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Page 22-24
Page 22 - Zap Remembered continued - one column of text. Liberation House - one half-column of text. Quarter page ad for Thom Watson, travel agent. Eighth of a page ad for The Village Church. Page 23 - Full page ad for Lions I bar and restaurant. Page 24 - Information on Joining GAA, a directory of New York City Gay Groups, a map to the GAA Firehouse, and a form for subscriptions. Includes photo by Harold Forbes of someone holding a Cracker Jack box and a GAA Pin.
July 20, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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Page 18-21
Page 18 - Intro 475 continued - two column of text. Half-page ad for Legend Gallery. Page 19 - Gay Alliance of Brooklyn - one column of text. Favorite Zap Continued - one column of text. Quarter-page ad compliments of Tony Olivieri. Page 20 - Gay News Notes - two columns of text. Includes quarter page ad for waterbeds at Bon Bazar and an eighth page ad for Squires Nook restaurant. Page 21 - Dutch Withdraw Reuben Book, one paragraph of text. Maurice by E.M. Forster Reviewed by Arthur Segal, one column of text. Owles continued, one half-column of text. Quarter page ad of Spencer Memorial Church.
July 20, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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Page 14-17
Page 14 - Gay Prisoner Counseling - one column of text. Owles Continued, one column of text, continued on page 21. Includes photo by Richard C. Wandel of "Arnie Kantrowitz at work" -- Kantrowitz in front of a police horse. Page includes quarter-page ad for "Early Halloween Ltd." Page 15 - Lesbian International Film Festival and Firehouse Flicks, Some of My Best Friends Are, one column of text total, spread between two column. Washington GAA - small paragraph of text. Includes quarter-page ad for Middle Class Values. Page 16 - Nation's Gays Plan for 72, one column of text. 2nd Year Continued - one column of text. Photo by Richard C. Wandel of "Beer-In at Clancy's Bar". Quarter page ad for The Book Stop. Page 17 - Brewster continued. One column of text. Half-page, one column ad for GianCarlo Boutique.
July 20, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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Page 10-13
Page 10 - New Jersey Gay Groups. Includes quarter-page ad for New Jimmy's Restaurant. Page 11 - Transvestite Rebuffs "Straight" Gays - two columns of text, continued on page 19. includes half-page ad for the Beacon Baths. Page 12 - 2nd Year continued from page 3 - one column of text, continued on page 16, includes two photos by Richard C. Wandel - "Oct. '70 meeting at Church of Holy Apostles" and "Gay Pride fashions before Firehouse Mural" Includes half-page ad for The Club Baths. Page 13 - Nightmares of Sharison - a collection of various headlines with truncated articles -- "Massive Power Failure in Albany -- Sodomy Laws Unanimously Repealed," "Sunday News Goes Gay Lib," "Gay Switchboard Refuse Bell Offer," etc.
July 20, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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Pages 6-9
Page 6 - McCarthy, Kennedy Support Gay Rights; Muskie Renegs - one column of text. Intro 475 continued - one column of text. Half-page ad for Imre Gordon Electrolysis. Page 7 - Jim Owles And Gay Liberation by Arnie Kantrowitz, two columns of text. included on page 14. Includes photo of Jim Owles at October Anti-War Rally, photo by Ron Sionns. includes quarter-page ad for The Sauna Bath and Health Club. Page 8 - Procaccino Angers QC Gays by Bruce Gelbert. Two columns of text. Includes photo of Mario and Gay students. Includes quarter-page ad "Compliments of Bella Abzug" and an eighth page ad for Fountain Blue Live Music and Dancing. Page 9: Zapping: Three columns of text, each with a separate headline. A short paragraph explains what Zaps are. Headlines include: "Where the Action Was," "A Zap Remembered" by Frank Conner, continued on page 22, "My Favorite Zap" by Arthur Bell, continued on page 19. Includes photo by Diana Davies of Arthur Bell and Jim Owles at the Republican State Headquarters.
July 20, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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Pages 2-5
Page 2 - A Happy Birthday Present To All Members And Friends Of Gay Activists Alliance - One Full Year of the Advocate - full-page ad. Page 3 - GAA--The Second Year by Frank Conner. Two columns of text. Half-page photo by Richard C. Wandel - "GAA members assemble for Albany March." Includes small ad for Leo's Lion Pub and Restaurant. Page 4 - Intro 475: Round 2 by Phil Katz - Two columns of text. Includes ads for Troubador Cosmopolitan Dining and Wine Cellar Bar - Slate Bar Upstairs. Page 5 - New Officers Elected - One column of text - Four photos, one attributed to Richard C. Wandel, showing the candidates for offices - "Presidential candidates: Flynn, Evans, Robinson, Owles, and Wandel" "Chalson and Rockhill," "Candidates for Secretary: Phil Eberle and Paul Stack," and "Delegate-at-Large candidates: Hal Offen, Ruth Smith, and Guy Charles."
July 20, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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Gay Activist, Vol. 1 No. 8, Dec-Jan 1972. News & Opinion from the Gay Activists Alliance.
Gay Activist - News & Opinion from the Gay Activists Alliance Vol 1 No. 8 Dec-Jan 1972 - Newly Elected Officers for 1972 - GAA's 2nd Active Year
July 20, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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"Do Bisexuals Have A Place In The Gay Movement?" by Lani Kaahumanu and Loraine Hutchins, The Advocate, Issue 578, June 4, 1991.
Do Bisexuals Have A Place In The Gay Movement? Two columns of text with photos of the authors. Large dropcap B starts off the first paragraph.
July 7, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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Advertisement: 1993 MARCH ON WASHINGTON
The Advocate, Issue 613, Oct. 6, 1992.
1993 March on Washington One Million People In DC in '93 / April 25, 1993 -- Full page ad for The March On Washington
July 7, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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July 7, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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Pages 14-16
Page 14 (Transvestitism cont'd from page 5). Two columns of text. Includes ads: GAA NEEDS MONEY and Britt Top East Page 15 (Riots continued from page 1), a half column of text. (Rosenfels, contined from page 10), a little over a half column of text spread out over two columns. Firehouse Flicks Fridays 8 pm. A little under a half column of text. Includes ads for 12th Night restaurant and New Jimmy's Restaurant. Page 16. Joining GAA, information about the GAA Firehouse, New York City Gay Groups, How to Subscribe to Gay Activist. Includes a photo of people standing together. One has on a GAA lambda shirt.
July 6, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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Pages 10-13
Page 10. Rosenfels, Paul Homosexuality: The Psychology Of the Creative Process. Review by Ted Rauch and Andy Paino. Two columns of text, continued on page 15. Includes quarter-page ad for Troubador Cosmopolitan Dining. Page 11. Agitprop Debuts in N.J. One column of text. (intro continued from page 9). One column of text total, spread out over two columns. Includes sixth of a page ad for Legend Gallery Gift Shop. Page 12. New Gay Groups For New York. One column of text. One column-long half-page ad for Club Baths. Page 13. Lesbians Vs. Susskind by Andy Paino. Two columns of text. Includes ad for Squires Nook restaurant and Fountain Blue restaurant
July 6, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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Pages 6-9
Page 6 - Letter to The Editor from Pat Maxwell. Two columns of text. Includes boxed-off section about the formation of the Gay Switchboard. Page 7. Gay Octoberfest. Two columns of text. Includes photo of Jim Owles and others at Gay Octoberfest outside the GAA firehouse. Quarter-page ad for the Sauna Bath and Health Club. Page 8 - (Intro cont'd from page 1). Two columns of text. Bottom half of page includes two-column list of people in support of Intro 475. Page 9. Contined from previous page. Two columns of text, continued on page 11. Includes half-page illustration of a game board titled "Passing The Bill" about the process of getting Intro 475 passed.
July 6, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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Pages 2-5
Page 2 Bell, Arthur Dancing The Gay Lib Blues. Two columns of text, taking up roughly half the page. Includes photo of Arthur Bell. One small paragraph headlined Lesbian Film Festival. Includes quarter-page ad for The Book Stop. Page 3 - A Day In Court -- The Sharison Six by David Jones. Two columns of text. Courtroom drawing of the Sharison Six on the top of the page. Page 4 - DOB Harassed By 9th Precinct. A little over one column of text. Includes an ad for Leo's Lion Pub & Restaurant and a photo in a separate box by Richard C Wandel of protestors outside the Bell Telephone Company. Small note at the bottom of page reads "Say You Saw It Advertised In The Gay Activist" Page 5 - Transvestitism And Gay Liberation by Ted Rauch. Two columns of text. Continued on Page 14. Includes half-page ad for the Beacon Baths.
July 6, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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Gay Activist, Vol 1 No 7, Nov. 1971. Newsletter of the Gay Activists Alliance.
Gay Activist, Vol 1 No 7, Nov. 1971. Newsletter of the Gay Activists Alliance. P.O Box 2 Village Station NY 10014, James Owles, Pres. 25c. Intro 475 Hearings Begin, - One column of text. Continued on page 8 Includes phtoto by Richard C. Wandel of Eleanor Holmes Norton speaking at the Intro 475 Hearings. Gay Inmates At Tombs Riot - Two columns of text. Continued on page 15.
July 6, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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From Steven Dansky’s Facebook page: “A statement of resistance from the Gay Liberation Front (GLF) on this day of independence. GLF was the first LGBTQ organization founded post-Stonewall Rebellion. The undersigned surviving members are all ages from 70s-80s.”
A statement of resistance from the Gay Liberation Front (GLF) on this day of independence. GLF was the first LGBTQ organization founded post-Stonewall Rebellion. The undersigned surviving members are all ages from 70s-80s. GAY LIBERATION FRONT STATEMENT We, the undersigned, former members of New York’s Gay Liberation Front, condemn the Trump administration and its supporters in all levels of government for their vicious attacks on our community and on other marginalized communities. The Gay Liberation Front was the first and most radical LGBTQ+ organization formed directly after the Stonewall Uprising in June, 1969. Our guiding message, equal inclusion of all people into society and the body politic, is even more urgent today. One of the administration’s first targets was the transgender community. It is attempting to eject them from the military. Trans people seeking to renew their passports are now faced with the indignity of having their pre-transition gender stamped on the documents. Ten states now deny them appropriate medical care. The administration is encouraging a climate of hatred that has led to increased violence against trans people. The Trump administration has cut funds for HIV/AIDS treatment and prevention, both in the United States and abroad. This will result in a worldwide increase in disease and death—an increase that will not stop at our borders. The administration has removed the “T” and the “Q” from the Stonewall National Monument, erasing a core part of our history. It removed Navy veteran Harvey Milk’s name from a Navy vessel. It has mandated removing any mention of queers, Black people, and other minorities from government websites. Before a public outcry reversed its decisions, it had deleted information about Black, Hispanic, and female military heroes—even the Navajo code talkers. In its colossal bigotry and stupidity, the administration even removed a photo of the Enola Gay, the airplane that dropped the first atomic bomb—because it included the word “Gay.” School districts across the country are under siege. With the support of Republican politicians, schools and libraries have banned books by authors of color, by LGBTQ+ authors, and by women, as well as books about racism, sexuality, and gender, and any histories that do not support right-wing jingoism. Since 2021, over 4,000 titles have been removed from school library shelves. Members of the Gay Liberation Front have always organized and participated in political demonstrations—not just for gay rights, but for civil rights and women’s rights, and against war and any injustice. An attack on one is an attack on all. Both Trump administrations have launched ferocious assaults on dissenters and demonstrators exercising their First Amendment rights. Their masked thugs have snatched people off the streets, zip-tied them, and thrown them into unmarked cars. The Trump administration has attacked immigrants, including those here legally. Its thugs have even arrested Navajos in New Mexico and Arizona, demanding they prove their citizenship. In Wisconsin, they arrested Puerto Ricans for the crime of speaking Spanish in public. Both Trump administrations have behaved in an especially inhumane manner toward people crossing our border to escape dangers in their countries of origin. Tens of thousands of migrants have been thrown into overcrowded “detention camps,” where the only place to sleep is on the floor. They are often denied food for days. There are no facilities for showering and no medical care. During the first administration, children were forcibly torn from their parents. As many as 1,360 have never been reunited. Now the administration is shipping migrants to torture prisons at Guantánamo Bay and El Salvador, and to countries suffering extreme violence and instability. The administration plans to build more such “detention camps” on military bases. Let’s call them what they are: concentration camps. And when they’re done deporting migrants, foreign students, and work visa holders, they will have lots of empty cells to fill and lots of private prison corporations to pay for their “services.” Who will they come after next? Our queer communities are high on the list, along with political opponents, people of color, the disabled, and many more. The Trump-engineered majority on the Supreme Court overturned women’s reproductive rights, and certain members have suggested overturning marriage equality We must unite to stop them. If you’re waiting for the right time to stand up and be counted among those who resisted fascism, that time is now. 04 July 2025 Dennis Altman Ron Auerbacher Mark Berenson Perry Brass Ellen Broidy Jane Cohen Steven F. Dansky John Erdman Jessica Falstein, Bruce Gottfried, Donna Gottschalk Mark Horn Dajenya Kafele John Knoebel Richard Koob Giles Kotcher Larry Kovacs Richard M. Landman Michael J. Lavery Barbara J. Maggiani Flavia Rando Marc Schnapp Mark Segal Jason Serinus Martha Shelley Dennis Siple Steve Turtell Kathy/Kathleen Wakeham Allen Young
July 4, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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"Rare Cancer Seen in 41 Homosexuals," by Lawrence K. Altman, New York Times, July 3, 1981. One of the first, and the most public, signs of a growing epidemic among the gay community.
A20 - The New York Times, Friday July 3, 1981. Rare Cancer Seen In 41 Homosexuals. Outbreak Occurs Among Men in New York and California -- 8 Died Inside 2 Years. By Lawrence K. Altman. Three columns of text.
July 3, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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"10,000 Gay Folk Stage A Parade," New York Daily News, June 29, 1970. From the Craig Rodwell papers at New York Public Library.
"10,000 Gay Folk Stage A Parade," New York Daily News, June 29, 1970.
June 30, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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WELCOME - The Christopher Street Liberation Day Committee -- Flyer from the first Christopher Street Liberation Day march, June 28, 1970.
WELCOME - The Christopher Street Liberation Day Committee -- Flyer from the first Christopher Street Liberation Day march, June 28, 1970.
June 30, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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Permit - Department of Parks - City of New York - Issued June 24, 1970, for "Gay Be-In" in Central Park, to be held on June 28, 1970 following the first Christopher Street Liberation Day march.
Permit - Department of Parks - City of New York - Issued June 24, 1970, for "Gay Be-In" in Central Park, to be held on June 28, 1970 following the first Christopher Street Liberation Day march.
June 30, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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Page 14-16
Page 14. Is It A Crime (continued), two half-columns of text. Flicks (continued) half a column of text. Includes ad for The Stockade, a Western & Leather Bar. Page 15. Reactions (Cont'd), Includes one-column ad for the Club Baths. Included in a sectioned-off box is a notice looking for someone willing to read gay literature to Carl Brodman, as The Lighthouse doesn't supply readers for gay literature. Page 16. Joining GAA, information about the GAA Firehouse, New York City Gay Groups, How to Subscribe to Gay Activist. Includes an illustration using an old photograph of people outside a house holding a banner reading Support Intro 475.
June 29, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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Page 10-13
Page 10. Aversion Therapy by Phil Katz. Two columns of text. Includes ad for Squires Nook bar and restaurant. Page 11. Firehouse Flick-Flockers by Bill Apple. Two columns of text. Includes a photo of Vito Russo in front of a larger photo of two people laughing. Also includes a schedule of upcoming films. Page 12. Reactions (continued) Two columns of text. Continued on page 15. Page 13. Firehouse Musicale by John Maiscott. One column of text with a little into the second column. Return Of The Street Fair, three paragraphs of text. Rest of the column taken up by "Say You Saw It Advertised In The Gay Activist" and an ad for Legend Gallery.
June 29, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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Pages 6-9
Page 6. N.O.W. Relating to Lesbians. Two Columns of text. Includes ad for Fountain Blue bar and restaurant. Page 7. Is it A Crime? Two columns of text. Photo of New York State Assemblyman Antonio Olivieri by Richard C. Wandel. Includes an ad for The Sauna bath. Page 8. Nat'l Gay Summer Swing. Two columns of text. Includes photo of "Morty & Lew with Southern Beauty," a dog, per caption. Page 9. D.O.B. Reorganizes - half column of text. Actions & reactions by Frank Comer, one column of text, continued on page 12. Includes photo by Richard C. Wandel of "Herman & Rich on Chicago's Lakefront" per caption.
June 29, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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Pages 2-5
Page 2. Intro 475 (cont'd), two columns of text. Includes two ads: One for Troubador Cosmopolitan Dining and one for 12th Night. Page 3. Letter to City Council (continued on page 4). Two columns of text, includes half-page ad for Beacon Baths. Page 4. City Council (Cont'd). Two columns of text. Second headline reads Gay Counseling Service, one paragraph of text. Includes ad for New Jimmy's restaurant. Page 5. A Natural Up by Phil Katz. Two columns of text, includes one photo of people standing around with clipboards.
June 29, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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Gay Activist, Vol 1 No 6, Oct. 1971. Newsletter of the Gay Activists Alliance.
Gay Activist Newsletter of the Gay Activists Alliance Vol 1 No 6 Oct. 1971 P.O. Box 2 Village Station, NY 10014 James Owles, Pres. 25c Intro 475 Now! A Plague on Both Their Houses One column of text Photo by Frank Conner -- a person with a bullhorn looking angry - caption: "Mark Rubin explains action to neighbors."
June 29, 2025 at 5:03 PM