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Photographer hired by Scott Dennis
Activism
Scott Dennis and Jeff Schunk, along with Mark Paron, formed the core of Ann Arbor's first organization for gay high school students. Initially…
Olan Mills Photographers
Activism
In revealing his and Randy Block's same-sex union ceremony, Byron Center music teacher Gerry Crane set off a firestorm of protest among parents who…
Coming Out
World War II is seen as a watershed in the formation of gay and lesbian communities in the United States. The mass mobilization exposed thousands,…
Activism
Members of Ann Arbor's Gay Youth Group started this mimeographed newsletter to reach other gay and lesbian high schoolers. Later editors dropped the…
Books
When Better Angel was reissued by the publisher Alyson in 1987, 86-year-old Forman Brown, a University of Michigan alumni, came forward as the author.…
Books
One of the few professional football players to ever come out of the closet, David Kopay visited his first gay bar during the single year he played…
Books
Isabel Miller's novel about a romance between two women in the 1820s is considered a classic in lesbian fiction. This is the original,…
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…