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- THE HISTORY OF ‘G OUT,’ OM SECRET GAY TO POPULAR POLIL PROTT
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- INSI THE SECRET GAY MOVEMENT AT ONE OF AMERI’S MOST HOMOPHOBIC LLEG
- ‘AN OPEN SECRET’: A GAY LIFE JAZZ AGE CHIGO
- SHE HELPED SPIRE ‘A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN.’ NOW A FORMER CHIGOAN’S SECRET GAY RELATNSHIP IS THE SUBJECT OF A NEW NETFLIX DOC.
- THE FOTTEN SECRET LANGUAGE OF GAY MEN
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In the late 19th and early 20th century, gay subculture thrived many large Amerin ci. Gay men spoke of “g out” to gay society – borrowg the term om butante society, where ele young women me out to high society. A 1931 news article the Baltimore Ao-Amerin referred to “the g out of new butant to homosexual society.
The 1930s, ‘40s and ‘50s wnsed a growg backlash agast this visible gay world. In rponse, gay life beme more secretive. The Mattache Society, the earlit important anizatn of what was known as the homophile movement – a precursor of the gay rights movement – took s name om myster medieval figur masks.
In this ntext, g out meant acknowledgg one’s sexual orientatn to onelf and to other gay people. Kg” or “gay” – that uld be ed mixed pany to signate someone as homosexual. The term “gay” was origally borrowed om the slang of women prostut, when they ed the word to refer to women their profsn.
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Of urse, “gay” was ultimately “outed” when the gay rights movement adopted followg the Stonewall Rebelln 1969.
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It was subsequently memorated an annual march known today as “gay pri. At the first Gay Liberatn March New York Cy June 1970, one of the anizers stated that “we’ll never have the eedom and civil rights we serve as human begs unls we stop hidg closets and the shelter of anonymy.
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By the end of the 1960s, queer people who pretend to be heterosexual were said to be “ the closet” or labeled a “closet se” or, the se of gay men, “closet queens. For stance, 1978, his mpaign to feat a California iative that would have banned gay teachers om workg state public schools, openly gay elected ernment official Harvey Milk urged people to “Come Out, Come Out, Wherever You Are. Milk gambled that if queer people told their iends they were gay, Californians would realize that they had iends, workers and fay members who were gay and – out of solidary – would oppose the proposn.
In the 1980s, the gay and lbian rights movement radilized rponse to the Christian right and AIDS epimic. Activists ed the mantra “Come Out, Come Out, Wherever You Are” to mand that people clare their homosexualy. The g out narrative beme a re of passage, somethg to be shared wh others, and the centerpiece of gay liberatn movements.
Its members wore T-shirts Day-Glo lors wh slogans such as “PROMOTE HOMOSEXUALITY. As ttimony of this shift, today, marriage equaly is the law of the land, the popular TV edy “Morn Fay” featur a gay uple and one of the leadg ndidat for the Democratic printial ticket, Pete Buttigieg, is a gay man.
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Home to the untry’s olst gay neighborhood and Henry Gerber, the founr of the first LGBTQ+ anizatn, Chigo’s rich LGBTQ+ history ns ep wh the cy. Was once home to lbian rights activist Pearl Hart also known as “The Guardian Angel of the Gay Communy. ” Hart was one of the first female attorneys to practice crimal law Chigo and beme known for fendg immigrants, lbians and gay men, children, and other equently opprsed groups.
It was the first homosexual rights anizatn to be found the Uned Stat and s “Friendship and Freedom” newsletter is nsired the first documented gay rights publitn the untry. Gerber/Hart Library & Archiv Named honor of gay rights activists Henry Gerber and Pearl Hart, this is the Midwt’s largt LGBTQ circulatg library wh over 14, 000 volum, 800 perdil tl, and 100 archival llectns.
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The Legacy Walk This outdoor mm is loted the heart of Boystown, the olst gay neighborhood the untry.