Today in history

April 8, 1974 - The American Psychiatric Association removed its "sickness" definition of homosexuality.

Random Gay Trivia

Katharine Lee Bates, best known for writing the lyrics to the song American the Beautiful, also wrote six volumns of poetry, textbooks, and children's fiction. Her twenty-five year romance with Katharine Coman ended with Coman's death, and Bates expressed her grief through a book of forty-seven sonnets, Yellow Clover: A Book of Remembrance, which was published after Bates died in 1929.

Random Gay Movie Trivia

In 1986, William Hurt became the first actor to win an Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of a gay character. The film? Kiss Of The Spiderwomen.

The Group (1966), was the first mainstream Hollywood film to use the word "lesbian". It starred Candace Bergen in the lesbian role.