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Leroy Aarons Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll2011-014
Abstract Leroy Aarons was a journalist, author, playwright, and educator. He was known for his founding of the National Lesbian and Gay Jounalists Association (NLGJA), his work at the Washington Post and Oakland Tribune newspapers, his book "Prayers for Bobby", and his teaching career at the USC Annenberg School for Communication. The collection contains documents and records documenting Aarons' tenure as director of the USC Annenberg School of Journalism's Project for the Study of Sexual Orientation...
Dates: 1890-2006
Found in: ONE Archives at the USC Libraries, University of Southern California

The Laughing Policeman Protest Collection

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: Coll2011-062
Abstract

Clippings, flyers, interview transcript, news releases, notes, and studio publicity materials documenting protests in San Francisco directed against the motion picture, The Laughing Policeman, a police thriller released in 1973. Gay and lesbian rights activists objected to the representation of gay men and gay social life in the movie, which revolved around a mass-murderer with a secret gay identity.

Dates: 1973
Found in: ONE Archives at the USC Libraries, University of Southern California

Tom Mertz collection on Queer Nation

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: Coll2014-025
Abstract

Press material, flyers, clippings, correspondence, notes, protest signs, audiocassettes, and a VHS videocassette from Tom Mertz documenting the activities of the Los Angeles chapter of Queer Nation, 1990-2000. The collection documents the actions Queer Nation/LA organized and the media attention it received, including a zap on the Arsenio Hall Show in 1991.

Dates: 1990 - 2000
Found in: ONE Archives at the USC Libraries, University of Southern California

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