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Image and text from Ecstasy Magazine (Gay Ecstasy) back page, #24. The photo is enhanced for use in this article. The subject is identified as Donna Gottschalk holding a sign at a Gay Liberation event in 1970. Although credit is not given in the…

This Mattachine Society publication is described as "the pocket lawyer" and covers all the basics of how to handle being arrested by New York City police due to "anti-homosexual" laws.

An article written by activist Martha Shelley, one of the original founders of Gay Liberation Front, published in their newspaper, Come Out! The article discusses the debate, controversy and inner struggle of the militant grassroots organizers within…

This flyer distributed in San Francisco, attributed to the "Red Queen" dates from May of 1979 after the acquittal of Dan White in the murder of Harvey Milk. This rally cry highlights the persistence of the divide between the established gay…

An essay written by Rudy Grillo detailing the events of June 28th 1969 at the Stonewall Inn.

This flyer describes the need for gays and lesbians to continue to fight oppression. IT is most likely form the mid 1970's. It cites Stonewall as a catalyst for the liberation movement. The author establishes Stonewall as the "first" time gays rose…

An interview with Sylvia Rivera featured in a publication by "Flower Beneath the Foot Books." The title and publication date are unknown but the year may be 1979 or 1980 since the tenth anniversary of Stonewall pride march is mentioned. Reading her…

An article in the Rat, Subterranean News entitled "Queen Power" chronicling the night of the Stonewall Riots. Included on the page is a caricature of a gay man captioned with a lisp. The reporter who wrote this account is not credited and neither is…