Digital Transgender Archive
Demonstrators Claim: 'God Is Gay,' Puppy Execution Fails to Occur
GAY Magazine article discussing a protest outside St Patrick's Cathedral in New York. The demonstrators claimed to be administering electroshock treatment to a live puppy to protest the use of such treatments on queer inmates, later admitting this was an empty threat intended to generate interest. Wicker then mentions several attendees of the protest, including Sylvia Rivera.
- Identifier
- mw22v594h
- Collection
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Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
- Institution
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The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
- Creator(s)
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Wicker, Randy
GAY Magazine
- Date Issued
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Dec. 21, 1970
- Dates Covered
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Nov. 20, 1970
- Genre
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Clippings
- Subject(s)
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Bellevue Hospital
Gay Hospital Orderlies to Stop Torture
Richard Wandel
Street Transvestites Action Revolutionaries (STAR)
Sylvia Rivera
- Places
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New York
New York > Saint Patricks Cathedral
- Topic(s)
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BIPOC
Black LGBTQ+ people
Latino/a/x transgender people
LGBTQ+ activism
LGBTQ+ demonstrations
LGBTQ+ prisoners
LGBTQ+ solidarity
Police harassment of Black LGBTQ+ people
Police interactions with LGBTQ+ people
Police violence toward LGBTQ+ people
QTPOC
- Resource Type
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Text
- Language
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English
- Rights
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In copyright
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