Word: stonewallã
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...Jews from Egypt, in the flight of slaves from bondage, in the protests of workers and women, in Freedom Rides and peace marches. We felt it in the rebellious spirit of our founding mothers and fathers outside the Stonewall Inn in June 1969, and in the heroic resilience of Stonewall??s children in the face of AIDS and Reagan and “family values.” Too many of us have gone, but many more of us remain. As we gather to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the Harvard Gay and Lesbian Caucus this weekend...
...Secret Court: The Savage 1920 Purge of Campus Homosexuals, a book inspired by a story uncovered by an intrepid reporter for The Crimson, the university once carried out active purges of its LGBT members. Those from the classes of 1970 and before, who attended Harvard pre-Stonewall??Stonewall being the 1969 New York riot which moved the modern LGBT rights movement towards a strategy based on widespread “coming out”—lived on a campus that probably had a climate more akin to that of 1920 than that of today...
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