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Gay Activists Alliance

 Organization

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Robert S. Basker papers

 Collection — Box 1: Series Series 1.
Identifier: Coll2013-076
Abstract Organizational records, correspondence, handwritten notes, published articles, awards, armed services papers, clippings, and photographs from Robert S. Basker (1918-2001). Born Solomon Sloane Basker in Harlem, Basker dedicated his life to progressive causes. He established or directed numerous gay rights groups including Mattachine Midwest, Gay Activist Alliance of Miami, and the Dade County Coalition for Human Rights. Basker also served as a committee member for numerous human rights...
Dates: 1931 - 2001

Gay Activists Alliance, New York collection

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: Coll2010-002
Abstract Constitution and bylaws, correspondence, committee structure and reports, along with newspapers, informational pamphlets, fliers, lists of gay and lesbian organizations, photographs, and clippings of the Gay Activists Alliance (GAA), New York. The GAA sought to avoid internal conflict by democratically electing an executive committee and to avoid entangling alliances by focusing on gay and lesbian rights issues. The organization utilized coordinated non-violent confrontational actions in the...
Dates: 1969-1998; Majority of material found within 1970 - 1974

Dan Siminoski collection on Federal Bureau of Investigation surveillance of gays and lesbians

 Collection — Box 1: Series Series 1.
Identifier: Coll2007-002
Abstract The collection comprises materials received, collected, and created by Dan Siminoski in the course of prosecuting his 1982 request under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), and the subsequent 1983 lawsuit, for copies of FBI documents relating to the Bureau's surveillance of gays and lesbians from 1950 to 1982. The materials include photocopies of approximately 2,200 documents (7,000 pages) from FBI Headquarters and various regional offices, relating primarily to the Daughters of Bilitis,...
Dates: 1953-2001 (bulk 1953-1986); Majority of material found within 1953 - 1986

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Clippings (information artifacts) 2
Gays -- Civil rights 2
Associations, institutions, etc. -- New York (State) -- New York 1
Correspondence 1
Discrimination in employment 1