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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. 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 Dick Leitsch, was an American LGBT rights activist. 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. (en)
  • Richard Joseph Leitsch, conosciuto anche come Richard Valentin Leitsch o Dick Leitsch (Louisville, 11 maggio 1935 – New York, 22 giugno 2018), è stato un attivista statunitense per i diritti LGBT.Negli anni '60 è stato presidente dell'associazione per i diritti gay The Mattachine Society, nonché il promotore del "Sip-In" al Julius' Bar, uno dei primi atti di disobbedienza civile degli omosessuali statunitensi. È anche noto per essere stato il primo reporter gay a scrivere un reportage sui moti di Stonewall e il primo giornalista ad intervistare Bette Midler. (it)
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