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Today in Pride Month history: Homosexuals in Holocaust first publicly recognized

June 24, 2015 By Eric A. Gordon

In 1976, speakers at a public program in Hartford, Conn., told the history and paid homage to the homosexuals exterminated in the Nazi concentration and labor camps.

Today in history: first AIDS cases reported in 1981

June 5, 2015 By Special to People’s World

In its earliest phase, very little was known about transmission, and public anxiety grew, sometimes reaching hysterical proportions.

A love story for Gay Pride Month, with Confederate flag

June 3, 2015 By Eric A. Gordon

Rick heard my lecture about racism and what that starred and barred flag projected to the world.

Today: Two American poets honor LGBT Pride Month

June 2, 2015 By Special to People’s World

Includes poetry by Walt Whitman and Judy Grahn.

Ireland votes in landslide to approve gay marriage

May 26, 2015 By Shawn Pogatchnik

Ireland's citizens have voted in a landslide to legalize gay marriage - a stunningly lopsided result that illustrates what Catholic leaders and rights activists alike called a "social revolution."