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Barbara Gittings Hug A Homosexual Free Kisses

Description:
Black and white photograph by Kay Tobin of Barbara Gittings and Isabel Miller kissing at "Hug A Homosexual, Free Kisses: ALA/SST Task Force on Gay Liberation." Barbara Gittings was an activist who changed how LGBTQ people were seen in library cataloging practices and removing homosexuality from the American Psychological Associations list of mental disorders.
Attribution:
Courtesy of the New York Public Library Digital Collections, Manuscripts and Archives Division
Date:
1971
Exhibit Tags:
photographs, ALA, SSRT, gay liberation, and barbara gittings