Today the German government issued a postage stamp in honor of #MagnusHirschfeld. In 1897, Hirschfeld founded the first gay rights organization in the world in Germany. This year marks the 150th anniversary of Hirschfeld’s birth and 2019 will mark the centennial of the founding of his Institute of Sexual Research.
On this day in 1946, film historian, activist, and co-founder of @actupny and @GLAAD was born. In a 1988 interview with #MakingGayHistory’s Eric Marcus, Vito said, “I want to be around to … tell the world what happened so that people will realize what we all went through. Because I think our lives have been devalued. These are brave courageous, beautiful people who are dying.” Vito Russo died of complications from AIDS on November 7, 1990. Listen to our episode featuring Vito here: http://bit.ly/mgh-russo
Happy birthday to Frida Kahlo The legendary Mexican artist would have been 111 today. Her work has inspired generations of artists. Frida occasionally wore men’s clothing and was proudly bisexual — despite the world being hostile to LGBTQ people in the early 20th century. 📸: #NickolasMuray The first portrait was taken by Frida’s father, Guillermo Kahlo, in 1926.
“Your beliefs should make you better and should make you kinder, not more hateful.”
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Today marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of Pauline Esther Phillips who founded the "Dear Abby” column and was one of the first national celebrities to publicly support the rights of gay people. Phillips died in 2013 at the age of 94. TV journalist Diane Sawyer called her the "pioneering queen of salty advice.”
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Have a listen to our #MakingGayHistory episode featuring Phillips in her own words: http://bit.ly/mgh-dearabby
Gay rights pioneer Lilli Vincenz filmed the 1968 Reminder Day picket at Independence Hall, Philadelphia, on July 4, 1968. The Annual Reminders, starting in 1965, were some of the earliest #LGBTQ demonstrations in the United States.
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Activists #FrankKameny and #BarbaraGittings were among the activists who organized the actions, which were designed to remind Americans that LGBTQ people did not enjoy basic civil rights. Watch the entire seven-minute film “The Second Largest Minority” on @librarycongress website: bit.ly/reminder-day1968
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Listen to our episodes with Frank Kameny:
bit.ly/mgh-kameny
and Barbara Gittings:
bit.ly/mgh-gittings-lahusen1
bit.ly/mgh-gittings-lahusen (at Independence Hall)
On this day in 1981, the @NYTimes published its first article about a rare cancer found in 41 gay men in New York and California—a marker for a disease that later came to be known as AIDS.
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In 1988, Eric Marcus interviewed @CNN business anchor Tom Cassidy about his experience of living with AIDS and facing his mortality. Listen to the full episode here: bit.ly/mgh-cassidy.
Too often we forget that Sylvia Rivera was more than a trans icon. After leaving home when she was 11, she told Eric Marcus that she survived on the streets by hustling. Sylvia was only 17 when she famously took part in the Stonewall uprising and went on to found S.T.A.R. (Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries) with her friend and fellow activist Marsha P. Johnson.
Today, on her birthday, we honor the life of Sylvia Rivera and her work for the #LGBTQ community. Listen to our two episodes featuring Sylvia in her own words here: bit.ly/mgh-rivera and bit.ly/mgh-rivera-part2.
Feeling a bit sad that #PrideMonth is coming to a close? Joining Kay Lahusen and her friends at their monthly gay dinner table is guaranteed to lift your spirits. Have a listen to our special Pride episode: bit.ly/mgh-lahusen. (at Chelsea, New York)
To commemorate the life and legacy of Bayard Rustin, a memorial was placed in front of his long-time residence at Penn South, an affordable housing cooperative, in Manhattan, NY. The memorial was dedicated on Thursday, June 28, 2018 on West 28th Street between Eighth and Ninth Avenues in Manhattan.
About Bayard Rustin: Bayard Rustin was an essential figure in the Civil Rights Movement. He pioneered the use of nonviolent civil disobedience in struggles to dismantle racial discrimination and segregation laws in the U.S. He was a mentor to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and chief organizer of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. He dedicated his life to struggles for freedom and equality. Yet many of his contributions were obscured during his lifetime because he lived openly as a gay man in an era of intense discrimination.
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The Stonewall uprising began #onthisday in 1969. Explore the Library’s #LGBTQ history resources with our new guide by visiting on.nypl.org/stonewall or by going to the link in our bio.
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This photo shows the Stonewall Inn in 1969, and was taken by Diana Davies. It is currently part of the Library’s Manuscripts and Archives Division, but is also visible in our Digital Collections under ID number 1582272.