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1981 - Lynn Gay Community Center proposed
Proposed establishment of the Lynn Gay Community Center by Jay Gilbert owner of Lynn Plant and Garden Center will be discussed by NSGLA.
Pictured: Issue Number 1 or the Alliance Bulletin
Location: Lynn, MA
Source: The Alliance Bulletin
Date: 1981-02-27
Pictured: Issue Number 1 or the Alliance Bulletin
Location: Lynn, MA
Source: The Alliance Bulletin
Date: 1981-02-27
1979 - Standing up against queer bashing
Lynn businessman and politician, Jay Gilbert, takes a stand against gay bashing. The article describes an assault on Washington St.
Before he came out in 1979, Gilbert ran for Lynn city council at large in 1969, state representative for 9th Essex in 1970, and state representative for 1st Essex in 1971. Gilbert is an advocate for gay rights in Lynn.
Pictured: News clipping
Location: Washington St, Lynn Shore Drive, Lynn, MA
Source: The Daily Item
Date: 1979-12-19
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Before he came out in 1979, Gilbert ran for Lynn city council at large in 1969, state representative for 9th Essex in 1970, and state representative for 1st Essex in 1971. Gilbert is an advocate for gay rights in Lynn.
Pictured: News clipping
Location: Washington St, Lynn Shore Drive, Lynn, MA
Source: The Daily Item
Date: 1979-12-19
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1979 - Reward offered for information about gay bashing
Three men were assaulted on Washington St. on December 14, 1979. Rewards were offered by a local gay bar, Mr. Dominics, and businessman and LGBTQ+ advocate, Jay Gilbert, under the name of the organization he is working to create, the Gay Community Center of Lynn.
Pictured: News Clipping
Location: Washington St, Lynn Shore Drive, Lynn, MA
Source: The Daily Item
Date: 1979-12-18
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Pictured: News Clipping
Location: Washington St, Lynn Shore Drive, Lynn, MA
Source: The Daily Item
Date: 1979-12-18
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1979 - Item runs LGBTQ+ four part series. Part 4 of 4, “Gay pride and politics.”
Three North Shore gay men, Jay Gilbert, Paul, and Bob, discuss the need to come out and be political.The three agree that the LGBTQ+ community does not get fairly treated by the straight press.
Pictured: News Clipping
Location: Lynn, MA
Source: The Daily Item
Date: 1979-12-07
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Pictured: News Clipping
Location: Lynn, MA
Source: The Daily Item
Date: 1979-12-07
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1979 - Item runs LGBTQ+ four part series. Part 1 of 4, “Growing Up Gay.”
In 1979, the Lynn Item runs a four part series about being gay. Local businessman and politician, Jay Gilbert, came out publicly for the article. Previously, Gilbert ran for Lynn city council at large in 1969, state representative for 9th Essex in 1970, and state representative for 1st Essex in 1971.
Pictured: News Clipping
Location: Lynn, MA
Source: The Daily Item
Date: 1979-12-04
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Pictured: News Clipping
Location: Lynn, MA
Source: The Daily Item
Date: 1979-12-04
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1979 - March on Washington
A delegation of NSGLA members will participate in the March on Washington for LGBTQ+ rights. Among them will be Jay Gilbert of Lynn who owns Lynn Plant and Garden Store and David Newton, a Salem State chemistry professor.
Pictured: News clipping
Location: Lynn, MA and Washington, DC
Source: North Shore Sunday
Date: 1979-10-14
Pictured: News clipping
Location: Lynn, MA and Washington, DC
Source: North Shore Sunday
Date: 1979-10-14
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