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shenmue

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Tue Jun 16, 2015, 07:55 PM Jun 2015

July 4, 1965: LGBT protest in Philadelphia

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From the article:

On the Fourth of July 50 years ago, when homosexuality was considered a mental illness and a same-sex couple’s public declaration of love put their lives and livelihoods at risk, about 40 people took a stand by staging a peaceful protest in front of Independence Hall.
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July 4, 1965: LGBT protest in Philadelphia (Original Post) shenmue Jun 2015 OP
Gay history! Behind the Aegis Jun 2015 #1

Behind the Aegis

(53,988 posts)
1. Gay history!
Wed Jun 17, 2015, 12:31 AM
Jun 2015

Which, apparently, some people think we don't have and just lazily glom onto the movements of others.

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