Hidden Histories: Discovering Los Angeles' LGBTQ+ Collections

California Historical Society

The California Historical Society inspires and empowers people to make California's past a part of their contemporary lives.

Prominent topics and themes represented in the collections held by the California Historical Society include LGBTQ+ activism and politics.

Featured Collections

ACLU of Northern California News, 1936-2020*
Newsletter of the ACLU of Northern California.
Altman (Joe) photographs of the San Francisco Gay Freedom Day Parades, 1979-1985*
Collection contains 77 black and white, gelatin silver print photographs of the San Francisco Gay Freedom Day Parade (1979-1980) and the San Francisco International Lesbian and Gay Freedom Day Parade (1981-1985) taken by Joe Altman between 1979 and 1985.
Gay & lesbian rights movement ephemera collection, 1965-1980*
Collection of flyers, brochures, announcements and newsletters from lesbian and gay rights activist groups working in Northern California in the 1970s.
Open forum, newsletter of the ACLU of Southern California, 1924-2004*
Newsletter of the ACLU of Southern California.

*online materials available

Contact the California Historical Society 

For more information about the California Historical Society's LGTBQ+ collections and holdings, including citation and copyright information, please contact info@calhist.org. 

✉ Email: info@calhist.org
☎ Call: 415-357-1848

The California Historical Society is an L.A. as Subject member. For more information about L.A. as Subject, visit their website here.

This page has paths:

This page has tags:

This page references: