acanfora : typescript of article on Joe Acanfora case
Gay teachers--United States--Maryland
In the mid-70s, Joe Acanfora, a science teacher in the Montgomery County, MD public schools was fired after he was revealed to be gay. In this article, Aiken summarized the case to date with comments on the US Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals decisions.
Aiken, David L.
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Acanfora, Joe
National Education Association of the United States
In the mid-70s, Joe Acanfora, a science teacher in the Montgomery County, MD public schools was fired after he was revealed to be gay. In this article, Aiken discussed the support of the National Education Association for Acanfora's legal struggle.
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Aerial photograph of Gay May Day event in DuPont Circle, Washington, D.C.
Gay pride events--Washington (D.C.)--20th century
1971
Playgrounds--District of Columbia
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Anti-Sexism Committee work on Title 34, DC Human Rights Act
Gay rights--Washington (D.C.)
Gay liberation movement--Washington (D.C.)
National Lawyers Guild
© National Lawyers Guild
appeals : typescript of article on court ruling regarding Pentagon security clearance practices
draft of article on the ruling of a three judge panel on the Pentagon's intimate questions of three gay men being interviewed for security clearances.
© David L. Aiken
Baltimore Gay Alliance flyer on Maryland's sodomy laws
Gay liberation movement--United States--Maryland
Sodomy--United States--Maryland
flyer on the efforts to overturn Maryland's sodomy laws
Baltimore Gay Alliance
© Baltimore Gay Alliance
Baltimore Gay Alliance Legal Action Committee Activities flyer on Bill number 921
Employment discrimination--United States--Maryland
flyer describing the actions of the Baltimore Gay Alliance in regards to a bill to ban anti-gay discrimination in employment introduced to the Maryland legislature by Delegate Bert Booth.
1976 March #7 1976 April #8
Bruce Pennington and Theodore Kirkland eating dinner. Possibly at the Gay Liberation Front-DC communal house at 1620 S St.or possibly at a local Chinese restaurant, name unknown.
Gay Liberation Front (Washington, D.C.)
Pennington, Bruce C., 1947-2003
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Christopher Street Liberation Day parade
Gay pride parades--New York
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Marchers carrying sign reading "I'm Gay ... Fly Me"
Young man holding sign reading "FAG: Free and Gay"
1974
Man carrying sign "Happy Gays are Here Again!"