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The Block
The area around the Richmond Public Library at First and Franklin was known as "The Block." The City of Richmond targeted gay men in this area under its solicitation law. Credit ML
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Marschak and Weinstock
Beth Marschak and Barbara Weinstock in the early 1990s.
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Out and About
Out and About was a monthly paper through 2008. Credit ML
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Labrys Books
Poster for the opening of Labrys Books. Credit ML
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Gayzette
The Virginia Gayzette began publishing in 2009. Credit ML
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Rev. Robin Gorsline
Rev. Robin Gorlsine pastors MCC-Richmond today. Credit JS
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Carl Archaki
Carl Archaki served on the Virginia Sexual Minorities Commission and was a leader in Dignity. Credit ML
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ERA March
March in support of the Equal Rights Amendment, Richmond, January, 1979. Credit ML
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DC March October 1979
Richmond Lesbian Feminists members march in the first National March for Lesbian and Gay Rights, Wasgington, DC, October, 1979. Credit ML
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Women'sBooks
Women'sBooks display at the 1981 Richmond Lesbian Feminists Women's Festival. Credit ML
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Judge Robert Merhige
Judge Robert Merhige (right) meets US Senate candidate John Warner and his wife, Elizabeth Taylor. Credit ML
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Mulberry House Residents
Mulberry House residents, 1975. Credit ML
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Stephen Lenten
Virginia Commonwealth University Dean Stephen Lenten battled in court for university recognition of the Gay Alliance of Students. Credit ML
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Aunt Bee
Members of GAP attended New York's 1975 Gay Pride Parade and Festival. Drag entertainer Stanley Kelsey appeared as Aunt Bee. Kelsey later served on the GAP board, and as Dora Lee Lewis remains a fixture of the Richmond scene. Credit ML
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Patch Adams
Dr. Hunter "Patch" Adams in 1973
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Dora Lee Lewis
Stanley Kelsey performed as DoraLee Lewis. This picture is circa 1980. Credit ML
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Tony Segura
In the 1950s, Gonzalo "Tony" Segura co-founded the Mattachine Society, commonly considered the first national LGBT organization. Segura's moved to Richmond in 1959, but his efforts to start a Mattachine chapter in Richmond were…
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Broadway Cafe
The Broadway Cafe was originally Benny Sepul's, a 1950s-era restaurant with a private back area for gay men. Credit ML
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Hunter Stagg
Avante garde writer Hunter Stagg hosted gay and lesbian authors. Credit ML
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Ellen Glasgow
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Ellen Glasgow was a suffrage activist and a prominent member of Richmond's literary circle. Credit ML