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Organized by a feminist collective in the mid-1970s, the bookstore served as a safe space for lesbians and other Ann Arbor women until the early…
Activism
On numerous occasions during the early 1970s, Ann Arbor lesbians and gays took to the streets to protest discriminatory actions by businesses and…
Bars and Nightclubs
Detroit's Palmer Park neighborhood became a magnet for gays in the late 1970s and early 1980s which lead to the establishment of many businesses and…
Bars and Nightclubs
W. Dorr Legg helped found the homophile organization ONE and its magazine in the early 1950s. William Kern, a.k.a. Bill Dakota, a member of ONE,…
Bars and Nightclubs
Lesbian Melva Earhart purchased the State Bar in Flint in 1950 and it soon became a safe hang-out for a homosexual clientele. Its original location on…
Businesses
Chuck Thompson bought Cruise Magazine from long-time owner Tony Rome in the late 1990s. Rome was a founding member of the Detroit Bar Guild. Here the…
Bars and Nightclubs
Despite the demise of disco in the late 1970s, large dance clubs maintained their allure among young gay men, lesbians, and bisexuals as places to…
Rio Brown
Activism
When retired Ford Vice President Allan Gilmour revealed he was gay in an interview with Between The Lines, he made national news and was immediately…