Hundreds of photographs om the 19th and 20th centuri offer a glimpse at the life of gay men durg a time when their love was illegal almost everywhere.
Contents:
- 100 YEARS OF PHOTOGRAPHS OF GAY MEN LOVE
- FAMO GAYS THROUGHOUT HISTORY
- SEE PHOTOS OF GAY MEN LOVE DATG BACK TO THE 1850S
- NEWLY PUBLISHED PORTRAS DOCUMENT A CENTURY OF GAY MEN LOVE
- HOW GAY CULTURE BLOSSOMED DURG THE ROARG TWENTI
- PUTTG GAY MEN BACK INTO HISTORY
100 YEARS OF PHOTOGRAPHS OF GAY MEN LOVE
This Pri Month, celebrate the famo people who have played a major role the Gay Rights Movement over the years. * historic gay men *
Still, though Rt was an out gay man, some believed his sexualy would unrme the movement.
When playwright and activist Larry Kramer published his say “1, 112 and Countg” 1983, AIDS was a highly stigmatized, ltle unrstood disease primarily affectg gay men.
FAMO GAYS THROUGHOUT HISTORY
* historic gay men *
“Our ntued existence as gay men upon the face of this earth is at stake, ” he wrote.
In all the history of homosexualy we have never before been so close to ath and extctn.
SEE PHOTOS OF GAY MEN LOVE DATG BACK TO THE 1850S
Three years later, the Turg Law was passed, allowg anyone nvicted of nsensual gay sex the UK to be pardoned. " 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.
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.
NEWLY PUBLISHED PORTRAS DOCUMENT A CENTURY OF GAY MEN LOVE
He later urged New York Cy mayor Ed Koch to work on a gay rights bill before his ath 1987.
They were the first same-sex uple married 2004 after the cy clerk was orred to provi marriage licens to gay upl.
) He was also a key player gettg the Amerin Psychiatric Associatn to no longer list homosexualy as a mental disorr.
HOW GAY CULTURE BLOSSOMED DURG THE ROARG TWENTI
Advertisement - Contue Readg Below12 Harry HayAlamyHay attempted to une closeted gay men L. 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.
PUTTG GAY MEN BACK INTO HISTORY
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. 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.