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Julius sip-in

1960s in Manhattan1966 in LGBT history1966 in New York CityApril 1966 events in the United StatesCounterculture of the 1960s
Greenwich VillageHistory of LGBT civil rights in the United StatesLGBT civil rights demonstrationsLGBT history in New York CityMattachine Society

The Julius sip-in was a protest at the Julius Bar in New York City on April 21, 1966, to fight state laws which prevented businesses from serving homosexuals. The protest was organized by the Mattachine Society who were inspired by the sit-in movement. A resulting lawsuit at the New York State Supreme Court found that being gay was not indecent behavior and thus service could not be denied to an individual simply for being homosexual.

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Julius sip-in
Waverly Place, New York Manhattan

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