Homosexuality -- Political aspects -- California -- Los Angeles
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Coalition for Human Rights (Los Angeles) Records
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: Coll2011-025
Abstract
Flyers, organizational statements, meeting minutes, organizational correspondence, newsletters, clippings, and mailing lists documenting the founding and activities of the Coalition for Human Rights (Los Angeles). The Coalition was formed in 1977 largely in response to anti-gay and anti-feminist initiatives by Anita Bryant, Phyllis Schaffley, and California State Senator John Briggs. Much of the material focuses on the Coalition's work organizing opposition to California Proposition 6...
Dates:
1977-1985; Majority of material found within 1977 - 1978
Michael A. Lombardi and Paul J. Nash papers
Collection — Box 1: Series Series 1.
Identifier: Coll2008-011
Abstract
Writings, publications, correspondence, photocopies, manuscripts, notes, photographs, programs, ephemera, and other material documenting the lives and intellectual interests of partners and gay rights activists Michael Lombardi and Paul Nash. The materials relate in particular to their mutual interest in pioneer German gay activist Karl Heinrich Ulrichs, whose works Lombardi has translated. The collection also documents Nash's work as a newspaper journalist and editor, first at the ...
Dates:
1731-2008
Municipal Elections Committee of Los Angeles (MECLA) records
Collection — Box 1: Series Series 1.
Identifier: Coll2012-160
Abstract
The Municipal Elections Committee of Los Angeles records document the business functions, fundraising operations, and outreach programs of the political action committee during its existence from 1977-1991. The bulk of the collection comprises board meeting minutes, agendas, and financial reports, as well as correspondence to and from political figures lobbying for support of gay and lesbian rights.
Dates:
1977-1991; Majority of material found within 1983 - 1985