... what we know as New York City. While researching this subject I stumbled over a book published in 1999, A Short and Remarkable History of New York City written by Jane Mushabac and Angela Wigan, which shed light on who the first settlers were. Not surprisingly, it was a Native American tribe called 'Lenapes ("the people")'4 who began settling New York City ... ...

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... 's and even into current times, GLAD has been prolific on the fore front of equal marriage rights for homosexuals. In 1988, they were victorious in a case for a dead homosexual man's ashes to be released to his partner at the opposition of the man's family. This paved the way for GLAD to work towards death benefits for homosexual partners. In 1992, they ... ...

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