Primary Source Vault
Original newsletters, court filings, photographs, and ephemera preserving Greater Cincinnati's movement history.
newsletterMay 1973, Volume 6, No. 2
The Independent Eye: Pride Edition (May 1973)
Archive: Ohio Lesbian Archives & Public Library Rare Books
The Independent Eye was an alternative underground publication published in Cincinnati from 1968 to October 1975. This issue covered the April 1973 Pride Celebration and is one of the few contemporary records of the first public Cincinnati march.
"Coverage of the April 7, 1973 march from Washington Park to Fountain Square documenting the initial public assembly of Cincinnati's gay community."
court-filingJuly 1974
State ex rel. Grant v. Brown Mandamus Brief
Archive: Ohio Supreme Court Records (39 Ohio St.2d 112)
Primary legal ruling establishing the formal rejection of non-profit incorporation for LGBTQ+ community organizations in Ohio prior to federal First Amendment challenges.
"Opinion syllabus upholding Secretary of State's refusal to file corporate articles of incorporation for homosexual advocacy organization."