Janus Society
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janus-society-205-10095952
title:
Janus Society
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The Janus Society was an early homophile organization founded in 1962 and based in Philadelphia. It is notable as the publisher of Drum magazine, one of the earliest gay publications in the United States and the one most widely circulated in the 1960s, and for its role in organizing many of the nation's earliest LGBT rights demonstrations. The Janus Society takes its name from the Roman two-faced God Janus of beginnings, endings, and doorways. The organization focused on a policy of militant res
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Early homophile organization
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janus_Society
date created:
2009-08-16T03:53:23Z
date modified:
2024-09-10T11:20:07Z
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