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Making LGBTQ History & Culture Available to All

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    Jeffry J. Iovannone
    Jun 21, 2019

    Beyond Stonewall: The Mattachine Society of the Niagara Frontier and Gay Liberation

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    Jeffry J. Iovannone
    Dec 8, 2018

    George H.W. Bush and the ACT UP Ashes Action

    The commemoration of President George H.W. Bush’s legacy illustrates the continued erasure of LGBTQ people from American history.

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    Jeffry J. Iovannone
    Jul 17, 2018

    Adam Eli: Standing Up For Queer Family Everywhere

    Day 28 of the Pride 30 Project for Pride Month, 2018.

    Pulse was Orlando, Florida’s premiere gay bar and nightclub. Founded by Barbara Poma and Ron Legler in 2004, Pulse was named in…

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    Jeffry J. Iovannone
    Jul 10, 2018

    Dan Choi: Getting Equal

    Day 27 of the Pride 30 Project for Pride Month, 2018.

    Army Lieutenant Dan Choi could not remain silent any longer; he had to tell. On March 18th of 2010 he, along with Captain James Pietrangelo, put on his military uniform…

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    Jeffry J. Iovannone
    Jul 7, 2018

    Edith Windsor: “The Grande Dame of Gay Rights”

    Day 26 of the Pride 30 Project for Pride Month, 2018.

    When Edith “Edie” Windsor married her older brother’s best friend — a strong, sweet, handsome man — she knew he would be the love of…

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    Jeffry J. Iovannone
    Jul 4, 2018

    Lani Ka’ahumanu: Bisexual Pioneer

    Day 25 of the Pride 30 Project for Pride Month, 2018.

    Though bisexual organizations began to appear in the United States during the 1970s as part of the expansion of LGBTQ organizations in the post-Stonewall…

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    Jeffry J. Iovannone
    Jul 2, 2018

    Karen Thompson: Gay and Disability Rights Activist

    Day 24 of the Pride 30 Project for Pride Month, 2018.

    Karen Thompson did not intend to become an activist, though she created profound change simply by attempting to live her life…

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    Jeffry J. Iovannone
    Jun 29, 2018

    Crystal LaBeija: Legendary House Mother

    Day 23 of the Pride 30 Project for Pride Month, 2018.

    When Flawless Sabrina, host of the Miss All-America Camp Beauty Pageant, announced that Crystal LaBeija was the 3rd runner up, coming in fourth…

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    Jeffry J. Iovannone
    Jun 25, 2018

    Barbara Smith: Mother of Black Feminism, Revolutionary Publisher

    Day 22 of the Pride 30 Project for Pride Month, 2018.

    Hilda Smith received a college education — the first member of her family to do so — and she expected…

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    Jeffry J. Iovannone
    Jun 23, 2018

    Leslie Feinberg: Transgender Warrior

    Day 21 of the Pride 30 Project for Pride Month, 2018.

    Coming of age as a gender-nonconforming person in Buffalo, New York during the 1950s was not easy for Leslie Feinberg. Feinberg, who used the…

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