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The Deviant’s War: The Homosexual vs. The United States of America

June 1, 2020by Mattachine Society of Washington, D.C.

Links to purchase the book: Amazon Due to overwhelming demand, many bookstores are sold out. These independent bookshops are still in stock and shipping immediately. Please consider supporting them: Austin, […]

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Mattachine and “The Deviant’s War”

May 20, 2020by Mattachine Society of Washington, D.C.

“Fighting Back” video featuring Dr. Eric Cervini Released by Mattachine (May 20, 2020) Dr. Eric Cervini and his forthcoming history of the early gay rights movement “The Deviant’s War, the […]

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MSDC in NY Review of Books

November 2, 2019by Mattachine Society of Washington, D.C.

Last August, while researching a book on contemporary gay rights politics, I traveled to Spain, the country with the longest history of policies intended to make amends for past wrongs […]

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“The preferred terms were ‘pervert’ and ‘deviate’…”

April 28, 2015by Mattachine Society of Washington, D.C.

Washington Post Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Philip Kennicott on the Mattachine Society of Washington, D.C.’s amicus brief in the same-sex marriage cases at the Supreme Court today: “an insider’s look at […]

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“History must never be erased”

April 22, 2015by Mattachine Society of Washington, D.C.

Listen to Charles Francis, President of the Mattachine Society of Washington, D.C., talk with activist Mike Rogers on The Michelangelo Signorile Show about how MSDC is at the center of […]

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A Culture of Animus

March 10, 2015by Mattachine Society of Washington, D.C.

A “culture of animus” is brought to chilling life in our amicus brief to the Supreme Court, written by a fantastic team of attorneys at the international law firm McDermott […]

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Petition Denied. Revolution Begun.

January 28, 2015by Mattachine Society of Washington, D.C.

When does a petition denied become a revolution? The answer is history’s judgment. Gay civil rights pioneer Frank Kameny, in 1961, was denied his day before the Supreme Court, and […]

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Message in a bottle from a terrible time: Gary Bauer to Ronald Reagan, no homosexuals on the AIDS Commission

November 24, 2014by Mattachine Society of Washington, D.C.

We discovered this gem of animus earlier this year at the Reagan Presidential Library:  “I have opposed the notion that we should seek out a homosexual to be on your […]

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The Mattachine Society of Washington, D.C. conducts archive activism–identifying, conserving and interpreting the LGBT historical record.

MSDC is organized and approved for charitable and educational purposes as a 501(c)(3) of the IRS code, and is incorporated as a non-profit corporation in the District of Columbia.

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