'50 Years, 50 Heroes': Honoring the Organizers of the First LGBT March on Washington

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50 Years, 50 Heroes: Honoring the Organizers of the First LGBT March on Washington
For The Advocate's 50th anniversary, executive editor Neal Broverman honors some of the organizers of the 1979 March on Washington.
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50 Years, 50 Heroes: Honoring the Organizers of the First LGBT March on Washington

For The Advocate's 50th anniversary, executive editor Neal Broverman honors some of the organizers of the 1979 March on Washington.

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50 Years, 50 Heroes: Honoring the Organizers of the First LGBT March on Washington

For The Advocate's 50th anniversary, executive editor Neal Broverman honors some of the organizers of the 1979 March on Washington.

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Fighting against an illness with no treatment and institutional racism, Black queer communities had to look inward for support.

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In Minnesota, staying human was treated as a danger—and innocent lives paid the price.

“I will fight these baseless charges, and I will not be silenced,” the gay journalist said.

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Guillaume Cizeron and his ice dancing partner Laurence Fournier Beaudry have been mired in controversy since the start of the Milano Cortina Olympics.

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Authorities have identified the shooter that killed eight people as an 18-year-old local resident.

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