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December 1, 2016 | 08:12 am

News from the front lines of the AIDS fight

Founded by University of Rochester students in 1971, the Empty Closet is one of the oldest continuously published LGBT papers in the United States. Its pages reflect the story of the AIDS epidemic.

topics: Department of Rare Books Special Collections and Preservation, Empty Closet, HIV and AIDS, River Campus Libraries,
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October 10, 2012 | 08:39 pm

Archive Captures 40 Years of the Gay Rights

When the University of Rochester’s Gay Liberation Front launched the Empty Closet in 1971, they knew that distributing a newspaper advocating “the freedom to love” same-sex partners was a radical act.

topics: announcements, Empty Closet, LGBTQI, Upward Bound,