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Gay Swchboard Ireland provis a nfintial telephone support service. Their iendly traed volunteers provi a safe space where support is provid.

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Short-term fellow Qun Anex-Ri discs the Gay Swchboard of New York and s llers' daily fears, joys, pleasur, and qutns. * gay switchboard *

By Qun Anex-Ri, NYPL Short-Term FellowApril 28, 2022On the afternoon of March 3, 1972, a man om South Carola picked up his phone to ll the Gay Swchboard of New York for rmatn about gay-iendly plac to vis durg his trip to the cy. Others sought out emotnal support related to lonels, homophobia, g out, and raisg LGBTQ children.

GAY & LBIAN SWCHBOARD OF NEW YORK

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The more than 50 people who lled on the 3rd of March were only a few of many who lled the Gay Swchboard over the urse of s s-long history. The Gay Swchboard was ially nceived the sprg of 1971 by former members of the Gay Activists Alliance and the Gay Liberatn Front as a centralized hub for sharg “rmatn about the radilly new gay liberatn movement and culture born after the June 1969 Stonewall rts. ” After a year of planng, the Gay Swchboard began takg lls on January 13th, 1972, makg the first and longt ntually-operatg LGBTQ hotle the untry.

Gay Swchboard of New York rerds, box 44The lls field by the Gay Swchboard are rerd thoands of pag of ll logs hoed the Gay Swchboard of New York rerds of the Mancripts and Archiv Divisn at The New York Public Library. The logs pture the day-to-day fears, joys, pleasur, and qutns that prompted llers to reach out to the Gay Swchboard as well as the reactns and thoughts of the volunteers on the other end.

Gay Swchboard of New York rerds, box 44While the nature of the lls might seem relatively mundane to the current observer, the servic offered by the Gay Swchboard of New York were revolutnary. By harnsg the power of the telephone, the Gay Swchboard provid llers wh a safe, discreet, and private platform to accs rmatn about queer-iendly tablishments and to have open discsns about sexualy and queer inty. The servic provid llers wh a lifele an otherwise hostile polil climate, as many LGBTQ Amerins experienced systematic crimalizatn, homophobia, and excln, even after Stonewall.

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