1. The Gay Liberation Movement from 1860 to 1971
Homosexual acts were forbidden by law in most of the states in the 1960s, same sex couples were also not allowed to marry or to adopt children. ... Even years ago, when I still knew nothing about sex psychology and my own familiarity with homosexuals was limited to a few women whom I got to know in jail, where I wound up because of my political convictions, I firmly stood up in defense of Oscar Wilde. ... Mattachine Review had a circulation of 2453 in 1961, which made it the second largest invert publication.7 Mattachine continued the discussion groups, started nationwide educational programs...
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