Michael Bedwell
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Meet Perry Watkins, the gay soldier the Supreme Court wouldn’t let the Army discharge
After 16 years of serving his country in the Army and nine years fighting his country in court, Perry Watkins finally won.
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Black lesbian Ernestine Eckstein was protesting when most gays thought protests were crazy
Closeted gays and even many early gay organizations criticized her for being visible and active.
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Legendary gay composer & Broadway genius Stephen Sondheim passes at 91
From “West Side Story” to “Sweeney Todd” and everything in between, the public searches hopelessly for words that encapsulate the incomparable creative.
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Legendary gay rights pioneer Kay Lahusen passes at 91
The world’s first out gay photojournalist, she documented the birth of the LGBTQ movement.
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Out Major General Tammy Smith retires after 35 years of service
In 1778, George Washington had a soldier drummed out of the military for sodomy. 243 years later, the Fife and Drum Corps, Honor Guard Company, and the Commander-in-Chief’s Guard were all there to celebrate a lesbian general’s retirement.
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Chasten Buttigieg’s new book is a frank discussion of growing up gay in middle America
Chasten has gone from being bullied for being too gay to being accused of not being gay enough. Now he’s telling his story.
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How gay Halloween became a major event in one small Indiana town in 1975
Some people were deeply closeted and used the Halloween dance’s popularity to be around out LGBs while pretending to be straight.
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Homophobia and homosexuality during World War I
Homosexuality was lobbed as an insult during the war while gay people hid it, but sometimes it would “hide in plain sight.”
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How Alfred Kinsey armed the early gay rights movement with research
Even early gay rights activists wouldn’t have known just how many people they were fighting for without him.
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The history of same-sex relationships is the history of marriage
Unions between people of the same-sex are hardly new phenomena. Love is eternal.
