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Don Kao, an activist from New York and I ended up organizing the first gathering of gay and lesbian Asians at the first National Third World Lesbian and Gay Conference at Howard University in Washington, D.C. in October, 1979, the same weekend as the first gay March on Washington. The conference was organized by the National Coalition of Black Gays. By covering the conference in the magazine, I wanted to make sure that this historic gathering would not be forgotten. … More >

Following an NCBLG and NGLTF-led campaign, Mrs. Coretta Scott King announces support for national civil rights legislation protecting the rights of gays and lesbians, August 1983. [L to R]: Gil Gerald, Executive Director of NCBLG; Ginny Appuzo, Executive Director of NGTLF; Rev. Cecil Williams of Glide Memorial Church in San Francisco; and Mrs. Coretta Scott King.

A short video of the early history of the National Coalition of Black Lesbians and Gays, 1988