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Theater Offensive]]> Contact info@historyproject.org for more information.]]> This upgrade was important for veterans in part because a dishonorable discharge disqualified them from medical benefits from VA Hospitals. If upgraded, benefits were retroactive to the date of application, according to the pamphlet.

This pamphlet was in Charles Shively's possession likely because his partner, Gordon Copeland, had been dishonorably discharged from the Air Force on April 3, 1953, In Charles' papers are also copies of letters written by Gordon to the Air Force asking for a hearing of his undesirable discharge due to "alleged homosexuality," as well as a letter to the Boston V.A. Regional Office requesting information on his VA benefits, both dated July 3, 1979.]]> ]]> ]]> Copyright Laura Sachs.
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In this photograph, Abe Rybeck (second from left) and other actors from United Fruit Company are posing in costume outside Boston City Hall.

Abe Rybeck is pictured second from the left, Read Weaver is pictured second from the right.

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My friend Mark Aurigemma and I both worked at Gay Men's Health Crisis during the height of the AIDS epidemic. This picture was taken at a dance-a-thon fundraiser, where I apparently was in charge of media check-in. I remember the performances of Salt n Pepa, Queen Latifah, and Nona Hendryx. Salt and Pepa did "Let's Talk about Sex" and their hip-hop, girl power energy was insane.

Mark worked in client services, which was the truly tough work. We were there just as AZT was developed, and (for me) just before the really significant treatment combinations began saving people's lives. So the death toll was overwhelming. As a woman who identified as straight at the time, I could leave a lot of the sorrow at work. But gay men like Mark swam in sorrow and of course rage, as friends, lovers, co-workers, neighbors and acquaintances sickened and died.

Mark was one of the early NYC ACT UP folks. Their creativity, boldness, and anger not only transformed activism and patient advocacy, ACT UP without question made treatments available much more quickly than they would have been otherwise.

That job and that time were transformative for me. I learned so much, I witnessed great bravery and pain, and I formed deep friendships. Late in life I started dating women, and it took virtually no courage for me to come out. In the 1980s, though, it took hourly and daily acts of courage to be LGBTQ in America.

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I’m also attaching a photo. These days, this particular photo feels terribly poignant, because three of our long-time friends in it have since died: Eric Rofes, Crispin Hollings, and Urvashi Vaid.

Photograph: (left to right, back row) Richard Burns, Eric Rofes, Crispin Hollings. (left to right, front row) Kate Clinton, Amy Hoffman, Urvashi Vaid, Will Seng, Roberta Stone.
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Portrait of Ann Maguire edited for publication, Maguire is wearing a Beantown's Women's Rugby shirt. In the 1970s, Maguire hosted the WBUR radio show Gay Way, managed the Lesbian bar Somewhere, and served as the manager of Elaine Noble's successful 1974 election campaign. Maguire was a lifelong advocate for LGBTQ+ rights and health access and served as the Boston Mayor’s Liaison to the LGBT Community from 1984 to 1987. Maguire passed away in 2023.
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John Kyper

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Boston

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In November 1972 I was refused employment as an aide at the Massachusetts Mental Health Center, located on Fenwood Road near Brigham Circle, by a nursing supervisor who told me that my homosexuality made me "unsuitable to work with our younger patients." This file documents my unsuccessful attempt to obtain legal redress for this discrimination, then the testimony that I gave to the Commerce and Labor Committee of the Massachusetts Legislature detailing the incident in 1973 (anonymously) and publicly in 1974.]]> #QueerArchivesAtHome, http://www.historyproject.org/project/QAAH]]> ]]> ]]> Contact info@historyproject.org for more information.]]> ]]> ]]> Contact info@historyproject.org for more information.]]>
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