External Resource: Gay Activists Alliance “Zap” at the NYC Marriage Bureau (1971)

External Resource: Gay Activists Alliance “Zap” at the NYC Marriage Bureau (1971)

Explore documentation of the Gay Activists Alliance’s June 1971 action at New York City’s Marriage Bureau, which responded to the controversy surrounding Clement’s Holy Union ceremonies and the city’s refusal to recognize same-sex relationships. Includes links to historic YouTube videos. New York’s City Clerk Herman Katz became incensed over the publicity of a same-sex “illegal marriage” being officiated by Clement in April 1971. Katz threatened legal action against Clement for performing what he called mock marriages. In response, the Gay Activists Alliance held one of its most famous and creative zaps, an engagement party for two same-sex couples, complete with wedding cake, on June 4, 1971, at the Marriage Bureau in the Municipal Building.

New York’s City Clerk Herman Katz became incensed over the publicity of a same-sex “illegal marriage” being officiate by Clement in April 1971. Katz threatened legal action against Clement for performing what he called mock marriages. In response, the Gay Activists Alliance held one of its most famous and creative zaps, an engagement party for two same-sex couples, complete with wedding cake, on June 4, 1971, at the Marriage Bureau in the Municipal Building.

https://www.nyclgbtsites.org/site/gay-activists-alliance-zap-at-the-nyc-marriage-bureau/

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