Le Katmandou Opens in Paris

Elula Perrin opens Le Katmandou in Paris. For the next two decades, it was the most popular lesbian social club and disco in Paris.

GLAAD Holds First Rally Outside New York Post

GLAAD [the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation] holds its first public rally outside the offices of the New York Post, a newspaper owned by media mogul Rupert Murdoch, to protest its homophobic coverage of the AIDS epidemic. 800 protesters…

The Children's Hour Opens in New York City

The Children’s Hour, a play by Lillian Hellman, opens in New York City. The play revolves around the accusation by a student that two teachers in the school are lesbians. The play received strongly positive reviews and was a hit on Broadway. The…

Boise Newspaper Starts Anti-Gay Panic

In an editorial titled “Crush the Monster,” the Idaho Daily Statesman, a newspaper in Boise, announces that the “evils of moral perversion prevail in Boise on an extensive scale.” The editorial sets off a public panic that lasts for over a year and…

Allen Schindler, Jr. Murdered in Hate Crime

U.S. Navy Petty Officer Allen Schindler, Jr. is brutally murdered by a fellow sailor in an anti-gay hate crime. Schindler had complained to his superiors of harassment and had come out to them, but they were slow to process his discharge. In the…

ACT UP Demonstrations at the FDA

The militant AIDS activist organization ACT UP stages a day-long demonstration outside the offices of the Food and Drug Administration in Bethesda, Maryland. The 1500 demonstrators were protesting the secrecy and slowness of the process for…

San Francisco Progress "Exposes" Lesbian and Gay Rights Organizations

The San Francisco Progress, a weekly neighborhood newspaper, carries a front-page story with the headline, “Sex Deviates Make S.F. Headquarters.” The paper “exposes” the existence of organizations like the Mattachine Society and the Daughters of…

Paul Monette

Writer

Randy Shilts

Journalist/Author

Richard Foltz

Songwriter and Activist

Marijane Meaker

Writer

Miriam Ben Shalom

Military Veteran and Activist

Michael Bennett

Theatre Director, Choreographer

Janis Ian

Songwriter, Singer, Musician

Edward Albee

Playwright

Judith Butler

Philosopher/Intellectual

Franco Zeffirelli

Film and Stage Director

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