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3 years before Stonewall, gay activists protested all over the country on same day
All over the country, protests about the military’s ban on gay soldiers were organized. Liberals and conservatives alike hated it.
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In 1976, the Supreme Court slapped down a sodomy law challenge with just four words
It all started with a Help Wanted ad.
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Remembering transgender pioneer Christine Jorgensen
There was a media storm of coverage in the 1950’s after she transitioned.
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The ‘Black Cat gay riot’ is well-known… it’s also a myth
When cops wreaked havoc at the Black Cat Tavern, history labelled it “a riot”… but what really happened there?
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The first organized gay rights protest was five years before Stonewall
The world’s first gay rights protest was over military service – 30 years before Don’t Ask Don’t Tell was implemented.
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The gay L-O-V-E story behind the iconic image adored around the world
The iconic pop art creation was born out of Robert Indiana’s feelings for abstract artist Ellsworth Kelly.
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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 9 years fighting his country in court, Perry Watkins finally won.
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Karl Heinrich Ulrichs was the first gay activist
He came out of the closet before Abraham Lincoln was assassinated, created the first scientific theory of homosexuality, and published the first gay magazine.
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The ‘Downton Abbey’ movie erases Thomas’s gay history. And ours.
“No man is an island” at Downton Abbey. Except Thomas.
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Did you know there is an outdoor museum of LGBTQ history?
Chicago’s Legacy Walk teaches our history in a unique and fascinating manner.