#OtisCharles | Ronni Sanlo

Published October 9, 2018

Today in LGBT History – October 9

Learning our history IS resistance! Thanks for taking this journey with me. Now go write your story! Today in LGBT History – October 9 1970 – In Minneapolis, FREE (Gay Liberation of Minnesota) opens the first “Regional Gay Convention” in the Midwest. 1993 – Following his retirement in 1993, Episcopal Bishop E. Otis Charles (April 24, 1926

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