1) gay-rights movement. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...gay-rights movement, organized efforts to end the criminalization of homosexuality and protect the civil rights of homosexuals. While there was some organized activity...
2) Gay, Delphine. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Gay, Delphine, see Girardin, Delphine Gay de....
3) Gay, John. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Gay, John, 1685-1732, English playwright and poet, b. Barnstaple, Devon. Educated at the local grammar school, he was apprenticed to a silk mercer for a brief time...
4) gay-feather. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...gay-feather, see blazing star....
5) Gay-Lussac, Joseph Louis. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Gay-Lussac, Joseph Louis, (zhozef´ lwe ga-lusak´) (KEY) , 1778-1850, French chemist and physicist. He was professor in Paris at the Sorbonne, at the Polytechnic School,...
6) Girardin, Delphine Gay de. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Girardin, Delphine Gay de, (delfen´ ga d zherardaN´) (KEY) , 1804-55, French writer; wife of Emile de Girardin. She wrote patriotic poems and, under the pseudonym...
7) Gay-Lussac's law. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Gay-Lussac s law, see gas laws....
8) Robinson, Eddie. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Robinson, Eddie, (Edward Gay Robinson), 1919-, African-American football coach, b. Jackson, La., grad. Leland College, Baker, La. (B.A., 1941), Univ. of Iowa (M.A.,...
9) Martignac, Jean Baptiste Sylvere Gay, vicomte de. The Columbia
Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Martignac, Jean Baptiste Sylvčre Gay, vicomte de, (zhaN batest´ selver´ ga vekoNt´ d martenyak´) (KEY) , 1778-1832, French statesman. He was elected (1821) to the...
10) Milk, Harvey. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Milk, Harvey, 1931-78, U.S. politician and gay-rights activist. When elected (1977) to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, he was the first acknowledged homosexual...
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