Hillary’s Story
Clela Rorex served as the first female Boulder County Clerk beginning in 1975, BUT she made history as being the first clerk to ever issue a same sex marriage license in the US.

Tina’s Story
The Army of God is an underground American anti-abortion group BUT after claiming involvement in several anti-abortion acts of violence, they are now listed as a domestic terrorist group.

Hillary's Sources
Anchor:The Amber Live! Interviews
Clela Rorex, the first person to issue a gay marriage license in the USA in 1975

Boulder
Boulder’s LGBT history has many lessons to teach, including that backlash often follows progress--by Carol Taylor and Glenda Russell

Daily Camera
Man and horse ride into sunset as Boulder County updates photo collage--by Charlie Brennan

Esquire
How One Woman Married Gay Couples Forty Years Ago--by Jack Holmes

Wikipedia
Clela Rorex
Same-sex marriage in Colorado

Photos
Cleala Rorex--via Get Boulder
McCord and Zamora applying for marriage licsense--from Clela Rorex via Esquire
Marriage Liscenses issued by Rorex--from Boulder County Clerk's Office via Esquire
Ros Howard and his horse, Dolly--via Daily Camera

Tina's Sources
ABC 7 Chicago
Feds: Indiana man linked to "anti-abortion extremist organization" threatened clinic attacks--by Chuck Goudie and Ross Weidner

CBS News
Court Orders Robert Dear To Involuntarily Take Meds

Daily Kos
“Army of God” Kidnapper Released After Abducting Abortion Care Provider 24 Years Ago

Feminist Majority
Extremist “Army of God” Group Takes Credit for Atlanta Bombings, Promises to Attack Again

France 24
Suspect in Colorado clinic shooting said 'no more baby parts'

History
Doctor is killed by anti-abortion radical

Justice
OREGON WOMAN CHARGED IN ARSON, ACID AND NAPALM ATTACKS ON NINE ABORTION CLINICS
ROBERT WEILER SENTENCED TO 5 YEARS IN PRISON FOR ATTEMPTING TO BOMB AN ABORTION CLINIC IN GREENBELT

Ms. Magazine
The Anti-Abortion Movement Has a Long History of Terrorism. A Roe Repeal Will Make It Worse--by Kathy Spillar

National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism
Army of God

The New York Times
[3 are dead in Colorado Springs Shootout at Planned Parenthood Center]((https://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/28/us/colorado-planned-parenthood-shooting.html)--by Julie Turkewitz and Jack Healy

Abortion Doctor and Wife are Freed--by Nathaniel Sheppard, Jr.

Has Trump’s White House ‘resurrected’ Army of God anti-abortion extremists?--by Lara Whyte

Reveal
Abortion Providers Ask for Protection as They Prepare for Post-Roe Harassment and Violence--by Laura C. Morel

Sanganmon County
‘Army of God’ kidnappings (1982)

Southern Poverty Law Center
ANTI-ABORTION MOVEMENT MARCHES ON AFTER TWO DECADES OF ARSON, BOMBS AND MURDER--by Frederick Clarkson

UPI
Dr. Hector Zevallos, who last summer was held captive

Washington Post
FROM PRISON BACK TO P.G. PULPIT--by Sue Anne Pressley

Kidnaping Focuses Tensions and Fears On Abortion Clinic--By Bill Peterson

Wikipedia
Paul Jennings Hill
Shelley Shannon

Photos
Acts of Anti-Abortion Violence--from National Abortion Federation via Ms. Magazine

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Sources:
National Network of Abortion Funds

Photos:
SCOTUS judges who overturned Roe--screenshot via EWTN
States where abortion access would be banned--via The New York Times
States where abortion access would be prohibited/restricted--via The New York Times
States where abotion access is uncertain--via The New York Times
States where abortion access is safe--via Aljazeera

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Hillary’s Story
Larry Kramer started his career as a writer. BUT when the government failed to act, he sounded the alarm on the AIDS crisis.

Tina’s Story
George Rekers made a name for himself through his controversial theories and studies on homosexuality. BUT when he returns from vacation in 2010 with a young man in tow, he’s got some explaining to do.

Hillary's Story
ACT UP
"Larry--The WORD"--by Timothy Lunceford-Stevens

Biography
Larry Kramer Captured His Seemingly Hopeless Fight for HIV/AIDS Victims in 'The Normal Heart'--by Rachel Chang

Britannica
Larry Kramer

Brooklyn Museum
In Conversation: Larry Kramer and Jonathan Katz--via YouTube

History
AIDS activists unfurl a giant condom over Senator Jesse Helms’ home

Los Angeles Times
Letters to the Editor: Larry Kramer, the gay community’s ‘Old Testament figure wrapped in righteous fury’--by Steve Martin

Making Gay History
Larry Kramer

The New Yorker
The Benevolent Rage of Larry Kramer--by Michael Specter

The New York Times
Larry Kramer, Playwright and Outspoken AIDS Activist, Dies at 84--by Daniel Lewis

NPR
Larry Kramer, Pioneering AIDS Activist And Writer, Dies At 84

Vanity Fair
In One of His Final Interviews Larry Kramer, 84 and Infirm, Still Roared--by Michael Shnayerson

Wikimedia
Larry Kramer

Photos
Larry Kramer--by Robert Giard, via Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints, and Photographs at NYPL
Larry Kramer at podium--by Ellen Shub/HBO via Los Angeles Times
Condom on Jesse Helms Home--via LGBT_History Facebook Page

Tina's Story
ACLU
HOWARD V. ARKANSAS - GEORGE REKERS FACT SHEET

The Advocate
Escort Revealed in Rekers Scandal

BuzzFeed News
George Alan Rekers' Rent-Boy Scandal--by Jack Shepherd

CNN
Reporters find tragic story amid embarrassing scandal--By Penn Bullock and Brandon K. Thorp
Therapy to change 'feminine' boy created a troubled man, family says--by Scott Bronstein and Jessi Joseph

Constantine Report
Second "Rent Boy" Emerges in Prof. George Rekers (Family Research Council) Gay Sex Scandal

Daily News
Anti-gay activist, Christian minister George Rekers caught in gay escort scandal resigns from NARTH--By Michael Sheridan

Dangerous Minds
DR. GEORGE REKERS: AMERICAN MENGELE?

Equality Florida
Bill McCollum Still Paying for George Rekers

Falls Church News Press
George Rekers Delusional Downfall Is A Familiar Tale--by Wayne Besen

GLADD
"Ex-gay" group NARTH rebrands with dangerous mission--by By Joeli Katz

Go Pride Chicago
George Rekers steps down from ex-gay board

Miami New Times
Christian right leader George Rekers takes vacation with "rent boy"--by PENN BULLOCK AND BRANDON K. THORP

The New York Times
Scandal Stirs Legal Questions in Anti-Gay Cases--by John Schwartz

Newsweek
Left Wing: When Gay Bashers Are Gay, Why Do People Just Mock and Turn Away?--BY EVE CONANT

PFLAG
Ex-Gay Leader’s Male Escort: Actually, We Did Have Sex--by Rachel Slajda

Queerty
The Gay Rentboy Scandal That Should Sink Bigot Baptist Minister George Alan Rekers

Sacramento Post
(Gay Escort Scandal) George Rekers (a gay Tiger Woods?) Second Man has come forward

Sun Sentinel
Male escort says he gave 'sexual' massages to anti-gay leader--By Steve Rothaus and The Miami Herald

Think Progress
How The Rekers ‘Rent Boy’ Scandal Could Undermine Prop. 8 Supporters’ Court Battle--by AMANDA TERKEL

Towleroad
Florida AG Bill McCollum Paid George ‘Rentboy’ Rekers $87,000 to Be Star Witness for State’s Gay Adoption Ban--by Andy Towle

The Week
Rekers rentboy scandal: The fallout continues

Wikipedia
George Rekers
Howard v. Arkansas

Photos
George Rekers--screenshot via The Advocate
Jo-Vanni Roman--screenshot via The Advocate
Rekers caught at airport--via CNN

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