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Hoton’s gay and lbian muny has a long history of phg for progrs. See how far Hoton’s LGBTQ muny has e and the people we celebrate.

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THE PAST AND FUTURE OF ONE OF HOTON’S MOST HISTORIC GAY BARS

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LGBT History, which embodi my gay agenda of gettg our history onle.

My Gay Amerin Road Trip: A Slice of Our Pre-AIDS Culture. Wh the rise of gay newspapers, bars, clubs, and. illtrated, one-of-a-kd rerd of gay life, love, lt, and liberatn.

MAPPG MONTROSE'S GAY HISTORY

The first Diana Awards, a nonprof foced on assistg and supportg the needs of the gay muny, is formed. Origally a social group gettg together to watch the first televised Amy Awards, The Diana Foundatn is the olst ntuoly nng gay anizatn the untry and has donated more than $1. The Albatross, Hoton’s first gay publitn, begs productn and ns until 1968.

Mary’s…Naturally, one of the longt ntuoly open gay bars, opens.

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The Hoton Gay and Lbian Polil Cc was found.

Hoton’s gay and lbian muny rallied together to prott an appearance by former Miss Ameri and anti-gay Florida orange juice spokwoman Ana Bryant. Town Meetg I was Hoton’s first formal celebratn of Gay Pri Week.

Thoands gathered to create a dialogue and motivate gay people to work toward a mon goal.

ONE OF THE MOST UNR-EXAMED DIMENSNS OF WHNEY HOTON’S LEGACY IS HER STAT AS A GAY IN

It was the first polilly oriented homosexual meetg the Uned Stat. Town Meetg I rulted the creatn of: the Montrose Counselg Center, the Montrose Activy Center, the Gay and Lbian Swchboard, the Hispanic Cc, the Montrose Sports Associatn.

The next morng, former Gay Polil Cc Print Don Hrachovy and John Bchlen sold shirts that said, “Louie, Don’t Shoot! Pl Brosard, a 27-year-old gay man, was murred by a gang of youths the Montrose neighborhood. After the murr, the gay muny anized a “Take Back the Streets” rally Montrose to mand the persecutn of those rponsible for the murr and agast anti-gay hate crim general.

As a rult, the Hoton Cy Council passed a rolutn llg for a gay-clive state-level hate crim bills and the Hoton Police Department add sexual orientatn to the list of bias motivatg a hate crime. Annise Parker was sworn on the Cy Council as the first openly gay or lbian elected official Hoton. Prevly homosexual nduct Texas was a crime and rulted the arrt of John Lawrence and Tyron Garner 1998.

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