dc police : typescript of article on the Washington Metropolitan Police Department
Police departments--United States--District of Columbia
Police--United States--District of Columbia
Aiken assessed the results of a meeting between Mayor Washington and the Gay Activists Alliance in the wake of a police raid on the Club Baths the previous month.
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dc police : typescript of article on the Washington D.C. Metropolitan Police Department
Aiken discused the ramifications of the prosecution of local gay lawyer Joe Stewart for cruising in a DC park.
d.c. police : typescript of article on the Washington, D.C Metropolitan Police Department
Aiken reported the initial success of the Gay Activists Alliance in removing funding for the Metropolitan Police Department's Prostitution, Perversion and Obscenity squad which had entrapped many homosexuals. The article demonstrates the use of the budget process for securing LGBT civil rights/social goals.
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Gay teachers--United States--Maryland
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 US Supreme Court's decision not to grant a certiori in the case.
acanfora : typescript of article on Joe Acanfora case
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.
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.
Gay bars--Washington (D.C.)--20th century
Gay clubs--Washington (D.C.)--20th century
African American gays--Social life and customs--20th century
Exterior view of The Clubhouse, 1296 Upshur St. NW, Washington, D.C.
ClubHouse Enterprises
© Clubhouse Enterprises
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Gay Liberation Front-DC member Steve Behrens
David Aiken
Early 1970s
Christopher Street Liberation Day parade
Gay Liberation Front (Washington, D.C.)
Gay pride parades--New York
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1974
Men in drag walking in the Christopher Street Liberation Day parade.
Man dressed as Glinda the Good Witch wearing roller skates.
Man carrying sign "Happy Gays are Here Again!"