The Fifth Freedom
The Fifth Freedom was a periodic free newspaper of the Mattachine Society of the Niagara Frontier, Western New York's most prominent early gay rights organization. In being the official written mouthpiece of the region's first systematic gay rights organization, The Fifth Freedom expresses the earliest codified and widely distributed literature of the gay community within the region. With the publication of this digital collection, scholars now have universal access to this seminal civil rights-centric material. Covering the time period between 1970 and 1983, the literature of The Fifth Freedom necessarily comments on not only the self-expression of a largely "invisible" self-identified group in the years that followed the Stonewall riots and preceded the onset of the more well-known AIDS epidemic, but also upon the larger Western New York and American culture overall. The newspaper content as well as editorial direction both chronicle and critique a unique time in both American and world-wide history, as seen and expressed by an active, though underdocumented, population.
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Fifth Freedom, 1973-06-10
The Mattachine Society of the Niagara Frontier
Political Notes: pg3
Letter To The Editor: pg4
Question #10: pg5
Pickup A Vice Cop: pg6
Gay Pride Week Buffalo: pg8
Schedule Of Events: pg9
The Lit Kit #2: pg10
Of Interest: pg11
Poet's Corner: pg13
Cartoon: pg13
Bulletin Board: pg16
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Fifth Freedom, 1973-04-15
The Mattachine Society of the Niagara Frontier
Political Notes: pg2
War Is Not A Game For Children (IV) pg4
Question #8: pg6
Of Interest: pg10
Events: pg12
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Fifth Freedom, 1973-03-04
The Mattachine Society of the Niagara Frontier
News Says No!: pg2
Goodbye, Collar!: pg3
War Is Not A Game For Children: pg5
Gay Center Calendar: pg8
Question #5: pg10
Alfreda Says, "A Bold No!": pg11
Editorial Comments: pg12
Poets Corner: pg13
Of Interest: pg14
Bulletin Board: pg15
Events: pg16
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Fifth Freedom, 1970-01-09
The Mattachine Society of the Niagara Frontier
Editorial
A Letter From The President
Friendship
Cartoon
This Ship
The Ronny
Black Power
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