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The owners of seventeen gay bars in Phoenix were looped in on the group text, Louis. It was part of the “homophile” movement, adopting a name that was created to avoid attention. Louis, owner of Stacy's Melrose, wanted to check in with other gay bar owners during the coronavirus closures. It’s one of the best places to find information about the group Shafer formed: The Phoenix Society for Individual Freedom.
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Hinds is responsible for the Gay and Lesbian Archive of MId-America (GLAMA) at UMKC.
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