"Gay In", Central Park, 1971
The "Gay in" Central Park, New York.
Photograph by Rich Wandel taken in 1971 at the "Gay In" in Central Park after the Gay Pride march.
Rich Wandel
LGBT Community Center National History Archive; Rich Wandel Photo collection (#60).
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1971
Rich Wandel
LGBT Community Center National History Archive, Rich Wandel Photo Collection. Reproduced with permission from Rich Wandel. All rights reserved.
Rich Wandel Photo collection (#60), box 4a, Folder 400-699 #419c
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IMG_0647
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"Gay Power"
Flyer from the Mattachine Society
A flyer announcing an event organized by the Mattachine Society early on in the gay rights movement, probably 1970. The flyer talks about gay oppression and ends with "Mattachine=Militance" (sic). Mattachine was considered too concerned with respectability and working within the system to be equated with militancy, therefore highlighting this flyer as an attempt to bridge the gap between radical gay rights activists and more conservative Mattachine members.
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LGBT Community Center National History Archive, Bob Kohler Collection, #110.
Mattachine Society
Unknown
Bob Kohler
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LGBT Center National History Archive, Bob Kohler Collection, #110. Box 1, Folder 17.
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IMG_0627
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"Hairpin Drop Heard Around the World"
An account of the Stonewall Riots entitled "Hairpin Drop Heard Around the World" written by Dick Leitsch, President of the Mattachine Society in 1969.
One of the most well known written accounts of the Stonewall riot, with details and description that ultimately became accepted as part of the Stonewall narrative. The account only briefly describes the first night of the bar raid at Stonewall Inn and continues with more detail about the following evening and the organized effort to demonstrate and protest in the streets around Sheridan Square and Christopher Park. This account was distributed by Mattachine in the days following the first weekend of unrest. "Hairpin drop" was a slang term for letting people know you are gay through a subtle hint.
Dick Leitsch
LGBT Community Center National History Archive. Bob Kohler Collection #110.
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1969
Dick Leitsch
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Bob Kohler Collection #110 of the LGBT Center National History Archive. Box 1, Folder 17.
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IMG_0630-2 and IMG_0631-2
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Annual Reminder, 1968
Photographs of the Mattachine Society Annual Reminder Picket line in Philadelphia, 1968.
Images belonging to activist Craig Rodwell taken at the Mattachine Society Annual Reminder Picket line in Philadelphia, 1968. The Annual Reminder was held in front of Independence Hall each year from 1965 to 1969 on July 4th to demonstrate for equal rights for homosexuals.
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Craig Rodwell papers. Manuscripts and Archives Division. The New York Public Library. Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations.
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1968
Craig Rodwell
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Craig Rodwell papers. Manuscripts and Archives Division. The New York Public Library. Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations. MssCol 2606, box 14.
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Bruce Monroe Interview
The Stonewall Inn and gay life in New York City.
Bruce Monroe remembers a visit to the Stonewall Inn in 1969 as well as his memories of New York City gay life in the 1970's.
Christopher Gioia
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Christopher Gioia
September 2016
Bruce Monroe
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MP3 Digital Recording
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Oral History
Bruce Monroe MP3.mp3
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Christopher Street Gay Liberation Day 1970
Christopher Street Gay Liberation Day, 1970
Marchers set up on Christopher Street in New York City's Greenwich Village for the first Gay Liberation parade, marking the first anniversary of the Stonewall riots, in 1970. The foresight of activists such as Craig Rodwell to commemorate Stonewall with a march on the anniversary of the incident, guaranteed the rebellion would become enshrined in collective memory of the gay community.
Leonard Fink
The LGBT Community Center National History Archive, Leonard Fink Collection (#26).
Leonard Fink
June 29th 1970
The LGBT Community Center National History Archive
Reproduced with permission from the The LGBT Community Center National History Archive. All rights reserved.
Leonard Fink Collection (#26) LGBT Community Center National History Archive. Box #1 Folder #28
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Christopher Street Liberation Day (CSLD) 1971
Marchers in the CSLD parade 1971.
This uncredited image from the 1971 CSLD parade shows a group of marchers with signs including one individual wearing the Gay Activist Alliance "Lambda" symbol. The Gay Activist's Alliance (GAA) formed in late 1969 as a response to the more radical, multi issue Gay Liberation Front. GAA would focus solely on issues pertaining to gay equal rights.
Uncredited
The LGBT Community Center National History Archive, Rudy Grillo Collection (#3).
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June 1971
Rudy Grillo
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The LGBT Community Center National History Archive, Rudy Grillo Collection (#3).Box 2, folder 62.
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Christopher Street Liberation Day Parade
Pride Marchers in Christopher Street Liberation Day Parade, 1970
Photo taken by Leonard Fink during the first Christopher Street Liberation Day Parade in 1970. The subjects are unidentified but are standing in front of the Gay Activists Alliance (GAA) banner.
Leonard Fink
The LGBT Community Center National History Archive, Leonard Fink Collection #26.
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1970
Leonard Fink
Reproduced with permission from the LGBT Community Center National History Archive, Leonard Fink Collection. All rights reserved.
The LGBT Community Center National History Archive, Leonard Fink Collection #26, Box 1, Folder 28.
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