It quickly transformed from a class to an official University of Minnesota student group in the fall of 1969, titled FREE (Fight Repression of Erotic Expression). If somebody is arrested for his activities, we will protest.” “If someone loses his job because an employer finds out his sex preferences, the group will picket the business. “Because of their vulnerability, Irhig and Miss Phelps have asked other homosexuals to band together,” the Minnesota Daily reported on June 6, 1969. Koreen Phelps and Stephen Irhig talked about “homosexuals’” role in the sexual revolution and used the class to connect with gay people in their community. It began as an informal class, titled the “Homosexual Revolution,” at a coffee shop in May of 1969.
A month before the Stonewall riots in New York City, “The Homosexual* Revolution” started in Minneapolis.
