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(LGBT HISTORY) 11 LGBT SENIORS REVEAL THE HOMOPHOBIA THEY GREW UP WITH IN A POWERFUL SHORT FILM

Adrian Garcia
May 2, 2013


The following video created by the L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center, is a powerful short film that looks at the lives of eleven LGBT seniors who came out during a time of intense and even violent homophobia.

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An Oral History is an ongoing project of the L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center’s Seniors Services Department. This short film captures the perspective of eleven LGBT seniors in Los Angeles who came of age during a time in which imprisonment, daily discrimination, physical violence and abuse were commonplace.
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Frank Kameny leads a march in Washington D.C.

Exemplifying elegant survival, the individuals you will meet in An Oral History, made the community we have today possible. From the “Daughters of Bilitis” and “Mattachine Society” to the marches led by Frank Kameny and Barbara Gittings, the history of the LGBT movement has often been forgotten, overlooked or ignored. This is an attempt to give voice to and shine the light on the stories and lives of these individuals.

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