Documents Tagged ‘SIR’


Macy’s 40 Protests

Archive Entry Date: 8/1/1970

The Gay Liberation Front and the homophile groups unite and splinter over the protest of Macy's discriminatory policing practices

The Tavern Guild’s Beaux Arts Ball

Archive Entry Date: 10/31/1969

Gay Radicals advocate for the decriminalization of gender non-conformity and clash with the homophile organizations

“Friday of the Purple Hand”

Archive Entry Date: 10/31/1969

The homophile organizations and the radical gay groups unify to protest the San Francisco Examiner's treatment of homosexuals

The Committee for Homosexual Freedom

Archive Entry Date: 3/28/1969

Leo Laurence calls for a radical break from homophile organizations and the formation of a new gay coalition