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Moreau de Saint-Méry and the "Unnatural Practices" of American Women, 1793-1798, by Jonathan Ned Katz
A French lawyer and politcian, Moreau de Saint Méry, who lived in the United States from 1793 to 1798, mostly in Philadelphia, provided one of the earliest comments on sex between women in the new American nation. First published on OutHistory in…
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A Raisin in the Sun
The first edition of Raisin in the Sun, 1959. The play was partly autobiographical, and the first play by an African-American woman to open on Broadway.
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Lorraine Hansberry
Lorraine Hansberry, playwright
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The Ladder
A butch cruising a femme in Washington Square park, cover of The Ladder, April 1959.
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Lorraine Hansberry (1930-1965): A Museum Show and Opening the Archive, by Kaitlyn Greenidge and Kevin Mumford
An exhibit on the queer intersectionality of African American writer Lorraine Hansberry, focusing on a 2013-2014 museum exhibit, an overview of Hansberry's life and work, and copies of Hansberry's correspondence with The Ladder.
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RVPM Nkoli Photo from Advocate
Photo of Nkoli appearing in an article titled "No Easy Walk to Freedom" in The Advocate, January 16, 1990
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RVPM Kuromiya Photo two injured demonstrators
Photo showing two civil rights demonstrators injured by sheriff's possemen on March 16, 1965 in Montgomery, Alabama
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RVPM Kuromiya Photo Montgomery 1965 Man covering head
Photo of attack of sheriff's men on civil rights demonstrators, Montgomery, Alabama, 1965
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RVPM Dill Title page Morals and Manners
Title page of Morals and Manners among Negro Americans coedited by WEB Dubois and Augustus Granville Dill
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RVPM Dill Cover Morals and Manners
Cover of Morals and manners among Negro Americans by WEB Dubois and Augustus Granville Dill
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Ruth Peter Worth, 1915 -1997, by Jonathan Ned Katz
Ruth Peter Worth, originally Ruth Wertheimer, was a Jewish Holocaust survivor, a U.S. immigrant, a lesbian, and a long-time home owner in Cherry Grove, Fire Island, New York. Published originally on OutHistory in 2011.
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American Psychiatric Association Victory!
The Board of Trustees of the American Psychiatric Association votes to remove homosexuality from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual. This action, which eliminated the classification of homosexuality as a disease, followed several years of…
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Gay Raider Disrupts the CBS Evening News
Mark Segal, a member of the Gay Raiders, a Philadelphia gay liberation group, disrupts Walter Cronkite’s CBS Evening News and forces the nationally televised show to black out for a few seconds. Segal was protesting CBS censorship of gay-related…
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Willa Cather
Willa Cather, Writer.
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Margaret Cho
Margaret Cho, Comedian
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Allan Berube
Allan Berube, Historian
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approves the first protease inhibitor to treat people infected with HIV
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approves the first protease inhibitor drug for the treatment of HIV infection. Approval of other protease inhibitors quickly followed. The drugs proved to be a milestone in the history of the AIDS epidemic…
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The first domestic partnership law in the U.S. is adopted in Berkeley California.
The city of Berkeley California extends spousal benefits to the same-sex partners of city employees. It is the first city or county in the U.S. to establish “domestic partnership” benefits, as they came to be called. Two years earlier, Mayor Diane…
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Dr. Joycelyn Elders speaks at UN Conference on AIDS
Attending a UN Conference on AIDS, U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Joycelyn Elders is asked whether more explicit discussion of masturbation as a way to reduce the spread of the HIV-virus might slow the epidemic. Masturbation is “a part of human sexuality”…
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Christine Jorgensen makes headlines in New York City
The New York Daily News breaks the story of Christine Jorgensen’s sex change (from male to female) on their front page with the headline “Ex-GI becomes blonde bombshell.” This was the first highly publicized case in the United States of a gender…