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Gays -- Civil rights

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 13 Collections and/or Records:

American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California Lesbian and Gay Rights Chapter records

 Collection
Identifier: Coll2007-013
Abstract This collection comprises minutes, meeting agendas, financial records, correspondence, memoranda, reports, press releases, newsletters, publications, legal papers, subject files, notes, photographs, ephemera, and a videocassette relating to the on-going activities of the Lesbian & Gay Rights Chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Southern California (ACLU-LGRC), in Los Angeles. The LGRC is the first ACLU chapter in the United States to address the civil rights of gay...
Dates: 1970 - 2004
Found in: ONE Archives at the USC Libraries, University of Southern California

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

Jon W. Davidson Papers

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: Coll2013-022
Abstract

Correspondence, notes, intake logs, flyers and other material, 1985-1995, of Jon W. Davidson, former senior staff counsel for the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Southern California. As former head of the Lesbian and Gay Rights Project of the ACLU of Southern California, Davidson was instrumental in numerous ACLU legal actions on behalf of gay and lesbian civil rights. The bulk of the material consists of requests for assistance submitted to the ACLU chapter in the early 1990s.

Dates: 1985 - 1995
Found in: ONE Archives at the USC Libraries, University of Southern California

Andrew Ross Exler Papers

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: Coll2011-037
Abstract Newsletters, fliers, legal papers, verse, correspondence, clippings, articles, publicity releases, photographs, and autobiographical writings documenting the civil rights activism of Andrew Ross Exler. Exler is best known for filing a (successful) lawsuit in 1980, at age 19, against Disneyland for its ban on same-sex couple dancing. The bulk of the collection comprises a newsletter Exler published, his correpondence to Los Angeles gay activists such as Morris Kight, and material he...
Dates: 1980-1993
Found in: ONE Archives at the USC Libraries, University of Southern California

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

Gay Liberation Front (GLF) Los Angeles records

 Collection
Identifier: Coll2012-031
Abstract

Founded in 1969, the Gay Liberation Front (GLF) was a loosely structured group of gay rights activists who were interested in the radical sexual liberation for all people. This collection consists of publicity material, photographs, correspondence, clippings, and writings that relate primarily to the Los Angeles group of the Gay Liberation Front.

Dates: 1969-1995
Found in: ONE Archives at the USC Libraries, University of Southern California

March Committee for Lesbian and Gay Rights/Los Angeles records

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: Coll2013-088
Abstract

Meeting minutes, flyers, clippings, correspondence, press releases, mailing and registration lists, notes, financial records, pamphlets, mass mailings, and newsletters of the March Committee for Lesbian and Gay Rights/Los Angeles, 1980-1982, undated. Emerging from the 1979 March on Washington and the 1980 March on Sacramento, the committee worked to build the lesbian and gay rights movement.

Dates: 1980-1982
Found in: ONE Archives at the USC Libraries, University of Southern California

Mattachine Society Project collection

 Collection
Identifier: Coll2008-016
Abstract Minutes, bylaws, correspondence, manuscripts, newsletters, financial records, legal papers, transcripts, pamphlets, flyers, clippings, sound recordings, and other papers relating to the Mattachine Society, brought together by the Mattachine Society Project from materials donated to ONE Institute (now ONE International Gay & Lesbian Archives) by Harold Call; from other collections held by ONE; and from collections in Jim Kepner's International Gay & Lesbian Archives. Founded in Los...
Dates: 1927-2000
Found in: ONE Archives at the USC Libraries, University of Southern California

Susan McGreivy Papers

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: Coll2012-138
Abstract Correspondence, legal documents, reports, press releases, notes, monthly schedules, articles, clippings, photographs, and personal documents, 1975-1990, of Susan McGreivy, lesbian activist and former civil rights attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Southern California. In the 1980s, McGreivy played a leading role in the ACLU's challenges to a wide range of infractions of gay and lesbian civil rights, including a discrimination case against the Boy Scouts of America and...
Dates: 1975 - 1990
Found in: ONE Archives at the USC Libraries, University of Southern California

National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Coll2011-056
Abstract Press releases, promotional letters, clippings, flyers, organization lists, articles, financial statements, conference programs, informational pamphlets, lobbying packets, fact sheets, publication lists, photographs, meeting minutes, legislative surveys, directories, policy papers, and questionnaires from the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force (NGLTF), 1973-2005. Founded in 1973, the goal of the NGLTF was to build and coordinate organizational support for pro-GLBT legislation and...
Dates: 1973-2005; Majority of material found within 1974 - 1989
Found in: ONE Archives at the USC Libraries, University of Southern California
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