City Newspaper, July 14, 2010
by Tim Louis Macaluso
"Being gay once meant that you were part of an underground subculture. Now the LGBT's community's journey into the mainstream, leaving out that pesky marriage-equality thing, is nearly complete.
"The gay rights movement was one of the most important social and political movements of the 20th century, and Rochester was at the forefront of that struggle. A year after gays clashed with New York City police at Stonewall, a group of University of Rochester students formed the Gay Liberation Front.
"In this story, founding members of the GLF and longtime gay rights activists recount what it was like to be gay in Rochester back in the day, and the challenges the movement faced. In the process, they give Rochester's gay community a sense of its own history.
"'This is our history,' says activist Evelyn Bailey. 'And young people need to know that there were people before them who fought hard to get us to this point. It's something we can be proud of.'"