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Out at CHM 2010

Richard Nixon, Gay Liberationist?

Thursday, April 15
Cocktails at 5:30 p.m.; program at 6:30 p.m.

Focusing on the Chicago bar scene of the postwar era, historian John D’Emilio has uncovered some surprising and unintended consequences of Richard Nixon’s animosity towards the Richard J. Daley administration. Without a doubt, queer activists over the course of the 1960s and 70s fought back against police harassment of LGBT public spaces. But Nixon's concerted efforts to destroy the power of Chicago's Democratic machine paradoxically undermined the police's systematic harassment of bars patronized by LGBT people.

Cost:
$12; $10 members and students.

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The Elizabeth Morse Charitable Trust is the presenting sponsor of Out at CHM. Presented in partnership with the Center on Halsted.

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