Today in Gay History - 11/25/11: Seattle Gay Liberation Front, South Africa and Lesbian vs Salt Lake

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Today in Gay History - 11/25/11: Seattle Gay Liberation Front, South Africa and Lesbian vs Salt Lake

November 25

November 25, 1970 - The Seattle Gay Liberation Front severed ties with the Young Socialist Alliance because their exclusion of homosexuals mirrored Stalin's practices.

November 25, 1997 - In South Africa, a demonstration was held at the Johannesburg High Court in support of an application to decriminalize sex between men.

November 25, 1998 - Federal judge Bruce Jenkins ruled that Spanish Fork High School in Salt Lake City Utah violated the rights of teacher Wendy Weaver, who was dismissed from her position as volleyball coach and ordered not to discuss her sexual orientation, even out of school. The judge ordered the school to offer her the coaching position, lift the gag order, and pay her $1,500 in damages.

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