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"Gay People, This Is Your Church"
Robert M. Clement and John Darcy Noble stand in Sheep Meadow following the first Christopher Street Liberation Day March on June 28, 1970, beneath a hand-painted sign proclaiming, "Gay People, This Is Your Church." Earlier that day, Clement carried…
"Gays in the Synagogue" by Elenore Lester.Present Tense,Fall 1974 Issue.
“Gays in the Synagogue,” writer and CBST member Elenore Lester’s article for the American Jewish Committee’s journal, Present Tense, which appeared in the Fall, 1974 issue. Paste-up copy, 2 pages.
"New York's Gay Patriarch" on the Cover of FLASH: The International Guide to Gay Living
The cover of the June 15, 1976, issue of FLASH: The International Guide to Gay Living features Bishop Robert Mary Clement under the headline, "A Candid Interview with Bishop Robert Clement – New York's Gay Patriarch." Published during a period of…
"Two gay men ordained priests"
Press release issued by the Church of the Beloved Disciple, authored by Robert Bradley, announcing the ordination of John Darcy Noble and Leo M. Joseph on April 20, 1974. The statement proclaimed the ordinations as the first known instance of two…
"We Also Have A Religion" The American Indian Religious Freedom Act and the Religious Freedom Project of the Native American Rights Fund
Discusses developments in Native American hunting and fishing rights. And describes the establishment of the https://www.narf.org/nill/documents/nlr/nlr5-1.pdf
“Thieves, Queers and Fruit Jars: The Community and Media Responses to the Fire at the Upstairs Lounge” by Clayton Delery
Dr. Clayton Delery, a Louisiana native and professor at The Louisiana School for Math, Science and the Arts, has recently written this essay comparing the response of New Orleans city and religious leaders to the Rault Center fire in November 1972…
Don’t Be Afraid Anymore by Troy Perry
This book by UFMCC founder and long-time moderator Troy Perry includes his recollections of being in New Orleans following the fire.
The Horror Upstairs by Elizabeth Dias with Jim Downs
TIME magazine published a major story on the 40th anniversary (July 1, 2013 issue).
The Upstairs Lounge Fire by Royd Anderson
Filmmaker Royd Anderson produced a documentary film that examines the tragedy of the Upstairs Lounge Fire (2013).
Brief of Injustices Published by CRH in September, 1965 (14 pages)
Phyllis Lyon & Del Martin Papers.
California Hall: A Night to Remember by Eric Garber
Published in San Francisco Bay Area Gay & Lesbian Historical Society Newsletter, volume 1, number 2, December 1985. From research papers of James Waller.
Chronicle Reports ACLU Press Conference with Arrested Lawyers
San Francisco Chronicle, January 6, 1965, page 7.
Chronicle Reports Not Guilty Verdict in Trial
San Francisco Chronicle, February 12, 1965, page 3.
Chronicle Reports Police Inspector’s Testimony During Trial
San Francisco Chronicle, February 11, 1965, page 2.