Gay activists -- California -- Los Angeles
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Dean Hansell papers
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: Coll2013-081
Abstract
The papers document Dean Hansell's involvement with the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation of Los Angeles (GLAAD/LA), the L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center, and LGBT discrimination dealings with the American Bar Association, Boy Scouts of America, California Proposition 8, City of Los Angeles, Explorers/Boy Scouts of Southern California, FBI, and Los Angeles Police Department, bulk 1985-2010. Dean Hansell co-founded GLAAD/LA, served as co-chair of the L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center,...
Dates:
1974-2010; Majority of material found within 1985 - 2010
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