The world’s first out gay photojournalist, she documented the birth of the LGBTQ movement.
Contents:
- ‘NUNS QUIVERED AT THE NGHTY BS!’ THE STORY OF TRAILBLAZG GAY POP SONG KAY, WHY?
- LEGENDARY GAY RIGHTS PNEER KAY LAHEN PASS AT 91
‘NUNS QUIVERED AT THE NGHTY BS!’ THE STORY OF TRAILBLAZG GAY POP SONG KAY, WHY?
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Sexualy - Gay or Nay. Correct our wiki/b - is he not gay or straight or of different herage? For LGBTQ+ people, and pecially for gay men, the summer of 1967 offered much promise.
The Sexual Offenc Act had jt been passed, meang that homosexualy – at least, homosexual acts private between two nsentg adult mal aged over 21 – was no longer a crimal offence, and the atmosphere was filled wh a palpable sense of change.
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LEGENDARY GAY RIGHTS PNEER KAY LAHEN PASS AT 91
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“Our dienc were by no means only gay; wherever we went, we played to people of all backgrounds. Gay News. Was released, an advert appeared the recently lnched fortnightly newspaper Gay News.
By that time the Gay Liberatn Front had been tablished for two years, Bra’s first Pri march had taken place, and pop stars cludg David Bowie had helped make androgyny big bs. Over the ensug years began to pick up notoriety among llectors, helped along by a digal reissue 2007, wh pi changg hands for hundreds of tim more than the “60p for one py or £1 for two” advertised Gay News.
” For the last six years, that telephone greetg om gay rights pneer Kay Lahen has brought me joy at least once every uple of weeks; sometim twice one day; for she has been one of my hero om the moment I beme an activist nearly half a century ago. Tucker, Courty ONE Natnal Gay & Lbian Archiv at the USC Librari. The event clud the ditn of a Veterans Admistratn cenotaph memory of Leonard’s mentor, Kay’s longtime iend and ra--arms, WWII veteran and, as David put , the father of the morn gay rights movement Frank Kameny.