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spazzmann

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Wed May 29, 2013, 11:58 AM May 2013

Today in Peace and Justice history on May 29, 1965


In one of the first demonstrations promoting equal treatment of homosexuals, Jack Nichols, Barbara Gittings and others picketed in front of the White House. Her sign read, “Sexual preference is irrelevant to federal employment.” http://bit.ly/175bVln

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