The publitn started months after police harassment of patrons at New York's Stonewall Inn, a LGBTQ bar Greenwich Village, sparked five days of unrt 1969 and galvanized the gay rights movement.
Contents:
- WASHGTON BLA: LGBTQ NEWS, POLICS, LGBTQ RIGHTS, GAY NEWS
- D.C.'S BT GAY BARS AND HANGOUTS
- 'THE GAY BLA' DEBUTS D.C.
- THE GAY BLA, JUNE 1972
WASHGTON BLA: LGBTQ NEWS, POLICS, LGBTQ RIGHTS, GAY NEWS
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’s prcipal lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr (LGBT) newspaper sce s first issue October 1969. And the social and polil progrs of the gay rights movement.
D.C.'S BT GAY BARS AND HANGOUTS
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The paper’s name has evolved over the years om s origal, The Gay Bla, a 1960s slang term for a gay man: 'In the Victorian era, the phrase 'gay bla' meant a dashg and charmg swordsman. ' By the 1960s, however, sometim ‘gay bla’ was ed terchangeably wh phras like 'nfirmed bachelor, ' as for a gay man, generally the closet. Gay Communy Center om 1982 to 1988; beme volved gay sports anizatns, social and youth servic groups, LGBTQ veterans anizatns, the early D.
Gay Pri events, and lol neighborhood groups, the Rabow History wre-up says.
'THE GAY BLA' DEBUTS D.C.
“Jam was a long-time member of the Gay Activist Alliance (GAA), former print of the Gay Communy Center of DC, a foundg member of SMYAL (Sexual Mory Youth Assistance League), a long-time member of the Board of Directors of the Rabow History Project, and print of CARA (Capal Area RaBowlers Associatn), ” acrdg to a wre-up by Woods.
THE GAY BLA, JUNE 1972
The Rabow History Project wre-up says Ctchfield served for two years as print of the Capal Area Gay, Lbian and Bisexual Veterans of Ameri and served as secretary for an earlier lol LGBT veterans group.