TITLE | DESCRIPTION | DATE CREATED | IS FORMAT OF |
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Costume Contest at the Ramrod and Sinderella Outtakes | Costume Contest at the Ramrod, a gay bar in San Francisco, CA, and Sinderella Outtakes, circa 1965-1970. Film by Henri Leleu (1907-1996), a gay man who was active in the San Francisco leather scene and participated in LGBTQ community groups. File name: glbths 1997-13 7 003 sc | 1965/1970 | |
Sodomy Laws Retrospective (1 of 3) | A panel discussion that took place ten years after California's "sodomy laws" were repealed. Historian Alan Bérubé details California's history with anti-gay legislation, beginning with the state's first law against sodomy that was passed in 1850 and continuing through to… Show more | 1986-01-30 | |
Sodomy Laws Retrospective (2 of 3) | A panel discussion that took place ten years after California's "sodomy laws" were repealed. Activist Phyllis Lyon discusses the Council on Religion and the Homosexual's Brief of Injustices. Politician Willie Brown, then the California State Assembly's Speaker of the… Show more | 1986-01-30 | |
Sodomy Laws Retrospective (3 of 3) | A panel discussion that took place ten years after California's "sodomy laws" were repealed. Activist Jo Daly discusses instances of heterosexual individuals being convicted under anti-sodomy/anti-oral sex laws. Activist George Raya relates his experiences as a lobbyist in Sacramento… Show more | 1986-01-30 | |
Judy Grahn on Identity (1 of 4) | A speech by poet and author Judy Grahn. Grahn discusses the evolution of her lesbian identity, navigating gender roles, and deities of femininity worshipped around the world. She also recites some of her poetry, and discusses queer imagery in Greek mythology, including with the god Apollo and the… Show more | 1980-01-13 | |
Judy Grahn on Identity (2 of 4) | A speech by poet and author Judy Grahn. Grahn discusses historical and mythological representations of homosexuality, provides examples of matriarchal societies around the world and global examples of homosexuality and gender expansiveness in indigenous cultures, and she relates a story from… Show more | 1980-01-13 | |
Judy Grahn on Identity (3 of 4) | A speech by poet and author Judy Grahn. Grahn discusses examples of lesbianism in various global mythologies, recites Gertrude Stein's poem " Miss Furr and Miss Keane," and recites some of her own poetry. This material was digitized through the generous support of Larry Brenner and… Show more | 1980-01-13 | |
Judy Grahn on Identity (4 of 4) | A speech by poet and author Judy Grahn. Grahn discusses her experiences with catcalling as a butch lesbian, shares the story of the ancient Celtic queen Boudicca and her relation to the term "bull dyke," and discusses historical customs of queerness in warrior cultures. This material was… Show more | 1980-01-13 | |
Magazine cover parodies | A set of AIDS-themed magazine cover parodies by Gilbert Baker. | 2000/2010 |