The Daughters of Bilitis, also called the DOB or the Daughters, was the first lesbian civil and political rights organization in the United States. The organization, formed in San Francisco in 1955, w
The Ladder, set up by the Daughters of Bilitis, was published from 1956 to 1972.
The Homophile Action League was established in 1968 in Philadelphia as part of the Homophile movement in the United States. The organization advocated for the rights of the LGBT community and served a
Protest sign used by the organization in the late 1960s, now in the Smithsonian Institution