Censorship
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
F. Kenneth Barta papers
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: Coll2014-060
Abstract
Clippings, brochures, administrative records, theater programs, notes, and a poem, circa 1954-1975, from Reverend F. Kenneth Barta, former member of the Southern California Council on Religion and the Homophile (SCCRH). The collection includes administrative records from SCCRH, and subject files on homosexuality, censorship, religion, and legal issues.
Dates:
circa 1954-1975
Cruising (motion picture) Collection
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: Coll2011-030
Abstract
Flyers, clippings, articles, correspondence, article draft, screenplay excerpts, news releases, photographs, production schedule, film publicity, and notes documenting controversy regarding the film Cruising (1980), a crime-drama that elicited opposition from gay and lesbian activists for its portrayal of homosexuality. The collection documents actions directed against the production and release of the film, as well as controversy within the gay and lesbian...
Dates:
1979-1980
Los Angeles Public Library and Langston Hughes Poster Complaint Collection
Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: Coll2011-064
Abstract
Petition, memoranda, press releases, interdepartmental correspondence, articles, organizational statements, reports, and other material documenting controversy over "issues of equity, censorship, and discrimination" with regard to gay and lesbian patrons and employees by the Los Angeles Public Library (LAPL), circa 1989-1994. According to a complaint filed in 1994 by library employees, in 1991 the City Librarian of the LAPL "censored and ordered destroyed Lesbian and Gay History Month...
Dates:
1989-1994; Majority of material found within 1991 - 1994