On Our Own: Gay Men in Consciousness-Raising Groups

In August 1970, one men’s CR group authored a manual for the process in its widely-circulated pamphlet.

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Lavender Menace at the National Organization of Women, May 1970

Confronting homophobia at the National Organization of Women, by Martha Shelley.

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An excerpt from Allen Young’s autobiography, “Left, Gay & Green: A Writer’s Life”

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A first-person account of several actions, by Perry Brass

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First-person account of this November 1969 demonstration, by Ellen Broidy

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Martha Shelley’s account of the origin and naming of GLF

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Martha Shelley’s account of an action at Gianni’s, a lesbian bar in the Village

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A first-person account of 5-day protest, by Ellen Broidy.

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Proposing the march at the Eastern Regional Conference of Homophile Organizations (ERCHO) in 1969, by Ellen Broidy.

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June 28, 1969, and the events on the streets afterward, by Mark Segal.