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January 1984: Dan White paroled

Gay in the 80s Posted on January 4, 2017 by Colin ClewsJanuary 15, 2021

In 1978 Dan White assassinated San Francisco Mayor George Moscone and out gay supervisor Harvey Mik. In January 1984 he was released from prison to serve the final year of his sentence on parole. David Hunt describes the response. In … Continue reading →

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