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The Gay Liberator

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Title
The Gay Liberator
Alternative Title
The Detroit Gay Liberator (1970 - 1971)
The Detroit Liberator (1970)
Description
The "Detroit Liberator", as it was originally known, was launched in 1970 by the Detroit Gay Liberation Front, 9 months after Stonewall. Following the dissolution of the Detroit GLF in early 1971, the publication relaunched that September rebranded as "The Gay Liberator" and created by Pansy Press, an independent gay media collective. The publication discussed LGBTQ+ discrimination by courts, police, laws, employers, and landlords, highlighted resources for for LGBTQ+ people in Michigan, and featured poetry and art. Upon the publication's sixth anniversary in April, 1976, the publication released its final edition amid declining written contributions and support.
Format
Newspaper
Dates
1970 - 1976
Publisher
Pansy Press (1971 - 1976)
The Detroit Gay Liberation Front (1970)
Location of Publication
Newspaper
Number of Issues
48
License
Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial
Holding Institutions
John J. Wilcox, Jr. Archives at the William Way LGBT Community Center

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Items with "Part of:: The Gay Liberator"
Title Class
Detroit Gay Liberator, No. 6, December 1970 Document
The Detroit Liberator, No. 1, April 1970 Document
The Gay Liberator: No. 33, December 1973 - January 1974 Document

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