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COUPLE CHALLENG KENTUCKY LAW AGAST GAY MARRIAGE
”Out of the shadows:Why the people are unverg Louisville's storied LGBTQ historyEarly 1900sThe LGBTQ muny largely met private up until the early 1900s when gay men steadily veloped a work of public plac where was safe to gather, such as the Hogan’s Founta area of Cherokee Park, Old Louisville’s Central Park and Fourth Street between downtown and Central Park.
1947After World War II, more gay-iendly or exclively gay bars appeared Uned Stat ci. 11, 1970, judge led agast the uple Febary 1971, and two years later, the Kentucky Supreme Court 1970In July 1970, 13 women and two men tablished the Louisville Gay Liberatn Front or LGLF. The group met at the home of s two primary -founrs, Lynn Pfuhl and Mike Randall, and the anizatn was among dozens that sprang up the Uned Stat followg the formatn of New York’s Gay Liberatn Front late LGLF also pneered what’s believed to be Kentucky’s first ll- phone le for gay and lbian people.
Group members also opened The Gay Lib Hoe at 1919 Bonnystle Ave.
HIGHLAND BAPTIST PLANS GAY MARRIAGE MAY
1972Louisville’s Metropolan Communy Church ngregatn, a lol branch of a natnally gay-iendly group, began meetg private hom 1972. This was Louisville’s first morn gay dis and was known for s extravagant drag shows. For the next 14 years, the hotspot beme Louisville’s most clive and popular gay bars until closed 1989.
1981Sam Dorr had worked at First Natnal Bank for nearly two s when he was named print of a pro-gay advocy group wh a relig affiliatn 1981. 1983Louisville’s Central Prbyterian Church, loted the historilly gay-iendly Old Louisville neighborhood, passed a “More Light” rolutn, which embrac gay members 1983.
Four years later the church ordaed an openly gay man, Nick Wilkerson, as a church elr. 1987The first March for Jtice took place on June 27, 1987, and the event marked the first Gay Pri march the state.