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Chicago, IL (1924)
Newspaper describing the opening of the Institute for Sex Science by Dr. Hirschfeld in Germany. Its research would later be destroyed by the Nazis.
Seattle, WA (1888)
One photograph courtesy of Paul Dorpat and HistoryLink.org "Madame Lou Graham arrives in Seattle in February 1888." Madame Louise "Lou" Graham, operated a bordello in Seattle, Washington and it is said she had a romantic relationship and partnership with another woman and also to have hired transgender women, requested as "the lady in the black dress".
New York City, NY (1979)
Three photographs from Christopher Street Liberation Day (1979)
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