Mattachine Society 'Sip-In,' 1966
In a booth at the Howard Johnson's in the Greenwich Village neighborhood, Dick Leitsch, of the New York chapter of the Mattachine Society, an early American gay rights group, speaks to a waiter about the group's 'Sip-In' demonstration in protest of New York liquor laws that prevented serving gay customers, New York, New York, April 21, 1966. The men were served without incident at the restaurant; they later visited Julius' where they were denied service, eventually leading to changes in the laws. (Photo by Fred W. McDarrah/MUUS Collection via Getty Images)
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