Results for subject term "LGBT History": 6
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Anti-Gay Police Violence on Indianapolis' Monument Circle in the 1980s
In August 1984, Indianapolis gay news publication The Works ran a profile on David Molden, an openly gay nineteen-year-old man who experienced police harassment on Monument Circle. On his way home from work late at night on July 6, Molden was…
Wedding Bands and Bans: The Fight For and Against Same Sex Marriage in Indiana(polis)
Bands
You are standing in front of the City-County Building at 200 E. Washington Street. On June 25, 2014, it was witness to a historic moment in Indiana history. After news broke that a federal court judge ruled Indiana’s ban on same-sex…
Hoosiers Go to Battle: Indiana War Memorial Plaza Historic District
Imposing Policies Until 1993, every potential soldier from Indiana or anywhere else in the United States who wanted to serve his or her country would have to answer question No. 27 on the Department of Defense enlistment form, which sought to…
Carving Out a Community Space: Herron-Morton Neighborhood
HistoryBetween the mid-1970s and late 1980s, the Herron-Morton Neighborhood located between Talbott Street and 22nd Street, was a center of the LGBT+ community in Indianapolis. The Herron-Morton neighborhood takes its name from the John Herron…
The Damien Center: AIDS In Indianapolis, 1981-?
The two-story brick building, located at 26 North Arsenal Avenue, is the current location of the Damien Center, which has provided HIV/AIDS health and counseling services to Hoosiers, gay and straight, since 1987. Here in this century-old building,…
Pride Parade
You’re standing at the corner of Vermont Street and Pennsylvania Street, where the Circle City Pride Parade has marched by every summer since 2002. The parade is a celebration of the Indianapolis LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender)…