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• Opinion on 1967 arrest of students for screening transvestite film "Flaming Creatures"
  A digital scan of a page of the Michigan Daily from March 28th, 1967, featuring an editorial letter from Professor John E. Powers. Dr. Powers of the College of Engineering offered a "critical analysis" of the "Cinema Guild Incident," in which 4 UM students were arrested in January of that year for showing the experimental transvestite film "Flaming Creatures" on campus.
• Still image from the film Different from the Others (Anders als die Andern)
  This 1919 silent film is thought to be one of the first sympathetic portrayals of homosexuality on screen. Telling the story of a gay musician and his boyfriend who are blackmailed by a acquaintance, it was made to protest German laws that criminalized homosexual relations between men.
• Lavender Woman: Volume 5, Number 1
  This is the final issue of the lesbian feminist newspaper Lavendar Woman. Publications of Lavendar Woman typically included articles on lesbian and feminist issues, illustrations, interviews, news, and poems, with a particular focus on arts and culture. This issue contains articles about women and lesbians in the arts, poetry and fictional writing, information about other feminist lesbian periodicals, and news coverage of a recent presentation held in New York City and sponsored by the International Tribunal on Crimes Against Women. Interestingly, the creators of this issue explain their reasons for discontinuing the publication, stating "it's time to face the fact that we're dying" (p. 1). They explain the lack of staff, time, and energy required to continue to produce the newspaper, and describe being "out of touch" with the lesbian feminist identity and movement.