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Source: Bay Area Reporter

10/30/19

Recalling Purple Hands protests of 1969 on Halloween

by Marc Stein

Halloween has long been one of the queerest of holidays, but on October 31, 1969, San Francisco LGBT activists found new ways to confront their terrifying fears of media misrepresentations and police violence.

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Recalling Purple Hands protests of 1969 on Halloween

by Marc Stein