Gay is Good! So was ‘Hef’
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 […]
Media Cover MSDC Victory Against FBI
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 […]
MSDC Wins District Court Victory
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 […]
“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 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 […]
Civil rights veterans highlight role of Rust College during movement
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 […]
Former Ex-Gay Leader Donates Archives to Mattachine Society
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 […]
“Uniquely Nasty” to be screened at U.S. Department of Labor PRIDE event
On June 6, AFGE Local 12, AFL-CIO will hold a screening of “Uniquely Nasty” at the Frances Perkins Building, the national office of the U.S. Department of Labor. MSWDC President […]
“Uniquely Nasty” Wins Edward R. Murrow Award
I am thrilled to announce that Yahoo News has won an Edward R. Murrow Award in the News Documentary category for “Uniquely Nasty,” our groundbreaking short film that shed new […]
