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Local historian details Cincinnati’s queer history in new book

Cincinnati has always been at the forefront of the push for gay rights, thanks to several legal incidents and tragedies across the last few decades: the infamous Mapplethorpe obscenity trial, the death of Kings Mills teenager Leelah Alcorn that became a rallying cry for trans rights across the globe, and local hero Jim Obergefell’s Supreme Court case that legalized gay marriage in the U.S., just to name a few. But Cincinnati has actually been one…