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This was the first national meeting of gay rights groups in the United States, [2] and while the attendees decided against forming a national organization, they agreed to create the North American Conference of Homophile Organizations (NACHO) as an annual meeting of homophile activists. [43]
The North American Conference of Homophile Organizations (NACHO, pronounced "Nay-Ko") was an umbrella organization for a number of homophile organizations. Founded in 1966, the goal of NACHO was to expand coordination among homophile organizations throughout the Americas. [1]
North American Conference of Homophile Organizations (NACHO) 1966: Dissolved in 1970 ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives: 1952: Out & Equal: 1996: Active OutServe-SLDN: 2012: Active PFLAG: 1973: Active Pride at Work: 1994: Active Queer Nation: 1990: RESYST: 2000: Dissolved Rainbow Railroad USA: 2015: Global LGBTQI+ refugee support and advocacy ...
American Gay. Chicago, University of Chicago Press. ISBN 0-226-55191-1. Stryker, Susan and Jim Van Buskirk, with foreword by Armisted Maupin (1996). Gay by the Bay: A History of Queer Culture in the San Francisco Bay Area. San Francisco, Chronicle Press. ISBN 0-8118-1187-5. Teal, Donn (1971, reissued 1995).
Chicago Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame Pride float in Pride 2013. Kelley was an inaugural inductee to the Hall of Fame. In 1966, Kelley helped organize the first national gay and lesbian conference in the United States, the North American Conference of Homophile Organizations. [1] [2] [4] [13] [14]
The success of ECHO inspired other homophile groups across the country to explore the idea of forming a national homophile umbrella group. This was done with the formation in 1966 of the North American Conference of Homophile Organizations (NACHO, rhymes with Waco). [16]
The Mattachine Society, founded in 1950, was one of the earliest homophile/homosexual organizations in the United States, probably second only to Chicago's Society for Human Rights (1924). [22] Harry Hay and a group of Los Angeles male friends, including Dale Jennings and Rudi Gernreich , formed the group to protect and improve the rights of ...
February 18 – The first meeting of the coalition of gay rights groups that will become the North American Conference of Homophile Organizations takes place in Kansas City, Missouri. [ 27 ] April 21 – Activists stage a " sip-in " at Julius , a bar in New York City, challenging a state Liquor Authority regulation prohibiting serving alcohol ...