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Front page of the Gay Activists Alliance (GAA) Newsletter from May 1971 includes information on "zaps" and arrests during recent political actions. GAA was founded soon after the Stonewall incident by those members of the Gay Liberation Front who…

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This cover image of the GAA newsletter announces Gay Pride Week and includes the entrance to the Stonewall Inn with an image of Pride marchers inserted in one of the bar's windows. The door to the bar also has the words "I love you sw" scrawled on…

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In 1971, a large march, including a women's march and anti war march were planned for May 1st. Gay Liberation Front, the grassroots militant organization that grew out of the Stonewall rebellion, organized to include a Gay May Day Contingent in…

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The Gay Revolution Party outlines its evaluation of oppressive social structures in this manifesto for the nascent political movement. Whether the Gay Revolution Party was an offshoot of the Gay Liberation Front or simply an ideological expression…

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Personal photograph belonging to Craig Rodwell, owner of the Oscar Wilde Memorial Bookshop, of a billboard on 7th Avenue near Christopher Street in New York's Greenwich Village. Date and context of the image are unknown.

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A flyer produced by Mattachine Society in the summer of 1969 referring to an event called the Hang-Out. A call for gays to meet in Greenwich Village on a summer night and demonstrate peaceful solidarity with the broader community. This would have…

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A Mattachine Society flyer announcing the goals of the "homosexual revolution" and detailing the achievements of the society and its goals for the future. Most likely dated 1969 or 1970.

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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…
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