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- 160 GAY HISTORY TRIVIA QUTNS, ANSWERS, AND FUN FACTS
- GAY PRI
- NFL ACH KEV MAXEN MAK SPORTS HISTORY BY G OUT AS GAY
- GAY FUN FACTS
- 10 GAY PRI HISTORY FACTS EVERYONE SHOULD HEAR ABOUT
160 GAY HISTORY TRIVIA QUTNS, ANSWERS, AND FUN FACTS
This Pri Month, celebrate the famo people who have played a major role the Gay Rights Movement over the years. * fun gay history *
" She had a way wh words and ed that talent to speak out agast racism, sexism, and homophobia. Advertisement - Contue Readg Below2 Barbara GtgsShutterstockGtgs beme a csar for gay rights a before the Stonewall rebelln. In addn to lnchg the New York chapter of the lbian anizatn, Dghters of Bilis (which she ran form 1958 to 1963), she eded their natnal magaze and was known for standg ont and center picket l prottg anti-gay discrimatn.
Advertisement - Contue Readg Below3 Bayard RtGetty ImagRt never hid his homosexualy while fightg alongsi Dr. He later urged New York Cy mayor Ed Koch to work on a gay rights bill before his ath 1987.
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Over 160 trivia qutns and answers about Gay History our Specialized History tegory. Did you know the fun bs of trivia and tertg bs of rmatn? * fun gay history *
They were the first same-sex uple married 2004 after the cy clerk was orred to provi marriage licens to gay upl. ) He was also a key player gettg the Amerin Psychiatric Associatn to no longer list homosexualy as a mental disorr. Advertisement - Contue Readg Below12 Harry HayAlamyHay attempted to une closeted gay men L.
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Gay Pri, annual celebratn, ually June the Uned Stat and sometim at other tim other untri, of lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and queer (LGBTQ) inty. Gay Pri memorat the Stonewall rts New York Cy of June 28, 1969. * fun gay history *
The 1950s by anizg a secret society lled Bachelors Anonymo unr the ia that homosexual rights was somethg worth pursug jt like any other mory group. He won a spot on the Cy-County Board 1977 after earng the nickname "Mayor of Castro Street, " makg him the first openly gay elected official California. Milk spent his time on the board workg on many issu cludg gay rights before his assassatn November 1978.
Advertisement - Contue Readg Below14 Jam BaldwGetty ImagBaldw was wrg gay and bisexual characters years before the LGBTQ movement fully took form and up until his ath 1987. Advertisement - Contue Readg Below17 Karl Herich UlrichsAlamyRevered as a pneer of the morn gay rights movement, Ulrich was a German wrer creded as the first person to publicly "e out" 1862. Urlichs later rejected the term "homosexual, " bee he felt queer inty went beyond jt sexual acts.
Advertisement - Contue Readg Below18 Larry KramerGetty ImagKramer rose to lerary fame the 1970s focg his work on the gay experience. He turned to activism durg the AIDS epimic the early '80s and helped lnched the Gay Men's Health Crisis 1982. Advertisement - Contue Readg Below19 Leonard MatlovichGetty ImagMatlovich stood up to the ary's ban on gay service members by g out a letter to his mandg officer 1975.
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LGBTQ mic history is so much more than a timele of who me out when and which songs beme gay anthems -- ’s also about the artists who weren’t aaid to be themselv eras when dog so often had real risks attached. * fun gay history *
Advertisement - Contue Readg Below20 Magn HirschfeldGetty ImagHirschfeld was a German doctor who began studyg sexualy while livg Berl 1896 wh a foc on homosexualy. He -found the Scientific-Humanarian Commtee, which was the world's first gay rights anizatn.
Alexanr Wood was a Sttish merchant and magistrate who was at the center of a homosexual sndal 1810.
What nickname was he given, which was based on a rogatory term for homosexual men at the time? It was suggted that the rape did not happen, the victim did not exist, and that Wood had ma the whole thg up orr to satisfy his homosexual urg. " At the time, "Molly" was a rogatory term for homosexual men.
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Years later, Wood purchased land that was given the nickname "Molly Wood's Bh" and this area is now part of Toronto's gay village. ETSource: Getty ImagAn archival photo of an LGBT para gog through New York Cy on Christopher Street Gay Liberatn Day 1971. The holiday honors the 1969 Stonewall Getty ImagA banner readg “We Are Everywhere” at a Gay Pri march on Fifth Avenue New York Cy, USA, July 1979.