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    FBI File: 1256[1]

    Excerpt of FBI file.

  • Fifth Annual Lesbian Writers Conference in Chicago

    The Fifth Annual Lesbian Writers Conference convenes in Chicago. The opening keynote address was delivered by Paula Christian, a popular “pulp novelist” of the 1950s and 1960s known for novels such as The Edge of Twilight and This Side of Love. …

  • John Lawrence and Tyrone Garner Arrested in Houston

    Police in Houston Texas arrest John Lawrence and Tyrone Garner on charges of having sex in violation of the state’s Homosexual Conduct law. The case eventually led in 2003 to a Supreme Court decision, Lawrence v.Texas, that declared all state sodomy…

  • Bar Raid in San Francisco

    Police in San Francisco raid the Alamo Club, a popular lesbian bar, and arrest 36 women on charges of frequenting a house of ill repute. Most of the women arrested pleaded guilty. The police action and the women’s response led the year-old…

  • Prison officials place Bayard Rustin in isolation

    In a U.S. federal prison in Kentucky because of his refusal as a pacifist to join the military in World War II, Bayard Rustin is placed in isolation by prison officials who accuse him of sexual misconduct. Rustin was preparing to launch a strike of…

  • Leonard Matlovich on the cover of Time magazine

    Time magazine features on its cover a picture of Air Force Sergeant Leonard Matlovich, with the caption “I Am a Homosexual: The Gay Drive for Acceptance.” Matlovich was challenging the military’s longstanding policy of excluding gays, lesbians, and…

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    David Wojnarowicz

    David Wojnarowicz, Artist and AIDS Activist

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    Bettina Aptheker

    Bettina Aptheker, Activist, Writer, Teacher

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    Alison Bechdel

    Alison Bechdel, Writer and Cartoonist

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    Jane Addams

    Jane Addams, Social Justice Activist

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    Sylvester

    Sylvester, Singer and Performer

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    Edward Carpenter

    Edward Carpenter, Writer and Activist

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    Christopher Isherwood

    Christopher Isherwood, Writer

  • Wolfenden Report Released in Great Britain

    The Wolfenden Report is released in Great Britain. Named after Sir John Wolfenden, who chaired the committee appointed by the British Home Secretary, the Report recommended that laws criminalizing consensual sex in private between adults be…

  • First conference of East Coast activists

    In the wake of the national March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, the first conference of East Coast Homophile Organizations opens in Philadelphia. The conference, whose theme was “Homosexuality—Time for Reappraisal,” brought together gay and…

  • March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom

    The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom brings more than 200,000 people to Washington DC in support of racial equality and justice. Larger than any other protest demonstration since the 1930s, it pushed the civil rights movement into the center…

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    Mart Crowley

    Mart Crowley, Writer

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    Perry Watkins

    Perry Watkins, Army Veteran and Activist

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    Alix Dobkin

    Alix Dobkin, Musician, Singer, and Songwriter

  • Kinsey study of female sexuality published

    Alfred Kinsey’s study, Sexual Behavior in the Human Female, is released. Based on interviews with thousands of women, it sharply challenged conventional beliefs about sexual behavior in the U.S., and revealed that sex outside marriage was far more…