Young, Allen
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1941-
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Liberation News Service collection
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: Coll2014-074
Abstract
News packets, correspondence, and administrative records, 1969-1978, from the Liberation News Service (LNS), a press agency for alternative and radical media based in New York City, New York. Founded in 1967 as an anti-war news service, the LNS expanded its coverage to the gay and lesbian liberation movement in 1970, with the help of gay journalist Allen Young.
Dates:
1969-1978
Allen Young papers
Collection — Box 1: Series Series 1.
Identifier: Coll2008-004
Abstract
Manuscripts, survey responses, correspondence, galley proofs, notes, and miscellaneous typescripts created and collected by writer, journalist and activist Allen Young. The bulk of the collection consists of materials relating to the gay male portion of The Gay Report: Lesbians and Gay Men Speak Out About Sexual Experiences & Lifestyles (1979), the first comprehensive survey of the homosexual community, which Young co-authored with writer Karla Jay. The...
Dates:
1975 - 1987; Majority of material found within 1977 - 1979