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Rethinking the Closet: New York Queer Life Before Stonewall

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Columbia University's Just Societies Speaker Series wraps up its spring 2019 season with this special lecture on LGBTQ+ history before Stonewall. Columbia's DeWitt Clinton Professor of History and author George Chauncey (Gay New York) speaks at the university's Maison Francaise building. The event is free and open to all, but reservations are required. 

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