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MAYOR’S OFFICE OF LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR AND QUTNG AFFAIRS
Digny/Washgton celebrat the wholens and hols of Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenred, and Queer Catholics. Wh some of the most polilly and socially active LGBT muni the natn, the District has been the birthplace for many movements and anizatns, such as the Mattache Society of Washgton and the Gay Men’s Chos of Washgton, D. Certaly, the District do not tend to be the first cy that to md when nsirg the untry’s most LGBT-iendly ci, pecially when many of the hate-filled mpaigns the 1950s that hoped to crack down on those who were gay were lnched by police and feral officials centered the District.
Dpe this, there have been several people, march, and headquarters the cy that have bolstered the polil strength of the LGBT muny, such as the Natnal March on Washgton for Lbian and Gay Rights 1979. This two-story, red brick Colonial Revival property was once the home and office of the father of gay activism, Dr.
It also served as a headquarters for gay civil rights anizg that eventually led to overturng the Amerin Psychiatric Associatn's fn of homosexualy as a mental illns. Bullough’s “Before Stonewall: Activists for Gay and Lbian Rights Historil Context” publitn, Kameny is scribed as "one of the most signifint figur" the Amerin gay rights movement.