US aims to identify, promote historic LGBT sites
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Associated Press ^ | May 28, 2014 2:35 PM EDT | Lisa Leff
The National Park Service is launching an initiative to make places and people of significance to the history of lesbian, gay, transgender and bisexual Americans part of the national narrative.
Interior Secretary Sally Jewell is convening a panel of 18 scholars next month that will be charged with exploring the LGBT movement’s story in areas such as law, religion, media, civil rights and the arts. The committee will identify relevant sites and its work will be used to evaluate them for inclusion on the National Register of Historic Places, designation as National Historic Landmarks, or consideration as national monuments, Park Service Director Jonathan Jarvis said. …
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To: Olog-hai
Well, we have this park near where I live....
2 posted on 5/28/2014, 3:05:12 PM by fhayek
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To: Olog-hai
3 posted on 5/28/2014, 3:08:31 PM by Tijeras_Slim
To: fhayek
This is easy. Try “promoting” many of the rest-stop restrooms along the interstates.
5 posted on 5/28/2014, 3:09:16 PM by hal ogen
To: Olog-hai
Maybe they’ll place Barry’s Gay Bath House in Chicago on the National Register.
6 posted on 5/28/2014, 3:09:47 PM by Responsibility2nd
To: Olog-hai
The Penn State locker room???
8 posted on 5/28/2014, 3:11:14 PM by petitfour
To: Olog-hai
I’ll nominate the public restrooms in a couple of the city parks in SA for recognition-maybe even a plaque...
10 posted on 5/28/2014, 3:11:26 PM by Texan5
To: Olog-hai
America continues its descent into depraved madness.
13 posted on 5/28/2014, 3:12:18 PM by greene66
To: Olog-hai
Try San Francisco, and if that's too general then the Castro district.
19 posted on 5/28/2014, 3:13:28 PM by caveat emptor (!)
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To: Olog-hai
1600 Pennsylvania might be a start.
20 posted on 5/28/2014, 3:13:52 PM by eyedigress
To: Olog-hai
Fire Island noted for the historic grandiose fecal buffets.
26 posted on 5/28/2014, 3:16:27 PM by rollo tomasi
To: ohiobushman
You mean like Newsweak did?
27 posted on 5/28/2014, 3:16:38 PM by Olog-hai
To: Olog-hai
Is the National Park Service going to identify historic heterosexual sites? Why do I think not?
34 posted on 5/28/2014, 3:22:42 PM by From The Deer Stand
To: Olog-hai
How about the faculty lounge at Harvard?
48 posted on 5/28/2014, 3:38:37 PM by Inwoodian
To: Olog-hai
Our tax money at work. (The part that he isn’t sending to Arm and support all his islamoNazi terrorist gang comrades Around the world. )
50 posted on 5/28/2014, 3:39:15 PM by faithhopecharity
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