PHOTO: the former Oregon State University Professor W. Dorr Legg moved on after World War II to edit and publish a pioneering research journal, to help establish what he called "homophile," or we call today gay rights, titled ONE magazine, which in 1963 featured the cover headline "Let's push homophile marriage" that included discussion of gay marriage. See Jim Burroway, "The Daily Agenda for Friday, June 20," boxturtlebulletin.com posted Jun. 20, 2014 who gives a good summary of the ONE discussion on gay marriages and a summary of current legal victories. (See previous post Gay marriage discussion in 1953 vs. 1963 and today (12/13/16))
PHOTO: the former Oregon State University Professor W. Dorr Legg moved on after World War II to edit and publish a pioneering research journal, to help establish what he called "homophile," or we call today gay rights, titled ONE magazine, which was ahead of its time when it mentioned the idea of "homosexual marriage" in 1953 long before "same-sex marriage" or "gay marriage" became a cause of some gay liberationists in the 1960s. See Jim Burroway, "The Daily Agenda for Friday, June 20," boxturtlebulletin.com posted Jun. 20, 2014 who gives a good summary of the ONE discussion on gay marriages and a summary of current legal victories. (See previous post Gay marriage discussion in 1953 vs. 1963 and today (12/13/16))
See my previous posts and the following links:
- Gay Oregon Professor 1935 (12/16/06)
- FBI files on gay OSU professor 1956 (7/7/10)
- Dorr Legg OSU archives records 1935-1942 (7/31/10)
- Jim Burroway, "The Daily Agenda for Friday, June 20," boxturtlebulletin.com posted Jun. 20, 2014 gives a good summary of the ONE discussion on gay marriages and a summary of current legal victories
- Michael Petrelis, "'Redeeming the Dream': Griffin, Herrera, Newsom & Hilary Rosen," mpetrelis.blogspot.com posted Jun. 20, 2014 - "The big-name lawyers behind the Prop 8 lawsuit, Ted Olson and David Boies, have a new book out titled "Redeeming the Dream" detailing their version of events of their high-profile case that struck down the California ban on gay marriages with a Supreme Court ruling based on the matter of standing by proponents of the initiative."
- Michael Petrelis, "Frank Kameny v. Charles Socarides: 1974 PBS Gay Marriage Debate," mpetrelis.blogspot.com posted May 25, 2014
- Gay marriage newspaper coverage 1971 vs. 2014 Corvallis Pride event (6/29/14)
- "Should Marriage Between Homosexuals Be Permitted?" openvault.wgbh.org Date Covered 5/2/1974
- Rick Rosendall , "1974 video: Kameny defends gay marriage on PBS," glaaforum.org posted May 21, 2014
