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What happened to the man who escaped Jeffrey Dahmer?

Serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer murdered 17 men and boys between 1978 and 1991, with just one intended victim managing to escape – Tracy Edwards. Netflix true crime drama Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story landed on the streaming service last month…

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Bill introduced to create an LGBT history museum in D.C.

Out Congressman Mark Pocan (D-WI) has introduced two bills to establish an LGBTQ history museum in Washington, D.C. The announcement comes as LGBTQ History Month is about to begin. “As our community faces unprecedented attacks and attempts to erase our…

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The gay man behind the anti-gay political rhetoric of the 1980s

As Archive Activists, we eagerly awaited this year’s opening of Republican campaign consultant Arthur J. Finkelstein’s papers at the Library of Congress. Donated by Finkelstein’s husband, evidently to cement the man’s political legacy, the Finkelstein papers are loaded with the…