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How Harvey Milk Found His Calling in an Epic Gay Rights Battle
Slate· 4 days agoWith gay rights under attack in cities around the country, it would be up to Milk and his allies to...
The Richard Pryor Set That Shook the Gay Rights Movement
Slate· 4 days agoPryor was the first major celebrity to share a story like this.
LGBTQ Rights Milestones Fast Facts – KION546
KION 46 Salinas· 5 days agoIt is the first documented gay rights organization. 1950 – The Mattachine Society is formed by activist Harry Hay and is one of the first sustained gay...
How Reporting on a 1978 Proposal to Ban Gay Teachers Changed My Understanding of Queer History
Slate· 4 days agoThis is an essay on Slow Burn: Gays Against Briggs. It’s hard not to feel a little jealous of gay...
“Cosmic Genderf*ck”: Jon Savage's New Book Celebrates the LGBTQ Artists Who Shaped Pop Culture
Esquire· 3 days agoGornick’s denunciation of camp — quoted by Jon Savage in The Secret Public, his magisterial new...
Threats in ‘our own backyard’; LGBTQ+ Staten Islanders fearful after worldwide travel alert
Staten Island Advance· 5 days agoSt. George resident KC Hankins said while it has always been “a scary world” for LGBTQ+ people,...
Harvey Milk's original Advocate obituary from 1979
The Advocate· 4 days agoFor a long time, it looked as though Harvey Milk was destined to become the gay Harold Stassen. Milk first ran for the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in 1973 when, sporting ...
Blast from the Past: A look back on historical headlines in our community
Wyoming Tribune-Eagle· 4 days agoPaul Grube was selected to fill the Superintendent of Schools position left vacant by Richard M...
Three activists on why they refuse to be silent in older age
Amnesty International· 6 days agoThis week, as the United Nations moves towards an international convention on the rights of older persons, Amnesty International is launching a new campaign: Age Loud! Older people around the ...
In the Bronx, Donald Trump Goes to His Hateful, Happy Place
The New Yorker· 2 days agoAt the other end of the 5 train’s line, in the Manhattan Criminal Courthouse, Trump is still facing...
