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1965

1965-09-24San Francisco Clergy Release "A Brief of Injustices," Attacking Police Abuse of Gays and Lesbians.

The Council on Religion and the Homosexual, which was a group of clergy in San Francisco, releases a report, “A Brief of Injustices,” that condemns society’s treatment of homosexuals. The report detailed a range of police abuses toward the gay and lesbian community and concluded “There is very little justice for the homosexual.” This was the first time a group of clergy in the U.S. came to the public defense of lesbians and gay men.

 

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