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Author Archives: Charles Francis

Washington Blade: No LGBT History, No Equality

December 7, 2017by Charles Francis

Justin Trudeau’s epic apology to sexual minorities in Canada for decades of “systemic oppression, criminalization and violence” stands as a stark reminder for LGBT Americans that our history of ruinous […]

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MSDC Donates Smid Collection to Smithsonian

October 18, 2017by Charles Francis

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History recently acquired an archival collection related to the work of John J. Smid, a former minister and proponent of conversion therapy. The collection […]

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Gay is Good! So was ‘Hef’

October 4, 2017by Charles Francis

What can the passing of Hugh Hefner possibly mean to LGBT Americans? “Hef’s” world at the Playboy mansion in Los Angeles was a dazzling Sixties mash of hetero sex and […]

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Media Cover MSDC Victory Against FBI

August 3, 2017by Charles Francis

Government documents related to former FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover’s purge of gay and lesbian federal government employees will be released after McDermott Will & Emery attorneys scored a pro […]

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MSDC Wins District Court Victory

July 31, 2017by Charles Francis

U.S. District Court Judge Royce C. Lamberth Orders Department of Justice and FBI to Expand Searches; Review and Release More Documents Related to Eisenhower “sexual perversion” Executive Order July 31—In […]

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“Conversion Therapy” Papers from Largest Ex-Gay Conversion Ministry Donated to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History by The Mattachine Society of Washington, DC

July 25, 2017by Charles Francis

July 19, 2017—The Mattachine Society of Washington, DC. donated two significant documents from the now-defunct and once largest “ex-gay” conversion therapy ministry “Love In Action”(LIA) to the Smithsonian’s National Museum […]

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Civil rights veterans highlight role of Rust College during movement

July 25, 2017by Charles Francis

Charles Francis, president of the Mattachine Society, which conducts research and offers education programs focused on gay and lesbian policies, noted that a 1964 Mississippi State Sovereignty report targeted Smith and […]

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Former Ex-Gay Leader Donates Archives to Mattachine Society

July 2, 2017by Charles Francis

The former leader of a religious-oriented ‘conversion therapy’ ministry called Love In Action that sought to change its clients from gay to straight has donated the ministry’s voluminous archives to […]

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

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