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    Mattachine Midwest (/ˈmætəʃiːn/) was a gay rights organization active in Chicago, Illinois, United States. It was established in 1965 during the homophile...
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  • The Mattachine Society (/ˈmætəʃiːn/), founded in 1950, was an early national gay rights organization in the United States, preceded by several covert and...
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  • such as the Chicago Gay Liberation Network, Mattachine Midwest, and ACT UP/Chicago. In 1965, Mattachine Midwest was founded as a gay rights organization...
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  • 109 arrests and led to the creation of Mattachine Midwest, a gay rights organization modeled after the Mattachine Society. September 19 – A small group...
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    Cardona C. C. Carter Jim Gates (Chicago businessman) Louis I. Lang Mattachine Midwest NAMES Project Chicago Chapter Charles Edward Nelson II Mona Noriega...
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    Cardona C. C. Carter Jim Gates (Chicago businessman) Louis I. Lang Mattachine Midwest NAMES Project Chicago Chapter Charles Edward Nelson II Mona Noriega...
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    Cardona C. C. Carter Jim Gates (Chicago businessman) Louis I. Lang Mattachine Midwest NAMES Project Chicago Chapter Charles Edward Nelson II Mona Noriega...
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    Richard; Zacher, Christian K.; Cayton, Andrew Robert Lee (eds.). The American Midwest: an interpretive encyclopedia. Indiana University Press. p. 498. ISBN 978-0-253-00349-2...
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  • LGBTQ+ history and challenges. As an activist, she participated in Mattachine Midwest and PFLAG, and alongside Frank Kellas, initiated the "Gay $ Project...
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  • Cardona C. C. Carter Jim Gates (Chicago businessman) Louis I. Lang Mattachine Midwest NAMES Project Chicago Chapter Charles Edward Nelson II Mona Noriega...
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  • those actions organized by such Eastern groups as the Mattachine Society of New York, the Mattachine Society of Washington, Philadelphia's Janus Society...
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    Cardona C. C. Carter Jim Gates (Chicago businessman) Louis I. Lang Mattachine Midwest NAMES Project Chicago Chapter Charles Edward Nelson II Mona Noriega...
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  • Cardona C. C. Carter Jim Gates (Chicago businessman) Louis I. Lang Mattachine Midwest NAMES Project Chicago Chapter Charles Edward Nelson II Mona Noriega...
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    Cardona C. C. Carter Jim Gates (Chicago businessman) Louis I. Lang Mattachine Midwest NAMES Project Chicago Chapter Charles Edward Nelson II Mona Noriega...
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    Cardona C. C. Carter Jim Gates (Chicago businessman) Louis I. Lang Mattachine Midwest NAMES Project Chicago Chapter Charles Edward Nelson II Mona Noriega...
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    Cardona C. C. Carter Jim Gates (Chicago businessman) Louis I. Lang Mattachine Midwest NAMES Project Chicago Chapter Charles Edward Nelson II Mona Noriega...
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    Chicago neighborhood that was the center of black culture for the entire Midwest in the early and middle 20th century. Edward and Harold stayed with their...
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    Officer at Cars.com. Their wedding was officiated by Jim Bennett, the Midwest Director of Lambda Legal. Ricketts is one of four children. Older brother...
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  • Cardona C. C. Carter Jim Gates (Chicago businessman) Louis I. Lang Mattachine Midwest NAMES Project Chicago Chapter Charles Edward Nelson II Mona Noriega...
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  • individuals in the Chicago area formed Mattachine Midwest, a gay rights organization modeled after the national Mattachine Society. The group published newsletters...
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    Cardona C. C. Carter Jim Gates (Chicago businessman) Louis I. Lang Mattachine Midwest NAMES Project Chicago Chapter Charles Edward Nelson II Mona Noriega...
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  • Cardona C. C. Carter Jim Gates (Chicago businessman) Louis I. Lang Mattachine Midwest NAMES Project Chicago Chapter Charles Edward Nelson II Mona Noriega...
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    Taylor was instrumental in starting the gay and lesbian advocacy group Mattachine Midwest along with Pearl Hart in 1965. She lent her services to its newsletter...
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    Cardona C. C. Carter Jim Gates (Chicago businessman) Louis I. Lang Mattachine Midwest NAMES Project Chicago Chapter Charles Edward Nelson II Mona Noriega...
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    Cardona C. C. Carter Jim Gates (Chicago businessman) Louis I. Lang Mattachine Midwest NAMES Project Chicago Chapter Charles Edward Nelson II Mona Noriega...
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    Chicago avoided some of the most severe economic contractions of other Midwest cities along the Great Lakes such as Detroit and Cleveland. Days after...
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    Cardona C. C. Carter Jim Gates (Chicago businessman) Louis I. Lang Mattachine Midwest NAMES Project Chicago Chapter Charles Edward Nelson II Mona Noriega...
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  • Cardona C. C. Carter Jim Gates (Chicago businessman) Louis I. Lang Mattachine Midwest NAMES Project Chicago Chapter Charles Edward Nelson II Mona Noriega...
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  • Homophile Action League Janus Society Knights of the Clock Mattachine Midwest Mattachine Society Metropolitan Community Church NACHO ONE, Inc. PRIDE...
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