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Contents:

• THE REVOLUTNARY WAR HERO WHO WAS OPENLY GAY
• MARVEL ANNOUNC FIRST GAY CAPTA AMERI
• 'GO GAYS!': WHY USA'S LGBTQ WORLD CUP STARS ARE MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER
• GAY AMERIN HERO
• GAY AMERIN HERO MEMORIAL
• EXHIB TO HONOR GAY AMERIN {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}NEWSBY LYLE MASAKIAUGT 9, 2007/5:44 PMBY LYLE MASAKIAUGT 9, 2007 / 5:44 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"EXHIB TO HONOR GAY AMERIN HERO","DATEPUBLISHED":"2007-08-09T21:44:09.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2007-08-09T21:44:09.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"LYLE MASAKI","KEYWORDS":"THE BACKLOT","ARTICLESECTN":"NEWS"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}A GROUP OF LGBT ACTIVISTS (CLUDG STT HALL, FRANK KAMENY, US REPRENTATIVE BARNEY FRANK AND AMAZG RACE WNER CHIP ARNDT) ARE WORKG TOWARDS THE CREATN OF A MEMORIAL TO VICTIMS OF ANTI-GAY HATE CRIM. THE EFFORT, GAY AMERIN HERO, AIMS TO "HONOR AND REMEMBER LGBT VICTIMS OF HATE CRIM" WHILE ALSO SEEKG TO CREASE AWARENS ABOUT VLENT CRIM AGAST LGBT PEOPLE. THE EXHIB WILL SHOW PICTUR OF HATE CRIME VICTIMS, ALONG WH THEIR NAM AND STORI, ON A 100 FOOT LONG DISPLAY OF RABOW LORED PANELS. INCLUD WILL BE THE RECENTLY MURRED MICHAEL SANDY PICTURED {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE EXHIB IS MEANT TO TRAVEL AND BE DISPLAYED LLEGE MP, GAY PRI EVENTS AND OTHER MUNI. IT WILL CLU TERACTIVE ELEMENTS CLUDG AN "ADOPT-A-HERO" PROGRAM THAT WILL SEND A RD TO IENDS AND FAY OF THE HERO, LETTG THEM KNOW THAT THEIR LOVED ONE HAS NOT BEEN FOTTEN. VISORS WILL ALSO BE ABLE TO SUBM THE NAME OF A IEND, FAY MEMBER OR LOVER WHO WAS LOST TO A HATE CRIME OR PRT OUT RMATN ABOUT ONE OF THE EXHIB'S HERO TO TAKE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MORE RMATN ABOUT THE PROJECT N BE FOUND AT THE FOUNDATN'S WEBSE. THE EXHIB HOP TO BE PLETED {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE POWER OF AN EXHIB LIKE THIS IS THAT MAK PEOPLE SEE HATE CRIME VICTIMS AS PEOPLE, RATHER THAN STATISTICS. BY HEARG STORI OF THE HERO, STRAED CLAIMS THAT ADDG LGBT PEOPLE TO HATE CRIME PROTECTNS WILL STIFLE THE EE SPEECH OF ANTI-GAY ACTIVISTS LOSE THEIR POWER. I'M REMD OF LAVENR LIBERAL'S VIO TRIBUTE TO HATE CRIME VICTIMS, WHICH MA HARD NOT TO SEE THE TRAGEDY OF ALL THE LIV TERPTED BY TOLERANCE, A POWERFUL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MEANWHILE, A SIAR EFFORT IS BEG SPEARHEAD BY PAM'S HOE BLEND NTRIBUTOR TERRANCEDC. HE IS WRG WIKIPEDIA ENTRI ON HATE CRIME VICTIMS, TO MAKE SURE THOSE STORI ARE EASILY FOUND AND N BE REFERENCED BATG HATE CRIME LEGISLATN. AS ALWAYS, HUMANIZG THE ISSUE AND SHOWG THAT HAS HAPPENED TO PEOPLE THEY ULD IMAGE KNOWG AND LOVG IS A VERY POTENT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THANKS TO FOR THE HEAD'S {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

THE REVOLUTNARY WAR HERO WHO WAS OPENLY GAY

" She had a way wh words and ed that talent to speak out agast racism, sexism, and homophobia. Advertisement - Contue Readg Below2 Barbara GtgsShutterstockGtgs beme a csar for gay rights a before the Stonewall rebelln.

MARVEL ANNOUNC FIRST GAY CAPTA AMERI

In addn to lnchg the New York chapter of the lbian anizatn, Dghters of Bilis (which she ran form 1958 to 1963), she eded their natnal magaze and was known for standg ont and center picket l prottg anti-gay discrimatn. Advertisement - Contue Readg Below3 Bayard RtGetty ImagRt never hid his homosexualy while fightg alongsi Dr. They were the first same-sex uple married 2004 after the cy clerk was orred to provi marriage licens to gay upl.

'GO GAYS!': WHY USA'S LGBTQ WORLD CUP STARS ARE MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER

) He was also a key player gettg the Amerin Psychiatric Associatn to no longer list homosexualy as a mental disorr. The 1950s by anizg a secret society lled Bachelors Anonymo unr the ia that homosexual rights was somethg worth pursug jt like any other mory group. He won a spot on the Cy-County Board 1977 after earng the nickname "Mayor of Castro Street, " makg him the first openly gay elected official California.

Milk spent his time on the board workg on many issu cludg gay rights before his assassatn November 1978.

Advertisement - Contue Readg Below14 Jam BaldwGetty ImagBaldw was wrg gay and bisexual characters years before the LGBTQ movement fully took form and up until his ath 1987.

GAY AMERIN HERO

Advertisement - Contue Readg Below17 Karl Herich UlrichsAlamyRevered as a pneer of the morn gay rights movement, Ulrich was a German wrer creded as the first person to publicly "e out" 1862. Urlichs later rejected the term "homosexual, " bee he felt queer inty went beyond jt sexual acts.

GAY AMERIN HERO MEMORIAL

Advertisement - Contue Readg Below18 Larry KramerGetty ImagKramer rose to lerary fame the 1970s focg his work on the gay experience.

He turned to activism durg the AIDS epimic the early '80s and helped lnched the Gay Men's Health Crisis 1982. Advertisement - Contue Readg Below19 Leonard MatlovichGetty ImagMatlovich stood up to the ary's ban on gay service members by g out a letter to his mandg officer 1975.

Advertisement - Contue Readg Below20 Magn HirschfeldGetty ImagHirschfeld was a German doctor who began studyg sexualy while livg Berl 1896 wh a foc on homosexualy. He -found the Scientific-Humanarian Commtee, which was the world's first gay rights anizatn.

EXHIB TO HONOR GAY AMERIN {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}NEWSBY LYLE MASAKIAUGT 9, 2007/5:44 PMBY LYLE MASAKIAUGT 9, 2007 / 5:44 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"EXHIB TO HONOR GAY AMERIN HERO","DATEPUBLISHED":"2007-08-09T21:44:09.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2007-08-09T21:44:09.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"LYLE MASAKI","KEYWORDS":"THE BACKLOT","ARTICLESECTN":"NEWS"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}A GROUP OF LGBT ACTIVISTS (CLUDG STT HALL, FRANK KAMENY, US REPRENTATIVE BARNEY FRANK AND AMAZG RACE WNER CHIP ARNDT) ARE WORKG TOWARDS THE CREATN OF A MEMORIAL TO VICTIMS OF ANTI-GAY HATE CRIM. THE EFFORT, GAY AMERIN HERO, AIMS TO "HONOR AND REMEMBER LGBT VICTIMS OF HATE CRIM" WHILE ALSO SEEKG TO CREASE AWARENS ABOUT VLENT CRIM AGAST LGBT PEOPLE. THE EXHIB WILL SHOW PICTUR OF HATE CRIME VICTIMS, ALONG WH THEIR NAM AND STORI, ON A 100 FOOT LONG DISPLAY OF RABOW LORED PANELS. INCLUD WILL BE THE RECENTLY MURRED MICHAEL SANDY PICTURED {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE EXHIB IS MEANT TO TRAVEL AND BE DISPLAYED LLEGE MP, GAY PRI EVENTS AND OTHER MUNI. IT WILL CLU TERACTIVE ELEMENTS CLUDG AN "ADOPT-A-HERO" PROGRAM THAT WILL SEND A RD TO IENDS AND FAY OF THE HERO, LETTG THEM KNOW THAT THEIR LOVED ONE HAS NOT BEEN FOTTEN. VISORS WILL ALSO BE ABLE TO SUBM THE NAME OF A IEND, FAY MEMBER OR LOVER WHO WAS LOST TO A HATE CRIME OR PRT OUT RMATN ABOUT ONE OF THE EXHIB'S HERO TO TAKE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MORE RMATN ABOUT THE PROJECT N BE FOUND AT THE FOUNDATN'S WEBSE. THE EXHIB HOP TO BE PLETED {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE POWER OF AN EXHIB LIKE THIS IS THAT MAK PEOPLE SEE HATE CRIME VICTIMS AS PEOPLE, RATHER THAN STATISTICS. BY HEARG STORI OF THE HERO, STRAED CLAIMS THAT ADDG LGBT PEOPLE TO HATE CRIME PROTECTNS WILL STIFLE THE EE SPEECH OF ANTI-GAY ACTIVISTS LOSE THEIR POWER. I'M REMD OF LAVENR LIBERAL'S VIO TRIBUTE TO HATE CRIME VICTIMS, WHICH MA HARD NOT TO SEE THE TRAGEDY OF ALL THE LIV TERPTED BY TOLERANCE, A POWERFUL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MEANWHILE, A SIAR EFFORT IS BEG SPEARHEAD BY PAM'S HOE BLEND NTRIBUTOR TERRANCEDC. HE IS WRG WIKIPEDIA ENTRI ON HATE CRIME VICTIMS, TO MAKE SURE THOSE STORI ARE EASILY FOUND AND N BE REFERENCED BATG HATE CRIME LEGISLATN. AS ALWAYS, HUMANIZG THE ISSUE AND SHOWG THAT HAS HAPPENED TO PEOPLE THEY ULD IMAGE KNOWG AND LOVG IS A VERY POTENT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THANKS TO FOR THE HEAD'S {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

In an era before gay marriage or open pri, ary men fell love, formed passnate iendships and had same-sex enunters. Historians also thk he was homosexual—and served as an openly gay man the ary at a time when sex between men was punished as a crime. He also downplayed mors that the baron had been dismissed om the Pssian ary for homosexualy.

”After the war, von Stben legally adopted both men—a mon practice among gay men an age before same-sex marriage was legal. John Mulligan, who was also gay, served as von Stben’s secretary and is thought to have had a relatnship wh the baron.