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
Empty Closet 40th Anniversary Celebration Is February 27
By Evelyn Bailey The Empty Closet 40th Anniversary Celebration is scheduled for Sunday, Feb. 27, in the Tea Room, fourth floor, Auditorium Center, 875 E. Main St. This year the Empty Closet turns 40 – a milestone in anyone’s life,
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 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
1971: News from the Empty Closet
The following news items were taken from the February and March 1971 editions of the Empty Closet. Gay People vs State AssemblyReported by Bob Osborne Three members of the Rochester gay community (Bob Osborne, R.J. Alcala, and Marshall Goldman) addressed
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