gorilla Queen Program Cover, Judson Poet's Theater, New York City, 1967
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David Kerry Heefner
David Kerry Heefner, 1967
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Gorilla Queen Program Cover
Gorilla Queen Program Cover, Martinique Theater, New York City, 1967
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The Gorilla Was Gay: Remembering Ronald Tavel's "Gorilla Queen," March 1967, by David Kerry Heefner
David Kerry Heefner's reflections on a much loved off-off-Broadway play of the 1960s. Published originally on OutHistory in 2013.
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Gay and Lesbian Community Center Opens in Las Vegas, Nevada
The Gay and Lesbian Community Center of Las Vegas, Nevada celebrates its grand opening. While the reception was going on inside the Center, members of a conservative Christian group put homophobic flyers on the windshields of cars in the parking…
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Massive Civil Disobedience Outside the Supreme Court in Washington DC
Hundreds of people engage in an act of nonviolent civil disobedience on the steps of the Supreme Court Building in Washington, DC with about 800 demonstrators arrested by police. They were protesting the Court’s decision in 1986 in Bowers v.…
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Allen Ginsberg Reads Howl
At the Six Gallery in San Francisco, a group of Beat poets gives a reading of their work. The highlight of the evening was Allen Ginsberg reading for the first time the poem Howl. The poem openly embraces homosexual love between men, which was rare…
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First Display of Names Project Memorial Quilt in Washington, DC
With nearly two thousand panels, the Names Project Memorial Quilt, which commemorates the lives of people who have died of AIDS, was displayed nationally for the first time on the Mall in Washington D.C. The name of each person was read aloud as…
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Rally in Washington, DC for Right to Marry
Two thousand same-sex couples and several thousand supporters stage a mass wedding outside the offices of the Internal Revenue Service in Washington, D.C. to protest their lack of access to legally recognized marriages. The motto of the demonstrators…
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First Gay Pride Rally in Richmond, Virginia
The first Gay Pride Rally in Richmond, Virginia was held on the campus of Virginia Commonwealth University. Organizers of the event were protesting the arrival in Richmond of Anita Bryant, who had spearheaded a voter referendum to repeal an…
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Motion Picture Production Code Changes
The Board of Directors of the Motion Picture Association of America modifies the Motion Picture Production Code so that the topic of homosexuality can be presented on screen, provide the subject is “treated with care, discretion and restraint.” The…
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Reno, Nevada's First Gay Rodeo
Reno, Nevada holds its first “Gay Rodeo” at the Washoe County Fairgrounds. Over 125 people participated in an event that happened annually until 1984, when over 10,000 people attended the 9th rodeo.
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Chicago's March on Washington Day
To raise awareness of the upcoming National March on Washington for Gay and Lesbian Rights, Chicago’s Mayor Harold Washington issues an official proclamation declaring the day of the march, October 11th, Chicago March on Washington Day.
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Eden Built by Eves: The Culture of Women’s Music Festivals
Eden Built by Eves: The Culture of Women’s Music Festivals (Los Angeles: Alyson Books, 1999). By Bonnie J. Morris
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Sexual Politics, Sexual Communities: The Making of a Homosexual Minority in the United States, 1940-1970
Sexual Politics, Sexual Communities: The Making of a Homosexual Minority in the United States, 1940-1970. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1983; 2nd edition, with a new preface and afterword, 1998. By John D’Emilio
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Masked Voices: Gay Men and Lesbians in Cold War America
Masked Voices: Gay Men and Lesbians in Cold War America. By Craig M. Loftin (Albany: SUNY Press, 2012)
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Letters to ONE: Gay and Lesbian Voices from the 1950s and 1960s
Letters to ONE: Gay and Lesbian Voices from the 1950s and 1960s. Albany: SUNY Press, 2012. Edited and with an Introduction by Craig M. Loftin.
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The Lavender Scare: The Cold War Persecution of Gays and Lesbians in the Federal Government
The Lavender Scare: The Cold War Persecution of Gays and Lesbians in the Federal Government. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2004. By David K. Johnson
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Pedro Almodovar
Pedro Almodovar, film director and writer