The University of Rochester Pride Network student organization invites alumni, students, families, and friends to their annual reception, taking place over Meliora Weekend, October 10, 1:30 – 3:00 pm, Alumni & Advancement Center's Alumni Lounge. This will be a time
What did the Gay Liberation Front do?
by Evelyn Bailey In previous issues we looked at WHAT the Gay Liberation Front at the University of Rochester was. We looked at WHO the driving force behind the organization was. In this issue we want to look at WHAT
Gay Liberation in Rochester, New York
Excerpts from an article by Michael Robertson in the Empty Closet, June 1975 “We have fled from blackmailing cops, from families who disowned or ‘tolerated’ us; we have been drummed out of the armed services, thrown out of schools, fired
Larry Fine’s Memories
Larry Fine was one of the founders of the Gay Liberation Front at the University of Rochester. Larry now lives in Boston. Shoulders to Stand On interviewed Larry for over two hours about the early days of the Gay Liberation
A Gay Dance in 1971
The following letter to the editor appeared in the University of Rochester Campus TImes and the first edition of the Empty Closet (January, 1971). It was written by Patricia Evers, a student at the University of Rochester. This was a
Dance Anyone?
Printed in the first edition of the Empty Closet, January 1971: Dance Anyone? by Larry Fine and R. J. Alcala On December 5, UR Gay Liberation and UR Women’s Liberation co-sponsored a Liberation Dance in the Lounge of the Frederick
The Making of a Gay President
The March, 1974 issue of the Empty Closet, contains a front page article, written by Michael Robertson We have reprinted it below. The Making of a Gay President by Michael Robertson A month has passed since you elected as president