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America’s First Gay Rights Group Formed A Century Ago This Year & You’ve Probably Never Heard Of It

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LGBTQNation reports that one hundred years ago, queerness was illegal in just about every way in the U.S. There were laws against cross-dressing and sodomy, being trans or queer was classified as a mental illness, and it was legal to discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity. 

Read more at LGBTQNation

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