Don't miss this excellent article about how Larry Fine, Karen Hagberg, Patti Evans, and a few others started the Gay Liberation Front at the University of Rochester. The Gay Liberation Front eventually became the Gay Alliance of the Genesee Valley.
Karen Hagberg Writes About The Empty Closet on Huffington Post
R.J. Alcalá and I never would have imagined, in the fall of 1970 as we sat at my kitchen table kicking around possible titles for a proposed gay liberation newspaper, that it would become, by 1978, the oldest continuously published
Our History Is Our Strength
by Evelyn Bailey From the very beginning of time, women have been viewed as the “weaker” sex. However, when you look at the women who wrote our history with their lives, they can hardly be identified as “weak”! The women
Gay Liberation Front
By Evelyn Bailey Bob Osborne, Larry Fine, R.J. Alcala, Patti Evans, Karen Hagberg, Marshall Goldman. Who would you say these people are? These men and women were the Shoulders on which the University of Rochester’s Gay Liberation Front was founded.
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
Bob Osborne
by Evelyn Bailey In last month’s Shoulders To Stand On article we looked at HOW and WHAT the Gay Liberation Front was. This month we will look at who the people involved in the Gay Liberation Front (GLF) were. We
Women Who Contributed to the Gay Rights Movement
by Evelyn Bailey March is Women’s History Month. We begin with a couple of local Rochestarians, and move on to those who are recognized nationally for their contribution to the gay rights movement. Dr. Karen Hagberg is a founding member
Women Play a Critical Role in Rochester’s Gay History, 1971 – 1972
by Evelyn Bailey During 1971 – 1972 there were several Rochester women who made history by speaking openly about their sexual orientation. This was during a time when the American Psychiatric Association identified homosexuality as a diagnosable mental disorder in