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More than 50 years ago, in 1969, police raided a gay bar in New York’s Greenwich Village, sparking a series of demonstrations, protests, and formal organizing that continues in various forms to this day. The event wasn’t the first time police had raided a gay bar but it became a turning point that increased the visibility of LGBTQ Americans and highlighted their lack of equal rights. Change for a more equitable America came slowly and in unexpected places, such as in Bunceton, Missouri, population 353. It was here where Americans elected in 1980 the country's first openly gay mayor, Gene Ulrich, a person who defied small-town America's expectations regarding sexuality, religion, business, politics, and civic engagement.
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This page is a summary of: Pride in America's Heartland, Visual Communication Quarterly, January 2020, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.1080/15551393.2019.1707087.
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