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1970s Dignity Church 2
1media/Screen Shot 2023-04-03 at 5.12.00 PM_thumb.png2023-04-04T00:12:29+00:00Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a4911Demonstrators attend the first National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights in 1979. The first official branch of Dignity was formed in 1970 in Los Angeles with a draft constitution and chairman, Bob Fourier. Dignity’s first meeting on church property was in the basement of St. Brendan’s Church on Van Ness Avenue. The next year, Nidorf sent a letter to the Archdiocese asking for Dignity to be officially recognized. Predictably, and as Nidorf feared, the letter was not well received and the Archbishop asked Father Pat to cut off ties with the group. He resigned February 20, 1971. However, the departure of their founder was not a deterrent, and by 1973 Dignity was a nationwide organization with multiple chapters across the United States. Today, Dignity is still a national presence that continues to promote LGBT-rights within the Catholic community.plain2023-04-04T00:12:29+00:001979Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a49