TITLE | DESCRIPTION | DATE CREATED | IS FORMAT OF |
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Shanti Project volunteer and client (1) | A Shanti Project volunteer and client in a hospital. |
1990 to 1999 | |
Shanti Project volunteer and client (2) | A Shanti Project volunteer and client in a hospital. |
1990 to 1999 | |
Shanti Project volunteer and client (3) | A Shanti Project volunteer and client. |
1990 to 1999 | |
Blank survey | A survey intended to be distributed to youth with LGBTQ+ parents. |
1990 to 1999 | |
COLAGE press releases | 1990 to 1999 | ||
Brochures and communications | Brochures and communications materials from COLAGE (Children of Lesbians and Gays Everywhere). |
1990 to 1999 | |
Run of show [1] | A run of show listing the schedule of performers and their acts at Finocchio's nightclub. |
1990 to 1999 | |
Run of show [2] | A run of show listing the schedule of performers and their acts at Finocchio's nightclub. |
1990 to 1999 | |
Finocchio's promotional postcard | Promotional postcard advertising Finocchio's nightclub. This postcard uses the term "female impersonators" to describe performers, which is a historic term that comes from a straight-coded Victorian theatrical form and continued until the mid-20th century before merging into what we now call drag. |
1990 to 1999 | |
Finocchio's coupon | 1990 to 1999 | ||
Antediluvian Manifesto by Janet MacHarg | 1990 to 1999 | ||
Ginny Knuth papers, folder 2 | Folder 2 of the papers of Ginny Knuth, a cisgender member of Educational Transvestite Channel (later called TransGender San Francisco). Knuth's husband identified as a crossdresser and was also a member of the group. |
1990 to 1999 | |
Sodomy Laws Retrospective (1 of 3) | A panel discussion that took place ten years after California's "sodomy laws" were repealed.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 the decriminalization of both sodomy and oral sex between consenting adults in private in 1976. Bérubé also discusses historical patterns relating to sex laws, and he contextualizes the debate between public versus private information. Activists Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon, cofounders of the Daughters of Bilitis, discuss the history of legislation criminalizing lesbian sex, and they detail the creation of the Council on Religion and the Homosexual in the 1960s. This material was digitized through the generous support of Larry Brenner and Angelo Figone. |
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 Assembly, discusses the legislative side of the creation and passing of the 1976 Consenting Adult Sex Law, which decriminalized private and consensual gay sex. Activist Jim Foster, then a member of the San Francisco Health Commission, reflects on his experiences as an out gay man when gay sex was still criminalized, and he discusses ways in which the community organized in the 1950s and 1960s, including San Francisco's Tavern Guild and the Mattachine Society, to protect itself and ultimately decriminalize gay sex and relationships. This material was digitized through the generous support of Larry Brenner and Angelo Figone. |
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 in the 1970s who lobbied for the Consenting Adult Sex Law from 1974 until its passing in 1976. Leonard Graff, the legal director for the National Gay Rights Advocates, discusses the continuing fight against sodomy laws in the United States. This material was digitized through the generous support of Larry Brenner and Angelo Figone. |
1986-01-30 | |
Gay and Lesbian Historical Society and San Francisco Public Library Town Hall (1 of 2) | A town hall meeting with representatives from the Gay and Lesbian Historical Society (GLHS) and the San Francisco Public Library (SFPL) presenting on plans for the Gay and Lesbian Center that would be installed in the SFPL's Special Collections department. The presentation covers fundraising and budget considerations, archival collections the SFPL has and will acquire, and the SFPL's desire to acquire collections from the GLHS. A question and answer session concludes the presentation, with questions about the SFPL's preservation and access capabilities and how to navigate potential push back from the general public about the library's involvement with gay and lesbian collections. This material was digitized through the generous support of Larry Brenner and Angelo Figone. |
1990 to 1999 | |
Gay and Lesbian Historical Society and San Francisco Public Library Town Hall (2 of 2) | A town hall meeting with representatives from the Gay and Lesbian Historical Society (GLHS) and the San Francisco Public Library (SFPL) presenting on plans for the Gay and Lesbian Center that would be installed in the SFPL's Special Collections department. The presentation was followed by a question and answer session. Questions asked include how the SFPL would decide which collections to accept, concerns about a government entity controlling community materials, how much of the GLHS holdings they might donate to the SFPL, and the inclusivity of current and potential collections at the GLHS. The presentation concludes with a motion for GLHS membership to vote on whether or not to give the board authority to enter negotiations for partnership with the SFPL. The motion passed. This material was digitized through the generous support of Larry Brenner and Angelo Figone. |
1990 to 1999 | |
Jason Allen Interviews, “Why San Francisco?” | A video in which an interviewer asks diverse pedestrians why they live in San Francisco. The final interview is with a woman who discusses her gender, sexuality, and pursuing treatment for mosaic Turner Syndrome. |
1990 to 1999 |