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Founded in 1973, the same year the American Psychological Association declassified homosexuality as a mental illness, Giovanni's Room has been a bulwark for the community. Tom Wilson-Weinberg, one of the co-founders, said that despite progress on gay rights since then, the atmosphere now feels increasingly like it did when he first opened the store 50 years ago.