A Brief History of Connecticut Gay Media - Connecticut Explored

Contents:

• A BRIEF HISTORY OF CONNECTICUT GAY MEDIA
• THE BEST CONNECTICUT GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS CONNECTICUT
• GAY CY, HEBRON
• JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ASSISTANT COACH KEV MAXEN MAK HISTORY AFTER COMG OUT AS GAY
• GAYT PLAC IN CONNECTICUT FOR 2020
• HOW GAY CULTURE BLOSSOMED DURG THE ROARG TWENTI
• GAY CONNECTICUT
• GAY RIGHTS

A BRIEF HISTORY OF CONNECTICUT GAY MEDIA

” The Griff was published by the Kalos Society, Hartford’s “homophile anizatn, ” as scribed self, whose agenda was summed up one early issue as the “unqualified acceptance of homosexualy as … a highly valued exprsn of human love on a par wh heterosexualy. Eventually, bisexuals and transgenr people got the magaze to acknowledge them as the “gay” movement evolved to LGBTQ: lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer. While anyone should of urse feel weled at any bs, hotel or rtrant Connecticut, we asked a few iends for remendatns on plac to start planng your vis— om gay-owned B&Bs to gay bars and events that appeal to many LGBTQ terts and liftyl.

Further down the Connecticut Shorele, Madison’s gay-owned Scranton Seahorse Inn attracts travelers wh a luxur home away om home that’s mut om geo beach, top rated rtrants, and trendy boutiqu. And be sure to check the lendar for performanc by some of Connecticut’s leadg choral groups, too, cludg Another Octave, Connecticut Gay Men’s Chos and Hartford Gay Men’s Chos.

THE BEST CONNECTICUT GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS CONNECTICUT

The gay rights movement and broar fight for LGBTQ+ rights did not start the 1970s, but the Connecticut legislature troduced the first versn of the gay-rights bill 1973.

GAY CY, HEBRON

In 1975, Connecticut’s Senate beme the first legislative chamber the untry to pass an anti-discrimatn gay-rights bill, however, the Hoe of Reprentativ then rejected . The Connecticut Cizens for Decency took out quarter-page advertisements the Hartford Courant to promote their opns agast homosexualy and arrived at public heargs wearg blue berets and rryg Bibl to ttify to their opposn.

On the other si, the Connecticut Coaln for Gay and Lbian Rights and other gay rights activist groups lobbied legislators and anized protts and vigils support of the gay-rights bills.

Several hundred people, who were supportg the Connecticut Coaln for Lbian and Gay Civil Rights, also monstrated outsi the State Capol (June 8, 1989) – Hartford Courant.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ASSISTANT COACH KEV MAXEN MAK HISTORY AFTER COMG OUT AS GAY

After the murr of Richard Reihl, a gay Wethersfield man, May 1988, the Connecticut LGBTQ+ muny began to ph more urgently for civil rights and protectns. Several dozen prottors ma to the gallery, where they hung banners that read “We refe to disappear” and listed the nam of the legislators who had voted agast the gay-rights bill. Several months later, Febary 1990, Capol Police arrted 12 members of the Coaln after they terpted Governor William O’Neill’s budget speech to the General Assembly by unfoldg a banner the gallery that mand lbian and gay rights.

As more public figur me out as gay or lbian, beme harr for legislators to claim they did not see the need for the bill bee they had never met a homosexual person.

GAYT PLAC IN CONNECTICUT FOR 2020

The 1991 gay-rights law was a signifint tone for the LGBTQ+ muny Connecticut, but also clud several exemptns for relig anizatns, ROTC, owner-occupied multiple fay hom, and child adoptn/foster suatns. In addn, the law mak very clear that “nothg this act shall be emed or nsted to mean the state of Connecticut ndon homosexualy or bisexualy or any equivalent liftyle.

In Febary 1990, members of the Connecticut Coaln for Lbian and Gay Civil Rights dispted the General Assembly meetg and displayed a banner prott of Governor William O’Neill’s lack of support for the gay rights bill, which legislators had been tryg to pass for 17 years. That same year, Betty Gallo, on behalf of the CT Coaln for Lbian and Gay Civil Rights, lobbied the General Assembly to enact a send piece of legislatn expandg on the Hate Crim bill; creased the penalti if the fendant mted the crime due to the victim’s sexual orientatn. Fally, 1991, the General Assembly passed the Gay Rights Bill; a law prohibg discrimatn based on a person’s sexualy areas of employment, hog, tn, and cred.

NOH8, the photographic iative to promote LGBTQ awarens and fight homophobia, has open photo shoots on June 27 om 6 to 8 at Enfield Congregatnal, Uned Church of Christ, 1295 Enfield St., and on June 28 om 6 to 8 p.

HOW GAY CULTURE BLOSSOMED DURG THE ROARG TWENTI

LGBTQ sex lumnist Dan Savage noted that Earrg Magic Ken’s wardrobe rembled outfs seen at gay rav a few years prr (leave to Ken to be jt behd the tim). Later, the anizatn lled Connecicut Lbian and Gay Pri Ftival (CLGPF) spun off om the Task Force to work solely for the purpose of producg the ftival each year, startg '84.

The Damned Story: Near the center of Connecticut the unassumg town of Hebron ss Gay Cy State Park, offerg streams, a scenic pond and over 1, 500 acr of woodland teemg wh hikg trails, recreatnal opportuni and... Gay Cy was a once-thrivg 18th-century village that was primarily habed by the Gay fay; the park is particularly named after John Gay, one of the settlement’s foundg fathers.

GAY CONNECTICUT

Henry Sumner, the fahful—cludg many members of the Gay fay—attend servic twice a week, which clud imbibg genero amounts of “spirs” the hope of fdg higher spirs. Fally, the land was sold by Emma Foster (one of the last scendants of those who lived there) to the state 1943, wh the stipulatn that the area be renamed Gay Cy. Whether 's same-sex marriage or laws prohibg discrimatn based on genr iny, Connecticut has been near the foreont advancg LGBTQ the state's not-too-distant past, homosexualy was regard as a mental health or personaly disorr.

GAY RIGHTS

Dpe the risks, love letters gog back more than a century attt to unrground romantic same-sex relatnships, we look at Connecticut's LGBTQ history, before and after the Stonewall rts New York Cy, which happened 50 years ago next month and gave rise to the morn gay rights movement.

Even before Stonewall, groups here Connecticut, such as the Kalos Society, champned the ph for reflect on those efforts, and how the state's LGBTQ muny rallied om tragedi, like the AIDS crisis and the murr of a Wethersfield gay man, to brg about the nversatn on Facebook and J. From 1992 to 1995, he was -publisher of Metrole, a former Hartford-based gay and lbian news Galanis - Central Connecticut State Universy stunt who's spent the past year workg on a Connecticut LGBTQ history exhib and digal timele project as part of a jot effort between CCSU and the Connecticut Historil SocietyKeh Brown - Longtime producer and host of the "Gay Spir" rad program on WWUH 91.