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Larry Kramer, Champion of LGBT Rights: Legendary Activist Continues His Long Fight for Gay Equality

By: Kat Long

Hate Crimes Law On the Way to Obama's Desk: Advocacy Work Pays Off as Comprehensive Act Passes Latest Hurdle

By: Lorah Delaney

National Coming Out Day: October 11 Marks a Global Opportunity to Come Out and Be Heard

By: Kristin Krogh

October is Gay and Lesbian History Month: Celebrating GLBT Icons and the Civil Rights Struggle in the U.S.

By: Kat Long

Consenting Adults Review: Television Drama chronicling "The Wolfenden Report"

By: Mhairi Shaw

The 40th Anniversary of the Stonewall Riots: 2009 Marks Milestone Anniversary in History of Gay Rights Activism

By: Kristin Krogh

Fortieth Anniversary of the Stonewall Riots: Ways to Commemorate Gay History and Celebrate Pride 2009

By: Judith Faucette

The Violet Quill's Influence on Gay Literature: The Gay Writers' group's Impact on Post Stonewall Gay Fiction

By: Alex Hopkins

The Oscar Wilde Memorial Bookshop in New York: A History of America's First Gay and Lesbian Bookstore

By: Kat Long

Matthew Shepard Murdered for Being Gay: Shepard's Horrific Death, Hate Crimes and Gay Panic Defence

By: Cheryn Tan

Gay History Books About the Stonewall Riots: Martin Duberman and David Carter on the Gay Rights Movement

By: Judith Faucette

Oscar Wilde's Best-Known Quotes: Epigrams About Love, Marriage, and Resisting Temptation

By: Kat Long

Oscar Wilde's Influence on Gay Identity: Wilde’s Impact on 19th and 20th Century Gay Culture

By: Kat Long

The Stonewall Inn Riots: The Gay Liberation Movement and How the Coming Out Model Began

By: Judith Faucette

Classic LGBT Lit: "The Third Sex": Willy's Contemporary Account of Homosexuality in Jazz Age Paris

By: Kat Long

Bayard Rustin and Gay Rights: An Invisible LGBT Hero Comes to Light

By: Alison Walkley

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