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The Cloistered Order of Conclaved Knights of Sophisticracy, more commonly known as the Knights of the Clock, was an interracial homophile social club based in Los Angeles, California. The Knights were founded by Merton Bird, an African-American man, and W. Dorr Legg, his white lover. Sources differ as to the founding date of the organization, variously citing it as 1949, 1950, and 1951. Regardless of the exact date, the Knights was one of the earliest gay organizations in the United States, with only the Society for Human Rights (established 1924), the Veterans Benevolent Association (established 1945) and possibly the Mattachine Society (established 1950) pre-dating it.

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rdfs:comment	The Cloistered Order of Conclaved Knights of Sophisticracy («La orden enclaustrada de los caballeros del cónclave de la sofisticracia»), más comúnmente conocidos como Knights of the Clock («Caballeros del reloj»), fue un club social homófilo interracial basado en Los Ángeles (California). Los Knights fueron fundados por , un hombre afroamericano, y , su amante blanco. Las fuentes difieren sobre la fecha de la fundación de la organización; varios citan el año 1949, 1950, y 1951. Independientemente de la fecha exacta de fundación, los Knights fueron una de las primeras organizaciones gays de los Estados Unidos, siendo anteriores sólo la Society for Human Rights (fundada en 1924), los Veterans Benevolent Association (fundada en 1945) y posiblemente la Mattachine Society (fundada en 1950 (es) The Cloistered Order of Conclaved Knights of Sophisticracy, more commonly known as the Knights of the Clock, was an interracial homophile social club based in Los Angeles, California. The Knights were founded by Merton Bird, an African-American man, and W. Dorr Legg, his white lover. Sources differ as to the founding date of the organization, variously citing it as 1949, 1950, and 1951. Regardless of the exact date, the Knights was one of the earliest gay organizations in the United States, with only the Society for Human Rights (established 1924), the Veterans Benevolent Association (established 1945) and possibly the Mattachine Society (established 1950) pre-dating it. (en)
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has abstract	The Cloistered Order of Conclaved Knights of Sophisticracy («La orden enclaustrada de los caballeros del cónclave de la sofisticracia»), más comúnmente conocidos como Knights of the Clock («Caballeros del reloj»), fue un club social homófilo interracial basado en Los Ángeles (California). Los Knights fueron fundados por , un hombre afroamericano, y , su amante blanco. Las fuentes difieren sobre la fecha de la fundación de la organización; varios citan el año 1949, 1950, y 1951. Independientemente de la fecha exacta de fundación, los Knights fueron una de las primeras organizaciones gays de los Estados Unidos, siendo anteriores sólo la Society for Human Rights (fundada en 1924), los Veterans Benevolent Association (fundada en 1945) y posiblemente la Mattachine Society (fundada en 1950). Los Knights formaban principalmente un club social, incluyendo a personas de ambos sexos y miembros de las familias de parejas. También trataron de ayudar en los problemas sociales que afectaban a parejas interraciales, incluyendo la asesoría laboral y la búsqueda de vivienda integrada para parejas homosexuales. Para ese fin, los Knights discutieron en numerosas ocasiones la posibilidad de establecer comunas, aunque ninguna comuna fue establecida finalmente. Aunque las actividades sociales atraían regularmente hasta 200 participantes, el núcleo siempre se mantuvo numéricamente reducido y finalmente se desbandó hacia mediados de la década de 1950. Varios de sus miembros, incluyendo Bird y Legg, pasaron a formar parte de ONE, Inc., otra organización homófila. El sociólogo cita a los Knights como un ejemplo de la habilidad de la gente de diferentes razas de saltar las barreras raciales a través del nexo de unión que representa la identidad sexual. (es) The Cloistered Order of Conclaved Knights of Sophisticracy, more commonly known as the Knights of the Clock, was an interracial homophile social club based in Los Angeles, California. The Knights were founded by Merton Bird, an African-American man, and W. Dorr Legg, his white lover. Sources differ as to the founding date of the organization, variously citing it as 1949, 1950, and 1951. Regardless of the exact date, the Knights was one of the earliest gay organizations in the United States, with only the Society for Human Rights (established 1924), the Veterans Benevolent Association (established 1945) and possibly the Mattachine Society (established 1950) pre-dating it. The Knights were primarily a social club, including people of both sexes and family members of couples. They also tried to address social problems that affected interracial couples, including employment counseling and locating integrated housing for same-sex couples. To that end, the Knights discussed the possibility of establishing communes throughout its existence, although no such communes were ever established. Although social functions routinely attracted as many as 200 participants, at its core the Knights always remained a numerically small group and eventually disbanded in the mid-1950s. Several Knights, including Bird and Legg, went on to join ONE, Inc., another early homophile organization. Sociologist Laud Humphreys cited the Knights as an example of the ability of people of different races to cross racial barriers through commonality of sexual identification. (en)
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