Fifty years ago, unr the spic of the Amerin Library Associatn’s Social Rponsibili Round Table, a small group of activists, librarians, and activist-librarians formed what was then known as the Task Force on Gay Liberatn—the very first gay and lbian uc any natnal profsnal anizatn.
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Gay Liberatn Front march on Tim Square, New York Cy, 1969. Other highlights clu the One Archive; the Natnal Archive of Lbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgenr History; and the Lbian Herstory Archiv, among many other important llectns.
In addn, Beg Visible: The Legacy of Stonewall was the largt and most extensive display of lbian and gay history ever mounted a mm or gallery space when opened 1994. A follow-up publitn, Beg Visible: An Illtrated History of Lbian and Gay Life Twentieth-Century Ameri, by exhibn curators Molly McGarry and Fred Wasserman, was published by Pengu Stud. More recent exampl cludg Particular Voic: Robert Giard's Portras of Gay and Lbian Wrers; Bedlam Days: The Early Plays of Charl Ludlam and The Ridiculo Theatril Company; and Vaslav Nijsky: Creatg a New Artistic Era.