5 and Thriving: Our Fifth Year In Review

Rosie came back into view, “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” took center stage, Barack and Hillary stepped up to the presidential plate. NYC lost the Roxy and CBGBs, Britney lost her long locks, our community lost a dear activist, Barbara Gittings. And Ellen became the most visible, successful lesbian in the universe. A look back at the events that shaped GO’s world in the past year.

WE OWE IT TO BARBARA
Barbara Gittings, a long-time LGBT rights activist, died at 75 from breast cancer. Among her many accomplishments, she led the campaign to convince the American Psychiatric Association to remove homosexuality from its list of mental disorders in 1973. (Feb 2007)


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