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One of his clost relatnships was wh his gay bt iend and prep school roommate.

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MEMORI OF JFK FROM HIS GAY BT FRIEND

Print John F. Kennedy was killed Dallas 50 years ago, leavg behd a mourng natn and his gay bt iend, Lem Billgs. * john f kennedy gay *

Kennedy Printial Library: we hoe papers that pture an important part of the history of the Amerin gay rights movement. It n be tough to rearch the LGBTQ muny’s teractns wh the ernment the mid-20th century, when gay and lbian dividuals were often subject to discrimatn (both society at large and by the ernment) or vlence. Though their origal purpose was to advote for the gay muny, many of the letters and rpons eventually wound up ernment archiv around the untry, ensurg that documentatn of LGBTQ polil efforts would be prerved wh other official rerds of the time perd.

JFK MAY HAVE HAD GAY EXPERIENC WH IEND CLAIMS BGRAPHER

John F. Kennedy had a three-s-long iendship wh his former schoolmate Lem Billgs. Print John F. Kennedy may have had an timate relatnship wh a gay iend om his prep school days, claims btsellg thor Jerry Oppenheimer, who has wrten two books about the Kennedys. * john f kennedy gay *

First page of the Constutn of the Mattache Society of Washgton, an early gay rights anizatn, sent to Print John F. But Kameny mak a few later appearanc the archiv, poppg up aga 1972 as a lear of Gay Cizens for McGovern.

INSI JFK’S INTIMATE RELATNSHIP WH GAY BT FRIEND WHO HAD HIS OWN ROOM IN THE WHE HOE

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The group urged Printial ndidat go on the rerd wh their polici toward “homosexually-oriented dividuals. Gay Cizens for McGovern pamphlet, highlightg Senator Gee McGovern’s beliefs on gay rights durg the 1972 Printial mpaign.

EXCLIVE: THE TIMATE RELATNSHIP BETWEEN JFK AND HIS GAY IEND

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Frank Mankiewicz Personal Papers, Box 19, Gays.

JFK GRANDSON JACK SCHLOSSBERG DID NOT COME OUT AS GAY

But the small file he tled “Gays” was created his pacy as Senator Gee McGovern’s 1972 Printial mpaign manager, and documents the mpaign’s teractns wh LGBTQ activists. It don’t appear that Senator McGovern returned his qutnnaire, but he did propose a multi-pot plank support of gay rights early 1972.

GAYS

The first page of an undated Gay Cizens for McGovern prs release tailg Senator McGovern’s policy proposals. While always tak some tective work to figure out why an archiv has somethg that seems pletely out of s spe – like 1972 gay rights materials at the JFK Library – we thk this is part of what mak archival exploratn (and the prervatn and scriptn that make possible) so important.

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PHOTOS: Memori of JFK From His Gay Bt Friend .

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