Mark Meinke
Recent Event Contributions
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MSW attacks US federal discrimination against gays
First letter from John Macy, Chairman of the US Civil Service Commission refusing Mattachine's request to meet with the Commission. Read more
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MSW Takes on the Metropolitan Police Department
Two days after Frank Kameny's birthday, the Metropolitan Police staged a violent and bloody raid on the Gayety Buffet, a gay meeting place on 9th... Read more
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First Public Picketing for Queer Civil Rights in front of the White House
Originally a response to Cuban and US government harassment of homosexuals, the new militant gay tactic of picketing created by MSW expanded to the... Read more
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Gay Is Good slogan created by Frank Kameny
August 1968 adoption of Gay is Good by the North American Council of Homophile Organizations Read more
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Mattachine Society of Washington organized
To secure for homosexuals the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness; to equalized the status and position of the homosexual with... Read more
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First meetings to form the Mattachine Society of Washington
The first meetings to organize the new gay civil rights organization were held at Paul Aiken's apartment on Harvard St. NW. Once a constitution... Read more
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Clifford Norton arrested on suspicion of homosexuality
Arrested in Lafayette Square on suspicion of homosexuality, Clifford Norton was fired by NASA after the Metropolitan Police reported to his... Read more
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Congressional Attacks Create PR and Support for MSW
US Rep John Dowdy (D-TX) launched a campaign to remove MSW's license for charitable solicitation in DC in the summer of 1962. Though MSW did give... Read more
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1st East Coast Homophiles Organization conference - Philadelphia
The first conference of East Coast Homophile Organizations provided a sounding board and conferencing platform for the increasingly radically... Read more
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MSW creates Washington Council on Religion & the Homosexual
Letter announcing the Washington Area Council on Religion and the Homosexual, May 1965 Read more
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The Insider
The Insider was MSW's successor to the Gazette, a newsletter for members of Mattachine heralding upcoming events and reporting past events. It... Read more