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196:Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
180:Chevy Chase, Maryland
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981:Daughters of Bilitis
883:Knights of the Clock
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601:The Orlando Sentinel
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192:Cocoa Beach, Florida
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58:John Richard Nichols
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1060:Morris Kight
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1095:José Sarria
1085:Clark Polak
1035:Merton Bird
1004:Kay Lahusen
431:. Penguin.
320:Lige Clarke
301:Lige Clarke
265:pickets at
259:White House
142:Nichols Jr.
113:LGBT rights
83:May 2, 2005
1382:Categories
1172:Vice Versa
1158:The Ladder
1080:Troy Perry
792:2007-09-24
713:2010-02-10
692:2007-09-24
660:2007-09-24
576:2009-07-29
507:References
474:2014-02-17
146:gay rights
110:Journalist
64:1938-03-16
1357:The Patch
1075:Bob Mizer
1019:Ada Bello
956:Harry Hay
903:ONE, Inc.
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170:Biography
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731:Advocate
607:July 31,
349:Sexology
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250:and the
223:Activism
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184:came out
116:activist
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