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1970s Gay Rights Activist Kiyoshi Kuromiya 2
1media/Screen Shot 2023-04-03 at 4.11.27 PM_thumb.png2023-04-03T23:11:59+00:00Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a4911Kuromiya and an unidentified friend from Gay Dealer, 1970. Kiyoshi became publicly active in homosexual causes before Stonewall. In 1965, he was one of a dozen participants at the first homosexual rights demonstration at Independence Hall in Philadelphia. And in 1970 he spoke on homosexual rights before the Black Panther Party’s Revolutionary People’s Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia. Kiyoshi noted the racism prevalent then, saying he was often kicked out of Gay Activist Alliance meetings when he spoke out against racism.plain2023-04-03T23:11:59+00:001970Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a49