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BAAITS/SF LGBT Center Tenant Announcement | A letter announcing that Bay Area American Indian Two-Spirits (BAAITS) will be a tenant at the new San Francisco LGBT Center. The BAAITS mission statement and organization description are included in the announcement. This digital collection was created in part through the generous support of… Show more | 2001 | |
Anne Kronenberg 1 | Footage of a community meeting regarding the possible appointment of Anne Kronenberg on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors following Harvey Milk's assassination. Speakers include Bill Kraus, Sally Gerheart, Al Williams, Carol Silver, and Anne Kronenberg. From the Daniel A. Smith and… Show more | 1978 | Media/glbths_1999-52_011_am.avi |
Anne Kronenberg 2 | Footage of a community meeting regarding the possible appointment of Anne Kronenberg on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors following Harvey Milk's assassination. Speakers include Anne Kronenberg and Supervisor Robert Gonzalez. This tape also includes an interview with players on the New… Show more | 1978 | Media/glbths_1999-52_012_am.avi |
Anne Kronenberg 1st Edit | A tape from the Daniel A. Smith and Queer Blue Light Videotapes collection. Queer Blue Light was a gay activist video collective active in San Francisco in the 1970s. Daniel Smith was a member of the collective. In 2011, GLBT Historical Society volunteer John Raines digitized 79 of the nearly… Show more | 1978 | Media/glbths_1999-52_013_am.avi |
Ron Lanza at Concord School 1 | A tape from the Daniel A. Smith and Queer Blue Light Videotapes collection. Queer Blue Light was a gay activist video collective active in San Francisco in the 1970s. Daniel Smith was a member of the collective. In 2011, GLBT Historical Society volunteer John Raines digitized 79 of the nearly… Show more | 1978 | Media/glbths_1999-52_027_am.avi |
Home movies/Ron Lanza at Concord School 3 | A tape from the Daniel A. Smith and Queer Blue Light Videotapes collection. Queer Blue Light was a gay activist video collective active in San Francisco in the 1970s. Daniel Smith was a member of the collective. Although the physical tape is labeled "Concord School," the first part seems… Show more | 1978 | |
Ron Lanza Concord School 4 | A tape from the Daniel A. Smith and Queer Blue Light Videotapes collection. Queer Blue Light was a gay activist video collective active in San Francisco in the 1970s. Daniel Smith was a member of the collective. In 2011, GLBT Historical Society volunteer John Raines digitized 79 of the nearly… Show more | 1978 | |
Civic Center No on 6 #1 | Footage of a No on 6 (Brigg's Initiative) rally at Civic Center in downtown San Francisco, taken by Daniel Smith, a member of the Queer Blue Light Video collective. Includes speeches given by Harvey Milk, Robin Tyler, and a representative of the Association of Latin American Teachers. From… Show more | 1978 | |
Civic Center No on 6 #2 | Footage of a No on 6 (Brigg's Initiative) rally at Civic Center in downtown San Francisco, taken by Daniel Smith, a member of the Queer Blue Light Video collective. Includes footage of the police presence, counter-protesters, and interviews with rally attendees. From the Daniel A. Smith… Show more | 1978 | |
1978 Castro Street Fair 1 | Footage of the 1978 Castro Street Fair, taken by Daniel Smith, a member of the Queer Blue Light Video collective. Includes brief interviews with passersby and footage of street performers and vendors. From the Daniel A. Smith and Queer Blue Light Videotapes collection (#1999-52), GLBT… Show more | 1978 | |
1978 Castro Street Fair 2 | Footage of the 1978 Castro Street Fair, taken by Daniel Smith, a member of the Queer Blue Light Video collective. Includes footage of musical performances and street vendors. The end of this tape also includes footage of a community theater performance. From the Daniel A. Smith and Queer Blue… Show more | 1978 | |
Kinsey Sicks photograph [1] | Photograph of Kinsey Sicks posing before or after a show. Members pictured include: Kevin Kirkwood (Trixie), Ben Schatz (Rachel), Chris Dilley (Trampolina), and Irwin Keller (Winnie). | 2001 | |
Harvey Milk audio recording 2018-39 | Digital audio file of a recording of an interview with Harvey Milk. Recorded by G. Kenneth Ward at San Francisco City Hall on February 2, 1978. | 1978 | |
Maria Sanchez, circa 1978 | 1978 | ||
Maria Sanchez posing with a nightclub performer, circa 1978 | 1978 | ||
Bathhouse contact sheet, circa 1978 | 1978 | ||
Maria Sanchez in bathhouse tub | 1978 | ||
Sylvester holding Step II record, 1978 [1] | 1978 | ||
Oy Vey in a Manger poster | Poster for the show Oy Vey in a Manger, presented by the Kinsey Sicks and held at the New Conservatory Theatre Center in 2004. Members pictured include: Ben Schatz (Rachel), Chris Dilley (Trampolina), Irwin Keller (Winnie), and Chris Manabat (Trixie). | 2004 | |
Dragapella! poster | Poster for the Kinsey Sicks off-Broadway show, Dragapella! which took place at Studio 54. Members pictured include: Irwin Keller (Winnie), Ben Schatz (Rachel), Chris Dilley (Trampolina), and Maurice Kelly (Trixie). | 2001 | |
Kinsey Sicks in convertible | The Kinsey Sicks ride in a convertible during a parade in Provincetown, Massachusetts, circa 2001. | 2001 | |
Dyke Shorts by Mary Wings | A scanned copy of the comic book Dyke Shorts, by indie cartoonist Mary Wings. | 1978 | |
Maria Sanchez with friends at leather wedding [1] | 1978 | ||
Maria Sanchez with friends at leather wedding [2] | 1978 | ||
Women's Re-entry Program flyer | 1978 | ||
Sylvester holding Step II record, 1978 [2] | 1978 | ||
Sylvester performing [3] | Sylvester performing at the San Francisco Design Center Galleria in a kimono designed by David Polizzi. | 1978 | |
Welcome to the Hypnodrome set design | 2004 | ||
Welcome to the Hypnodrome poster | 2004 | ||
Man with rainbow flag | A man photographed with the Lynn Segerblom rainbow flag at 1978 San Francisco Pride. | 1978 | |
Children at 1978 Pride | Children and others at 1978 San Francisco Pride. | 1978 | |
Castro Street, two couples | Crawford Barton photograph of two couples, a middle-aged straight couple and a young gay couple, on Castro Street steps. The gay couple are kissing. | 1978 | |
Out to Vote flags | A collection of modified flags -- American state flag designs with added rainbow motifs, as well as some imagined flags also based on the rainbow flag -- designed by Gilbert Baker for a campaign called Out to Vote. | 2004 | |
Gilbert Baker and partner (1) | Gilbert Baker and a partner in 1978. The image is unattributed, but in the style of Jean-Baptiste Carhaix, who knew Baker and photographed him many times. | 1978 | |
Gilbert Baker and partner (2) | Gilbert Baker and a partner posing together in white t-shirts. The photograph is unattributed, but in the style of Jean-Baptiste Carhaix, who knew and often photographed Baker. | 1978 | |
Gilbert Baker and partner (3) | Gilbert Baker and a partner posing together in flowing garments. The photograph is unattributed, but in the style of Jean-Baptiste Carhaix, who knew and often photographed Baker. | 1978 | |
Gilbert Baker in drag, Ferry Building | Gilbert Baker poses in drag in front of the San Francisco Ferry Building. Photograph by Jean-Baptiste Carhaix. | 1978 | |
Gilbert Baker and group with 1978 rainbow flag | Gilbert Baker and companions holding a rainbow flag. The slide is dated July 1978, but appears to depict the 1978 San Francisco Gay Freedom Day parade, when the flag was first flown; it is likely that the slide was taken that day and developed later. | 1978 | |
Gilbert Baker and group with anti-Briggs protest sign | Gilbert Baker and group, displaying a sign protesting the Briggs Initiative, which would have forbidden LGBTQ people from teaching in California public schools. The slide is dated July 1978, but appears to depict the 1978 San Francisco Gay Freedom Day parade, when the raimbow flag was first flown;… Show more | 1978 | |
Harvey Milk at 1978 Gay Freedom Day parade | Harvey Milk celebrates at the 1978 Gay Freedom Day parade. | 1978 | |
Harvey Milk and anti-Briggs protestors | A group of anti-Briggs Initiative protestors, including Harvey Milk, in front of San Francisco City Hall. | 1978 | |
Tamara Ching interview | Susan Stryker interviews Tamara Ching, a sex worker, trans woman, and native San Franciscan. Ching extensively discusses her experience of living and working in the Tenderloin, describing sex work as a source of lifelong validation and pride, despite the harassment and violence she endured as a… Show more | 2001 | |
Felicia "Flames" Elizondo interview, part 1 | Susan Stryker interviews Felicia Elizondo, known as Felicia Flames, who was a sex worker, drag queen, and trans woman strongly associated with San Francisco's Tenderloin district. In this section, Elizondo tells her life story; she was born in Texas and moved to San Francisco as a teenager,… Show more | 2001 | |
Felicia "Flames" Elizondo interview, part 2 | Susan Stryker interviews Felicia Elizondo, known as Felicia Flames, who was a sex worker, drag queen, and trans woman living in San Francisco's Tenderloin district. In this section, Elizondo describes her transition as a patient of Dr. Harry Benjamin, including the medical and social aspects… Show more | 2001 | |
Aleshia Brevard interview, part 1 | Susan Stryker interviews Aleshia Brevard, an actor, model, author, theatre professor, and trans woman. In the late 1950s and early 1960s, Brevard worked at Finocchio's drag revue as a Marilyn Monroe impersonator; a trans co-worker, Stormy, helped her to begin transitioning. She lived at the… Show more | 2001 | |
Aleshia Brevard interview, part 2 | Susan Stryker interviews Aleshia Brevard, an actor, model, author, theatre professor, and trans woman. In the late 1950s and early 1960s, Brevard worked at Finocchio's drag revue as a Marilyn Monroe impersonator. In this section, Brevard narrates over a series of photographs from her career in… Show more | 2001 | |
Elliott Blackstone interview, part 1 | Susan Stryker interviews Elliott Blackstone, a retired police officer with the San Francisco Police Department. In 1962, Blackstone became the department's official liaison with the LGBTQ community, and worked extensively with trans women in the Tenderloin, including the group Conversion Our… Show more | 2001 | |
Elliott Blackstone interview, part 2 | Susan Stryker interviews Elliott Blackstone, a retired officer with the San Francisco Police Department. In 1962, Blackstone became the department's official liaison with the LGBTQ community, and worked extensively with trans women in the Tenderloin. Stryker speaks with Blackstone about his… Show more | 2001 | |
Elliott Blackstone interview, part 3 | Susan Stryker and colleagues interview Elliott Blackstone, a retired police officer with the San Francisco Police Department. In 1962, Blackstone became the department's official liaison with the LGBTQ community. In this section, Blackstone tells stories about his career, explains his… Show more | 2001 | |
Amanda St. Jaymes interview, part 1 | Susan Stryker interviews Amanda St. Jaymes, a trans woman who moved to the Tenderloin in December 1963 at the age of 19. St. Jaymes worked at the Chukker Club, a 1960s venue frequented by trans people, and later went to clerical school; in 1972, after her transition, she married and moved to… Show more | 2001 | |
Amanda St. Jaymes interview, part 2 | Susan Stryker interviews Amanda St. Jaymes, a trans woman who moved to the Tenderloin in December 1963 at the age of 19. St. Jaymes worked at the Chukker Club, a 1960s venue frequented by trans people, and later went to clerical school; in 1972, after her transition, she married and moved to… Show more | 2001 | |
Amanda St. Jaymes interview, part 3 | Susan Stryker interviews Amanda St. Jaymes, a trans woman who moved to the Tenderloin in December 1963 at the age of 19. St. Jaymes worked at the Chukker Club, a 1960s venue frequented by trans people, and later went to clerical school; in 1972, after her transition, she married and moved to… Show more | 2001 | |
Ed Hansen interview, part 1 | Susan Stryker interviews Ed Hansen, a pastor who worked with young people in the Tenderloin in the 1960s, including the organization Vanguard. Hansen reminisces about Tenderloin organizing and his clients' demands and concerns, and also tells some lighter-hearted anecdotes. Portions of this… Show more | 2001 | |
Ed Hansen interview, part 2 | Susan Stryker interviews Ed Hansen, a pastor who worked with young people in the Tenderloin in the 1960s, including the organization Vanguard. In this section, Hansen talks about Tenderloin sex workers, police harassment, alcohol and drugs, and young gender-nonconforming people's search for… Show more | 2001 |