40 Years fo Gay History
THE SIXTIES
When Dick Michaels bought a local newsletter in 1967 and rechristened it The Los Angeles Advocate, he was launching a publication that would track 40 years of gay history. Here's where it all began.
1967
  • The Advocate publishes its first issue in September
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  • The book Homosexual Behavior Among Males by Wainwright Churchill breaks ground as a scientific study approaching homosexuality as a fact of life and introduces the term "homoerotophobia," a possible precursor to "homophobia"
  • The Oscar Wilde Bookshop, the world's first gay-oriented bookstore, opens in New York City
  • A raid on the Black Cat Bar in San Francisco promotes gay rights activity
  • A federal court in Minneapolis rules that it is not illegal to produce and mail materials depicting the male nude
  • ONE Inc., the nation's oldest homophile group, celebrates its 15th anniversary
1968
Trailer for Andy Warhol's Heat
1969


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