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1973

1973-12-11Gay Raider Disrupts the CBS Evening News

Mark Segal, a member of the Gay Raiders, a Philadelphia gay liberation group, disrupts Walter Cronkite’s CBS Evening News and forces the nationally televised show to black out for a few seconds. Segal was protesting CBS censorship of gay-related news. The demonstration led to an increase in coverage of gay news by Cronkite, who was one of the most popular news broadcasters of that era.

 

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