With much recent attention on the L-G-B-T community—and violence against it—we discuss past struggles, of the 1970s, when what was termed “gay liberation” began gaining momentum.
This month is the 47th anniversary of the pivotal “Stonewall Riot” of 1969.
On today’s Topical Currents we speak with Connecticut College professor Jim Downs, who’s chronicled events from that decade in his book, “STAND BY ME: The Forgotten History of Gay Liberation.”