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Bibliography for Facts About Sexual
Orientation
Note: This
bibliography accompanies the web pages for "Facts About
Sexual Orientation." It is not intended to serve as a
general resource guide for research on sexual orientation.
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Created by Dr. Carla Mathison & Amy L. Fraher
San Diego State University
All Rights Reserved
This snapshot of Gay and Lesbian history in the
United States profiles some important people and events of the last
100 years. For each person or event profiled here, thousands of
others could just as easily have been chosen. The primary purpose of
this program is not to chronicle each and every happening related to
Gay and Lesbian experience, but to provide a place where users might
start exploring the contributions, celebrations, setbacks, and human
spirit of Gay and Lesbian people. |
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Lesbian & Gay History, Politics &
Culture
A Bibliography
A extensive
reading list for a class at CUNY conducted by Professors Blanche
Wiesen Cook, Ken Sherrill, and Alisa Solomon
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Welcome to
Outpath, the OutProud Coming
Out Archives!
The Coming Out Archives were created to provide you with the benefit
of the experiences of the millions of others who have found the
right words on their own journeys. Sometimes things go well,
sometimes they don't – whatever the results, they're here for you to
see. The stories that make up the archives are personal and document
the lives of others just like you. We invite you to explore the
richness of experience that makes up our community, and hope that it
helps you on your own journey.
If you're a queer or questioning youth who is starting to think
about coming out – telling those who are important in your life that
you are gay, lesbian, bisexual or dealing with issues of gender
identity – then you may find yourself, like most of us, searching
for the right words. Every person who is out has been through this,
and in fact, continues to come out throughout their life.
If you have already come out, we invite you to share your own
stories. Write down your experiences so that others may learn from
them, so that they can share in the things that went well, and in
those that could have gone better. The words you write will help
others along the way.
It's easy to search the Archives. You can just click "Search" to get
started, or choose to find others with similar backgrounds by
selecting a specific gender or age range. If you find a story you
particularly like, you can bookmark the page for a later visit. You
can also add
Outpath dynamic content to your own web site. |
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Queers in History
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Queer Theory
LGBT Philosophy
@ Erratic Impact
This website features hundreds of annotated links to
Queer Theory and LGBT resources, designed to assist Lesbian, Gay,
Bisexual and Transgendered people involved in academic study and
philosophy research. Erratic Impact also features hundreds of LGBT
books, music and films.
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This site features work by Dr. Gregory Herek, an
internationally recognized authority on sexual prejudice (also
called homophobia), hate crimes, and AIDS stigma. It provides
factual information to promote the use of scientific knowledge for
education and enlightened public policy related to sexual
orientation and HIV/AIDS. |
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The Lesbian and Gay Archives Roundtable
was founded in 1989 by members of the Society of American
Archivists who were concerned about lesbian and gay history and
the role of lesbians and gays in the archival profession. The
group, which welcomes non-members of the Society and people of
all sexual orientations, promotes the preservation and research
use of records documenting lesbian, gay, bisexual, and
transgender history and serves as a liaison between lesbian,
gay, bisexual, and transexual archives and the Society of
American Archivists.
We are committed to bringing information about lesbian, gay,
bisexual, and transgender archives to the public through
projects such as Lavender Legacies, and to helping small
community-based archives with information about archival
practices.
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California |
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About the
GLBT Historical Society
(San Francisco)
The Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual Transgender Historical
Society (GLBTHS) collects, preserves, and interprets the
history of GLBT people and the communities that support
them. We sponsor exhibits and programs on an on-going
basis.
Our exhibit galleries are open Tuesday through Saturday,
1 to 5 p.m. The archives of the GLBTHS is one of the
world's largest collections of primary source materials
about GLBT history. Filmmakers, academics, journalists,
students, and others use the archives to craft truthful
and inspiring representations of GLBT people.
The professionally-staffed archives and reading room are
open to GLBTHS members Tuesday through Friday, 1 to 5
p.m. and to the general public on Saturday, 1 to 5 p.m.
The GLBTHS is a community-supported, 501c3. All
contributions are tax-deductible to the fullest extent
of the law.
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emphasis on the history and activities of lesbians and gays
in the San Diego County (California) / Tijuana (Baja
California Norte, Mexico) Region,
LGHSSD also includes
information documenting gay and lesbian culture worldwide.
We collect materials relating to all ethnic groups, economic
levels and special interests. These collections are kept in
archival quality acid-free storage containers to insure
their long life. Although most of our collections date from
1970 to the present, there are some original materials
dating back to the 1930's.
Our collections include:
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books
(wide range of subjects)
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periodicals | periodicals (54 titles) | newsletters
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- ephemera (flyers,
posters, programs)
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archival collections (records and original papers of
organizations and individuals)
- homophobic materials
- photographs
- audio recordings
- video tapes
- artifacts (clothing,
buttons, objects)
- original works of art
- erotic materials
(pre-1975)
- special collections
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Sacramento,
California
Welcome to the
Lavender Library
We loan books, periodicals, videos
and tapes of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and
Transgender interest to members, collect items that
preserve the LGBT experience in the Sacramento area
and sponsor lectures, exhibits and cultural events
for the community. |
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Welcome
The ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives
houses the world's largest research library on Gay, Lesbian,
Bisexual,and Transgendered heritage and concerns.
ONE is affiliated with but not governed by the University of Southern
California (Los Angeles).
ONE relies wholly on community and corporate support.
Mission Statement
The ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives honors
the past, celebrates the present, and enriches the future of all
lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people. We foster acceptance of
sexual and gender diversity by supporting education and research about
our heritage and experience worldwide. ONE is dedicated to collecting,
preserving, documenting, studying, and communicating our history, our
challenges, and our aspirations.
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Colorado |
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Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies
This subject guide will lead you to a variety of learning materials
in the area of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Studies
(GLBT). The materials in this guide will lead you to reference
books, circulating books, and Web Sites. In Auraria Library, many of
these materials are kept in the HQ area on the
second floor, but keep in mind that material about GLBT life,
culture, issues, and people may be located nearly anywhere in the
library --musicians in the music section, writers in the literature
section, mathematicians in the mathematics sections. Also remember
that material about GLBT issues may be written from many
standpoints; it may be liberal or conservative or radical -- it may
be activist or homophobic or neutral. As with information on any
subject, you have to consider the point of view of the author and
how that affects the value you will place on the information. |
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The Boulder Queer History Archive
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Florida |
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Idaho |
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An Idaho Gay Bibliography
This annotated bibliography includes citations to books,
articles, and films that document the experience of gay
people in Idaho from the early 19th century to the present
day. Most of the items listed are available in Albertsons
Library, Boise State University. Researchers may also want
to refer to Diversity, the monthly newspaper of the
Idaho gay community. Published since 1984, it is available
on microfilm. |
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Illinois |
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Gerber/Hart Library
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual,
and Transgender Information Resource and Archives
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About the
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Gerber/Hart Library was founded in 1981 to be a
depository for the records of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and
transgendered (LGBT) individuals and organizations, and for
other resources bearing upon their lives and experiences in
American society. Gerber/Hart Library has since grown into
being the Midwest's largest LGBT circulating library with
over 14,000 volumes, 800 periodical titles, and 100 archival
collections. Hosting various
programs and events that support its beliefs that knowledge
is the key to dispelling homophobia and that affirming
information about lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered
persons is critical to fostering pride and self-confidence,
Gerber/Hart Library seeks to not only preserve and protect
items of LGBT individuals and organizations, but to be a
conduit for change.
Located in the Edgewater
neighborhood of Chicago, Gerber/Hart Library serves the
research and recreational reading needs of the Chicago
metro-area and the Midwest, and through participation in the
Interlibrary Loan program, people throughout the U.S. |
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Leather
Archives & Museum
6418 N. Greenview Avenue
Chicago, IL 60626
773.761.9200 FAX 773.381.4657
Mission
Statement - "The compilation, preservation and maintenance of
leather lifestyle and related lifestyles [including but not limited
to the Gay and Lesbian communities], history, archives and
memorabilia for historical, educational and research purposes." |
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International Locations |
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The Australian Lesbian and Gay
Archives was established in 1978, at the
Fourth National Homosexual Conference in Sydney.
The Archives is the only community group in Australia
that actively collects and preserves lesbian and gay
material from across the country, and makes it readily
accessible.
The purpose of the Archives is to:
collect and preserve historically significant materials
that document the lives of lesbians, gay men, bisexuals,
transgendered people, and queers of all kinds;
educate the public about the history of the lesbian,
gay, bisexual, and transgender communities in all their
diversity through public programs, exhibits, and
publications.
The collections include material of national or
international scope, but the heart of the Archives' work is
the collection and preservation of the historical life of
the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender communities of
Australia. From the time of the Gold Rush to the battles
against AIDS, the collections save our rich and diverse
histories for us and future generations.
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Hannah Snell Home Page
"Why gentlemen, James Gray will cast off his skin
like a snake and become a new creature. In a word,
gentlemen, I am as much a woman as my mother ever was,
and my real name is Hannah Snell." --The Female Soldier,
1750
On 2 June 1750, in a
local London pub, a young marine stunned his fellow
soldiers by announcing that "he" was really a woman in
disguise. For over two years Hannah Snell had concealed
her true sex while serving in a regiment of the Royal
Marines. She had sailed to India through great storms
and fought in mud-filled trenches at the siege of
Pondicherry. She claims to have been severely injured in
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International Homo/Lesbian Information center
and Archives (IHLIA)
A GLBTQ archives, library and information centre with branches in
Amsterdam (Homodok) and Leeuwarden (Anna Blaman Huis)
Out on the shelves
IHLIA boasts the largest GLBTQ library collection in the
Netherlands:
travel guides . posters monographs . archival records . audiotapes .
flyers . literature . dissertations . videotapes . letters . works
of art . bibliographies . diaries . badges . books of poetry .
photographs . compact discs . jewelry . t-shirts .(auto)biographies
. periodicals . medals . policy papers . condoms . games . banners .
erotica. pulp fiction
Research or Study?
Researchers, journalists and students from all over the world find
what they are looking for in our archives. IHLIA collects,
catalogues and supplies materials that can be used for academic
research, term papers and students theses. You don't have to be an
academic or student to consult our materials
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Kentucky |
Kentucky Gay and Lesbian Archives and Library
operated by the Williams-Nichols Institute, Inc.
PO Box 4264
Louisville, KY 40204
Phone: 502/636-0935
Fax: 502/635-6469
Email: willnich@aol.com
Archives contains hundreds of folders of information on any topic
of interest to the gay and lesbian community, from gay and lesbian
ACTORS, through CENSORSHIP issues, historic gay rights struggles in
LOUISVILLE, LEXINGTON, and KENTUCKY, the GAYS IN THE MILITARY
debate, gays in the THEATRE, to gay life in ZIMBABWE. We maintain
extensive files on nearly all national GLBT groups as well and are a
growing national resource center. These materials include newspaper
clippings, correspondence, newsletters, protest signs, banners,
buttons, and even matchbook covers, swizzle sticks and napkins from
various gay bars around the country.
We also maintain files on the Kentucky state gay and lesbian
community and the groups it has nurtured since the beginnings of the
gay movement in Kentucky in 1970.
Our videotape library contains nearly 300 videotaped television
and news broadcasts as well as feature films and documentaries. We
maintain an active photographs file, with photos going back to the
early 1970s. In our magazine collection, we have over 200 titles,
including early gay magazines from the 1950s and a near complete
collection of Advocates going back to the late 1960s.
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Massachusetts |
Our Mission
To document and preserve the history of Boston's LGBT community, and
to share that information with the public.
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The
History of the
Stonewall Center
A series of homophobic incidents
in 1984 led to protests and the development of a
report on the campus climate for lesbian, gay,
and bisexual students at the University of
Massachusetts, Amherst. One of the report’s main
recommendations was the creation of the Program
for Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Concerns. The
Program was established in fall 1985 as an
administrative office in the Student Affairs. In
1995, the Program for Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual
Concerns was renamed “The Stonewall Center: A
Lesbian, Bisexual, Gay and Transgender
Educational Resource Center.”
When we opened in 1985, The Stonewall Center was
just the third center of its kind on a college
campus. Our center has served as a model for
many other colleges and universities, and today
more than one hundred LGBT campus centers and
offices exist across the United States and
Canada.
For more than twenty years, The Stonewall Center
has served the campus and surrounding community
by providing cultural and educational
programming, a video and book library, a
Speakers Bureau on LGBT issues, information and
referrals, support for individuals who
experience harassment and discrimination,
advocacy for LGBT people at UMass Amherst, and
community outreach through QueerE, our weekly
listserv of LGBT campus and community events.
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Michigan |
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Welcome to a virtual exploration of the real lives of lesbian,
gay, bisexual, and trangender people from over 100 years of Michigan
history.
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"Artifacts & Disclosures:
Michigan's Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender
Heritage" represents the convergence
of two dynamics: a desire of the Lavender
Information and LIbrary Association to stage an
exhibit to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the
Stonewall riots, and the wish of the curators to
assemble and share some wondrous artifacts which
disclose an aspect of the state's history that has
just begun to be revealed. Drawing fragmentary
evidence from repositories both local and national,
we attempted to create a sort of giant scrapbook of
Michigan LGBT life modeled after the pioneering 1994
New York Public LIbrary exhibit, "Becoming Visible:
The Legacy of Stonewall." We hope we succeeded in
documenting the diversity, complexity, and longevity
of our various communities |
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The Lavender Information and Library
Association (LILA) is a
University of Michigan organization of staff, students and
faculty in the
School of
Information (SI) and the University's
Libraries. Its mission
is to promote awareness of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and
transgender resources and concerns within SI, the
University's libraries, and throughout the University in
general. LILA does this through education, research, networking,
and social activities.
Students and professionals in all of
SI's
specializations are welcome. |
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Minnesota |
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Missouri |
ST. LOUIS LESBIAN AND GAY ARCHIVES(1987-
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COLLECTION, 1972-1992
349 FOLDERS
WESTERN HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION
UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-ST. LOUIS
In October of 1987 the Community Liaison for Education and Research
(C.L.E.A.R.), a member organization of Challenge Metro (formerly the
St. Louis Gay and Lesbian Community Services), began an ambitious
project. This project consisted of collecting the history of the Gay
and Lesbian Community in St. Louis, and was to be called the Lesbian
and Gay Archives. The nucleus of the archives was a large collection
of periodicals, clippings, flyers, and brochures donated by the
owner of Our World Too Bookstore, Bill Cordes. After an initial
surge of activity, the archives was placed in the care of Fredric
Rissover. He continued to collect material and was assisted by Bill
Cordes. In the summer of 1991, Fredric made arrangements to place
the collection with the Western Historical Manuscripts Collection.
He continues to collect material and donates the material to WHMC
annually. |
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New York |
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Human Sexuality Collection
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University)
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The Human
Sexuality Collection seeks to preserve and make
accessible primary sources that document historical
shifts in the social construction of sexuality, with
a focus on U.S. lesbian and gay history and the
politics of pornography. We are actively expanding
the Collection and are seeking gifts of personal
papers, organizational records, rare books, and
periodicals that reflect changing views on
sexuality. Through this program, Cornell University
is working to ensure that a more complete historical
record of sexuality will be available to
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Statement of Purpose
The
Lesbian Herstory Archives exist
to gather and preserve records of Lesbian lives and activities so
that future generations will have ready access to materials relevant
to their lives. The process of gathering this material will also
serve to uncover and collect our herstory denied to us previously by
patriarchal historians in the interests of the culture which they
serve. The existence of these Archives will enable us to analyze and
reevaluate the Lesbian experience; we also anticipate that the
existence of these archives will encourage lesbians to record their
experiences in order to formulate our living Herstory.
We will collect and preserve any materials that are relevant to
the lives and experiences of Lesbians: books, magazines, journals,
news clippings (from establishment, Feminist or Lesbian media),
bibliographies, photos, historical information, tapes, films,
diaries, oral histories, poetry and prose, biographies,
autobiographies, notices of events, posters, graphics, and other
memorabilia.
In 1978, Judith Schwarz joined Joan Nestle and Deborah Edel as
coordinators of the Archives. By then, the Archives was filling most
of the apartment and a full-scale informational campaign was well
underway. To help spread the word about the Archives, the
coordinators developed a traveling slide show. They took it to
homes, bars, churches, synagogues, anywhere they were asked to
speak. The slide show presented materials that were in the Archives
and illustrated the principles and intention of its existence. It
also helped to bring the message to the community that the Archives
was for every Lesbian---that no one would be excluded, that every
Lesbian life could and should be represented. The show helped to
build pride in individuals and communities and take away the stigma
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A Guide to the Collections
of The New York Public Library
Gay and lesbian studies is the
examination, analysis and interpretation of the phenomenon
characterized by romantic and affectional preference by individuals
for others of the same sex. It is by nature cross-disciplinary,
covering a wide range of intellectual bases: literature, history,
religion, psychology, sociology, philosophy, anthropology, medicine,
law, fine arts, and others.
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Ohio |
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Ohio Lesbian Archives
In keeping with the Archives' mission to
collect, celebrate and make accessible lesbian culture in all its
splendor, OLA houses an amazing collection. Books by or about lesbians
have a home in the Archives as well as lesbian periodicals, flyers from
lesbian events, photographs, posters, CDs, LPs, videocassettes (movies
and interviews), audiocassettes (music, interviews and poetry),
t-shirts, buttons, etc. In addition to a concentration in all things
lesbian OLA also collects lesbian/gay movement flyers and periodicals
from the tri-state area. A large lesbian/gay history collection is also
part of OLA. |
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Texas |
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Coast Archive and Museum of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender
History, Inc. was created to collect, preserve and provide access to
historical items from the GLBT community in the gulf coast area of
Texas. The archive shall encourage education of and research by
anyone (regardless of race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, age or
religion), interested in learning about any aspects of the GLBT
community. The museum shall sponsor meetings for the dissemination
of information and display of collected materials.
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Mission statement:
The
Northwest Lesbian and Gay History
Museum Project (NWGLHMP, or The History Project),
founded in 1994, is an organization which researches,
interprets and communicates the history of lesbian, gay,
bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people in the Pacific
Northwest for the purposes of study, education and
enjoyment. Recognizing that the history of this vibrant
community has been sparsely and inaccurately recorded,
the History Project seeks to:
collect oral histories; locate
photographs, ephemera, objects and documents; and work
with archives to insure the preservation of these
materials; and
create public programs such as exhibits, publications
and presentations to communicate the collective
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Opening the Archives has been one of my dreams since I saw
the women of the June Mazer Lesbian Archives in Los Angeles
present a workshop at the Michigan Womyn's Music Festival called
something like: “Start your own lesbian archives” about 10 years
ago! I returned to Seattle a new woman intent on saving lesbian
herstory in my community by collecting the materials of
organizations and individuals in the Pacific Northwest,
providing a safe space for them and by making the materials
accessible to the community and to interested researchers.
It took a few years to get into grad school and to go through
training in archival theory and practice. Along the way I've
been very lucky to have several “archives angels” to keep me on
track, encourage me and remind me that this work is important
and needs to be done.
I see the PNLA as a component in a network of current lesbian
archives and lesbian archives to come. No institution can or
should try to document the whole world. We won't be able to
collect every lesbian record or document but we can chip away at
what we do gather, put the word out there and do the work.
I expect to meet many interesting people along the way. I
look forward to new connections with donors and volunteers in
different cities throughout the Pacific Northwest and
Southwestern Canada.
I know I will be enlightened, entertained, and proud to learn
about our herstory and to see the Archives packed with the
materials of our lives to educate our community and interested
researchers and herstorians. I hope you are too!
I want future generations of lesbians to know that we
treasure and celebrate our endeavors, our gatherings, our love
for each other, and our stories.
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University
of Washington Libraries--Special Collections
Finding aids to GLBT holdings:
Dorian
Group Records -- Seattle gay organization active from
1977-1985
John
M. Eccles Papers -- a Mattachine Society member formerly
active in Washington state
Charles
J. Harbaugh Papers -- Seattle-area therapist who was
active in gay health issues
Tim
Mayhew Collection on Gay Rights -- Seattle-area activist;
includes papers of the Dorian Society and other local organizations
Don
Paulson Papers -- interviews and photographs used in
creating the book An Evening in the Garden of Allah
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The
Rainbow
History Project
of Washington,
D.C.
Preserving Our Community's Memories
The
Rainbow
History Project
formed November 4, 2000 in a meeting at
the CyberStop Cafe on 17th Street NW (tolerant home of many of
our meetings and oral history tapings!) following a notice
placed by Mark Meinke in the Washington Blade. The
notice came out of frustration at trying to identify archives
and sources of information on gay, lesbian, bisexual, and
transgendered history in metropolitan Washington DC.
Five people showed up for that first Saturday meeting and
decided to try organizing the history project; those attending
were Mark Meinke, Charles Rose, Bruce Pennington, Jose Guttierez,
and James Crutchfield. The group's purpose has always been to
preserve our community's memories. Among our highest
priority initial projects was the capturing of community
members' memories for an oral history project.
Our mission is
to collect, preserve, and promote an active
knowledge of the history, arts, and culture
relevant to sexually diverse communities in
metropolitan Washington DC.
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