Tag Archives: LGBT History

Roseland Ballroom Demolition Nears End

The demolition of Times Square’s famed Roseland Ballroom, home to the Black Party for decades, is nearly complete. The site will soon be home to luxury condos. Of course. (Tipped by JMG reader Bill)

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First Ladies Of Disco – Show Some Love

Every gay man of a certain vintage is very familiar with these ladies. Via Eurweb: In case you haven’t heard, Disco queens Evelyn “Champagne” King, Martha Wash and Linda Clifford have come together as the “First Ladies of Disco.” Look for the ladies to soon be out and about promoting their new single “Show Some Love” which is is set …

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Keith Haring Died 25 Years Ago Today

Famed artist Keith Haring died 25 years ago today. And this just happened in Australia: Vandals have desecrated a heritage-protected mural in Melbourne’s north. Australia’s only surviving mural by world-renowned artist Keith Haring has been seemingly untouched for more than 30 years. But on Saturday, Collingwood locals found it covered in black graffiti, the name “Keith Renks” scribbled along with …

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SF Considers Leather-Themed Park

Via the Bay Area Reporter: A leather-themed public plaza would be built on the roadway outside the Eagle bar in San Francisco’s South of Market neighborhood under a proposal backed by the developer of a new mixed-use housing and retail development. The plan would turn a block of 12th Street, between Harrison and Bernice, fronting the gay-owned bar into a …

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New York City LGBT Center Celebrates With Ribbon-Cutting After $9.2M Remodel

Last night I attended the ribbon-cutting ceremony at the New York City LGBT Center, which is almost finished with a 14-month $9.2M remodeling that has dramatically reshaped the building, an 1844 structure that in 1938 became Food Trades Vocational High School. Leading the ceremony was Center executive director Glennda Testone and Edith Windsor, who announced that the Center will be …

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Buzzfeed: Nancy Reagan Rejected Rock Hudson’s Desperate Request For Help With Experimental AIDS Treatment

Buzzfeed reporter Chris Geidner tonight revealed that official White House and Reagan documents show that Nancy Reagan rebuffed Rock Hudson’s plea for help in getting access to experimental treatment as he lay dying of AIDS in Paris. The request was made through publicists Yanou Collart and Dale Olson. Three days after Hudson’s collapse, he still lacked permission to go to …

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Google Honors Langston Hughes

Yesterday would have been the 113th birthday of famed gay poet and activist Langston Hughes. Google marked the occasion with the below Google Doodle. (Tipped by JMG reader David)

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FLASHBACK: Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL)

“I thank the Senator from Nevada for his courtesy. I will speak about Callie–known as Ginny–Granade, who will be voted on shortly for the U.S. district judgeship for the southern district of Alabama. Ginny Granade is a nominee of the highest order. President Bush has nominated her to be the judge in the southern district of Alabama. She has the …

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Timeline: 50 Years Of LGBT Rights

Philadelphia’s William Way LGBT Center has created a 50-year timeline of important moments in LGBT rights activism, starting with Philly’s Annual Reminder Day protests, which launched on July 4, 1965. The 50th anniversary of the Annual Reminder protests will be marked with a yearlong series of events that will include a major exhibit at Philadelphia’s National Constitution Center. Hit the …

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LBT’s Get First SOTU Mention

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FLORIDA: Pete Coors, Head Of MillerCoors, To Speak At Anti-Gay Catholic Convention

The virulently anti-gay Catholic group Legatus, which counts Brian Brown among its members, will hold its annual convention in Naples, Florida at the end of the month. Among the speakers are Fox News anchor Bret Baier and failed 2004 US Senate candidate Pete Coors, the chairman of brewing giant MillerCoors. Over at Good As You, Jeremy Hooper points us to …

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FLASHBACK: That Time In 1958 When The Supreme Court Ruled On Gay Rights

Via the Los Angeles Times: The road to gay rights at the U.S. Supreme Court began not in San Francisco or New York, but in a small downtown Los Angeles office, where volunteer writers and editors in 1953 launched a new “magazine for homosexuals.” ONE, as it was called, offered thoughtful articles, defiant editorials and none of the racy photos …

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Same-Sex Marriage Rights Timeline

Pew Research has posted a 20-year timeline on the history of bans on same-sex marriage and the subsequent state-by-state wins. Hit the link and drag the timeline bar to the right. (Tipped by JMG reader Lynda)

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Wedding Bells Ring Across Florida

Hundreds of couples are lined up across Florida at the county clerks’ offices that have kindly opened their doors tonight. Weddings will continues until the wee hours of morning.

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38 Years Ago In LGBT History

VIDEO: Immediately after the pie was thrown, Bob Green, Bryant’s husband at that time said to the activist, “We forgive you. And we love you.” Green then warned others in the room, “Leave him alone, do not touch him.” Several minutes later Green attacked the activist in the parking lot, striking him with a leftover pie. Bryant divorced Green three …

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Eurovision: The Year Of Conchita Wurst

The official Eurovision channel looks back on the win of Conchita Wurst, arguably the venerable contest’s most popular winner in decades.

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When Love Won In North Carolina

A look back from the Campaign For Southern Equality.

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NEW YORK CITY: Stonewall Rebellion Participant Danny Garvin Dies At 65

Stonewall Rebellion participant Danny Garvin has died at the age of 65. Via press release from Stonewall historian David Carter: “Danny was there the night it opened (on his birthday in 1967) and became a regular customer of the Stonewall Inn,” Carter said. “He met his first love there by dancing with him, dated the main doorman (Blonde Frankie), and …

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Membership

ABOVE: At the 1985 Xmas party described below: Me, Michael, and Barney. Originally posted May 2004. Reposted for World AIDS Day. Membership  Michael didn’t look good. We were at his annual Christmas luau party. Tons and tons of people in the house and the backyard. Standing in his kitchen, wearing a grass skirt and a ridiculous Santa hat covered in …

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