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LGBT rights
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Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical
Read more: Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock MusicalHair: The history of the first rock musical by Eric Andrews-Katz – SGN Contributing Writer From its very first moment, the musical Hair was a thing of controversy. From its conception as a staged musical protest to the show’s eventual…
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Rainbow Crossing
Read more: Rainbow CrossingSwedish lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) rights advocates offered their colorful stance on Russia’s controversial anti-gay legislation over the weekend. As The Local is reporting, activists gave a pedestrian crossing outside of the Russian embassy in Stockholm a rainbow…
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Compton’s Cafeteria Riot
Read more: Compton’s Cafeteria RiotCompton’s Cafeteria, 24 hour diner in S.F.’s Tenderloin was a hang out spot for trans women, drag queens, and sex workers. It was a place for the community to meet up for an expensive meal, a place to chit chat,…
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Gay And Occupy Activists Confront Scott Lively And His Merry Band Of Tea Party Protestors
Read more: Gay And Occupy Activists Confront Scott Lively And His Merry Band Of Tea Party ProtestorsBy Evan Mulvihill, Queerty. When Tea Party activists gathered in Boston yesterday afternoon, they weren’t given license to shout their Small Government slogans at disinterested passersby—liberal activists of all stripes showed up to shout them down. Who doesn’t love a…
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ACT UP is at it again
Read more: ACT UP is at it againLong before the red ribbon became an innocuous symbol of AIDS “awareness” and celebrity philanthropy, there was the pink triangle and there was ACT UP and there were thousands of people taking to the streets for their lives. Once a…