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Contents:

• 2003
•  TEXAS LBIAN AND GAY BARS, RTRANTS, LODGG, PRI EVENT, BS MAPS
• LGBT HISTORY: THE 1953 GAY RAID WA TEXAS
• LGBTQ+ AFFIRMG THERAPISTS WA, TX
• THE 1953 GAY RAID WA TEXAS
• JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH KEV MAXEN OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU

2003

1977Gay Life WaIn 1977, The Wa Cizen put out a seri of articl tled “Gay Life Wa, ” highlightg LGB people, their liv, and their stggl.

 TEXAS LBIAN AND GAY BARS, RTRANTS, LODGG, PRI EVENT, BS MAPS

We knew about gays and my nt was a lbian, but people mostly didn’t discs even if they knew or spected who was gay. One of the anizers, another gay stunt at Baylor, was reprimand for his volvement.

“Matt Bass, 25, and other gay stunts and alumni say they don’t expect the world’s largt Baptist universy to shun the church te that homosexualy is a s, but they want an anti-discrimatn policy. Missn StatementWe work towards fosterg wh tegry and excellence a posive, open, and passnate LGBTQ+ muny Wa and surroundg areas by:Ung – lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and queer dividuals and alli of all backgroundsPromotg – the existence and perseverance of our muny as a munyCommemoratg – our mon and specific heragCelebratg – our mon and specific culturCore ValuIntegry– We m ourselv to ethil and hont work placg the tegry of the anizatn and all of s participants above all other valu. “What nf me is like how we're advotg for somethg, ” said Br LaVergne, Baylor senr and print of Gamma Alpha Upsilon, or GAY Greek letters, the unofficial LGBTQ stunt group on mp.

Stunts like LaVergne said while the rolutn is a step the right directn, they’re skeptil Baylor n create a group that would be palatable to queer stunts, given their unrelentg posn on issu like gay marriage. The first time she was lled a homophobic slur happened after she posted a photo of herself on Instagram nng the Baylor flag across the field at a football game wh a Pri flag pated on her leg. It argued Baylor’s cisn to allow a young nservative group to brg a ntroversial speaker to mp at the time, spe his homophobic and sexist views, monstrated Baylor’s unfair treatment of some stunt groups vers others.

LGBT HISTORY: THE 1953 GAY RAID WA TEXAS

LaVergne said lears GAY have already agreed they will not jo a group where they mt provi an official stunt roster, sce some stunts do not publicly share their genr inty, or if they are subject to l or requirements that are not required for other stunt groups. They removed a ban on “homosexual acts” om s sexual nduct policy six years ago and didn’t allow dancg on mp until the mid-1990s.

LGBTQ+ AFFIRMG THERAPISTS WA, TX

“Maybe someday we’ll get to the pot where we don’t say ‘gay marriage’ or ‘look at that cute gay uple, ’ but jt ‘marriage’ and ‘uple, ’” Weaver said. On Saturday, April 11, 1953, nearly 70 gay men packed to a small four-room hoe at 2117 South 19th Street Wa, Texas, about ten blocks om Baylor Universy.

THE 1953 GAY RAID WA TEXAS

This story had mostly been lost om LGBTQ history until 2015, when Hoton LGBTQ historian JD Doyle disvered a 1988 issue of the gay magaze This Week Texas.

JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH KEV MAXEN OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU

Wa’s Gay Life 1953. Phil Johnson scribed the Wa gay life of 1953 as small groups of closeted gay men.