gay

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• SOURCE: NY Review of Books
  5-14-18
  

  A Thing for Men in Uniforms

  by James Kirchick

  The marriage of macho gay male identity and ultra-reactionary politics.

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• SOURCE: NBC
  11-23-17
  

  Was Walt Whitman 'gay'?

  New textbook rules spark LGBTQ history debate.

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• 4-6-15
  

  The first gay sit-in happened 50 years ago

  by Marc Stein

  Fifty years ago, three teen-agers in Philadelphia took an extraordinary step by refusing to take a step. Their sit-in began on Sunday, April 25, 1965, at Dewey's restaurant near Rittenhouse Square 

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• SOURCE: Indy Star
  3-30-15
  

  Here's a look at history of 'religious freedom' laws

  Citing the Supreme Court's decision in the Hobby Lobby case, Pence said Indiana needs its own version of the federal law to "ensure that religious liberty is fully protected under Indiana law."

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• SOURCE: Organization of American Historians
  3-28-15
  

  OAH denounces anti-gay legislation signed by Indiana governor

  The so-called religious freedom act allows businesses to discriminate against gay people.

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• SOURCE: American Historical Association
  3-24-15
  

  Historians join other scholars in protesting Georgia's anti-gay legislation

  "The many scholars and teachers who will make their way to Georgia for our upcoming professional conferences include colleagues who could be excluded from establishments that fall within the purview of this legislation."

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• SOURCE: NBC News
  3-22-15
  

  Bob Jones III Apologizes for 35-Year-Old Call to Kill Gays

  In 1980 he said: "I guarantee it would solve the problem post-haste if homosexuals were stoned, if murderers were immediately killed as the Bible commands."

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• SOURCE: OAH
  3-9-15
  

  Historians' history of discrimination against gay people

  by George Chauncey on behalf of the Organization of American Historians

  Excerpt from the historians' amicus brief to the Supreme Court. 

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• SOURCE: KC Johnson's website and hear the audio
  11-3-14 (accessed)
  

  This is how far we've come on gay issues in 50 years

  by KC Johnson

  50 years ago a tape recording caught LBJ and J. Edgar Hoover discussing the possibility a cabinet secretary was gay. 

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• SOURCE: JSTOR Daily
  10-20-14
  

  Sherlock Holmes star to feature in a new movie about Alan Turing

  The Imitation Game, starring Benedict Cumberbatch, is opening in wide release later this fall, bringing the tragic story of Alan Turing to the movies.

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• SOURCE: Pink News
  7-14-14
  

  New film chronicling Swiss gay magazine that survived the Nazis

  It was the only European gay publication to outlast the Nazis.

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• 6-23-14
  

  The Long Struggle to Stop Employment Discrimination Against LGBT People Is Even Longer than You Think

  by Marc Stein

  There is a long history to this struggle, which began in the 1950s and accelerated after the passage of the groundbreaking 1964 legislation.

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• 6-20-14
  

  Hillary Comes out of the Closet

  by Rachel Hope Cleves

  The closet has long been a comfortable position for those willing to tolerate, but not endorse, same-sex marriage.

• 
• 6-10-14
  

  What the Texas GOP Is Proposing Is Downright Dangerous for Gay People

  by Jonathan Harrison

  The Texas GOP is thus gambling with the lives and careers of millions of people.

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• SOURCE: GLBT History Museum (press release)
  5-6-14
  

  The first GLBT History Museum in the US is opening a new exhibition after remodeling

  The grand opening of "Queer Past Becomes Present," the first exhibition in the newly remodeled Main Gallery of the GLBT History Museum, will happen on May 15.

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• SOURCE: Daily Titan (student newspaper, CA State University, Fullerton)
  4-30-14
  

  How a historian discovered he was gay by delving into gay archives

  Since his life-alternating experience in the archives, Craig Loftin has embraced his sexual orientation in numerous ways.