Richard Joseph Leitsch (May 11, 1935 – June 22, 2018), also known as Richard Valentine Leitsch and more commonly Dick Leitsch, was an American LGBT rights activist.[1] He was president of gay rights group the Mattachine Society in the 1960s. He conceptualized and led the "Sip-In" at Julius' Bar, one of the earliest acts of gay civil disobedience in the United States, LGBT activists used "sip-ins" to attempt to gain the legal right to drink in bars in New York. He was also known for being the first gay reporter to publish an account of the Stonewall Riots and the first person to interview Bette Midler in print media.
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Richard Joseph Leitsch (May 11, 1935 – June 22, 2018), also known as Richard Valentine Leitsch and more commonly DickLeitsch, was an American LGBT rights...
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By 1965, influenced by Frank Kameny's addresses in the early 1960s, DickLeitsch, the president of the New York Mattachine Society, advocated direct action...
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visibility. On April 21, 1966, Rodwell, along with Mattachine President DickLeitsch and John Timmons engaged in a demonstration then called a "Sip-In" at...
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began changing the social atmosphere of New York. On April 21, 1966, DickLeitsch, Craig Rodwell president and vice president respectively of the New York...
began changing the social atmosphere of New York. On April 21, 1966, DickLeitsch, president of the New York Mattachine Society and two other members staged...
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scheduled the date for the first march for Sunday, June 28, 1970. With DickLeitsch's replacement as president of Mattachine NY by Michael Kotis in April...
state's prohibition against serving alcohol to known homosexuals Activists DickLeitsch, Craig Rodwell and John Timmons were seeking a test case to challenge...
scheduled the date for the first march for Sunday, June 28, 1970. With DickLeitsch's replacement as president of Mattachine NY by Michael Kotis in April...
40 participants walk out in dissatisfaction over chapter president DickLeitsch's handling of the post-Stonewall political energy. July 24 – The Gay Liberation...
scheduled the date for the first march for Sunday, June 28, 1970. With DickLeitsch's replacement as president of Mattachine NY by Michael Kotis in April...
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