Editing Alpine County, California (section)

===Stonewall Nation===
Gay activist Don Jackson seriously presented an idea for taking over Alpine County at a December 28, 1969, gay liberation conference in Berkeley, California. The project, which eventually became known as [[Stonewall Nation]], was subsequently surreptitiously used by fellow gay activists [[Morris Kight]] and [[Don Kilhefner]] as an agitation and propaganda tool with no serious plans to bring the idea to fruition.<ref>{{Cite web |date=June 2021 |title=In 1970, a Group of Gay Angelenos Plotted to Turn a Rural California County into a Gay Utopia |url=https://www.lamag.com/mag-features/alpine-county-gay-liberation-front/#:~:text=LGBTQ-,In%201970%2C%20a%20Group%20of%20Gay%20Angelenos%20Plotted%20to%20Turn,County%20into%20a%20Gay%20Utopia&text=One%20night%2C%20Don%20Jackson,for%20coming%20out%20as%20gay.}}</ref> Once the political theater aspect of the project was exposed, planning for the Alpine County project came to a halt even among demoralized true believers.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Algeo |first1=Matthew |title=Gaytopia |url=https://getpocket.com/explore/item/gaytopia?utm_source=pocket-newtab-en-us |website=getpocket.com |publisher=Truly*Adventurous |access-date=28 May 2024 |date=January 27, 2021}}</ref>