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The experiences of others, who never told their stories for fear of being kicked out of their jobs, too, will never be known. Get the history behind the Comics Code Authority and how it kept some characters out of mainstream superhero stories for more than three decades.

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And that's the second story, which I've invented, of Tom, a working-class shop assistant from Scunthorpe. Through a series of monologues, he takes us with him as he discovers and experiments with his sexuality. The original documentary featured interviews with psychoanalysts claiming they could "cure" gay men - what is known today as the "unethical and potentially harmful" practise of conversion therapy.

The BBC's First Homosexual: How we made 1950s work into a play

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The BBC's First Homosexual: How we made 1950s work into a play

Beginning with only eight members in San Franscisco, the Daughters of Bilits DOB was established in order to give lesbians to find refuge during a period of intense discrimination. DOB soon transitioned to become the first lesbian political organization. From until , The Ladder featured the mission statement:.