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Bars and Nightclubs
At the time of this photo, the State Bar was still considered mixed, serving both straight and gay patrons. Wait staff seated customers they perceived…
Bars and Nightclubs
Betty Underwood met Melva Earhart on a visit to Flint in 1957, and they soon began dating. After their romance faded, the two remained close, with…
Lesbians
For three years, beginning in 1977, the Leaping Lesbian provided news and support for Ann Arbor's lesbian community. The item shown here is the…
Lesbians
Collective members once hand delivered one issue of the Leaping Lesbian to in-town subscribers when postal rates were unexpectedly raised.
Entertainment
Janet Rauch and Deborah McCormick were founding mothers of the weekly women's music program "Face the Music" on public station WFBE-FM in Flint.…
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…
African Americans
In 1961 Melva Earhart re-opened the State Bar on W. Kearsley Street in Flint. By the late 1960s it had become almost exclusively gay, and hosted…
Lesbians
Women's softball has long provided a friendly place for many lesbians to meet and socialize. Metro Gay News reported the opening of Softball City in…
Books
Anita Skeen's poems have been published in numerous literary journals. As a professor at Michigan State University, she co-chaired the University-Wide…
Colleges and Universities
Deborah Bacon served as Dean of Women at The University of Michigan during the 1950s and 1960s. Her policing of homosexual affection was in accordance…