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Minorities in mass media

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:

Jehan Agrama collection on the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, Los Angeles (GLAAD/LA)

 Collection — Box 1: Series Series 1.; Series Series 2.
Identifier: Coll2008-049
Abstract Correspondence, agendas, notes, minutes, programs, reports, and materials collected by Jehan Agrama in her role as Co-President and as member of the Board of Directors of the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, Los Angeles (GLAAD/LA), 1989-1994. The collection includes documents related to the formation of GLAAD/USA, GLAAD Media Awards programs, 1994-2000; and documents outreach to the Los Angeles Unified School District and Rebuild Los Angeles (RLA) Racial Harmony and Discourse...
Dates: 1989-2001; Majority of material found within 1991 - 1993

Alliance for Gay and Lesbian Artists records

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: Coll2013-005
Abstract Meeting minutes, event records, promotional material, clippings, photographs, correspondence, membership records, newsletters and other material, 1980-1992, from the Alliance for Gay and Lesbian Artists in the Entertainment Industry (AGLA), formed to encourage the responsible portrayal of gays and lesbians in entertainment media. Materials in the collection document the organization's most active period, particularly when it produced an annual awards show for gay and lesbian representation...
Dates: circa 1980-1992

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

Howard A. Fox Papers

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: Coll2011-048
Abstract

Correspondence, clippings, press releases, public service announcement texts, and other material documenting gay activist Howard Fox's work in 1973 to hold Los Angeles-area network television affiliates accountable for programming demeaning to gays and lesbians.

Dates: 1973

Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) Monitor Response Committee records

 Collection
Identifier: Coll2018-010
Abstract

The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) Monitor Response Committee records, 1991-1997, is a collection of the committee's meeting notes, correspondence, and related articles. The committee monitors radio, film, and television and sends letters to media outlets praising or criticizing their portrayal of gays and lesbians. The collection was donated by committee member Mike Roth.

Dates: 1991-2009

Lambda Amateur Radio Club Hollywood Chapter Records

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: Coll2012-168
Abstract

Constitution, meeting minutes, correspondence, flyers, directories, financial records and other material from the Hollywood chapter of the Lambda Amateur Radio Club, 1991-1992.

Dates: 1991 - 1992

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

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