Hidden Histories: Discovering Los Angeles' LGBTQ+ Collections Main Menu Hidden Histories: Discovering Los Angeles' LGBTQ+ Collections Welcome to Hidden Histories! Discovering Los Angeles' LGBTQ+ Collections! What is Hidden Histories? A partnership between ONE Archives at USC and L.A. as Subject, Hidden Histories' goal is to create a centralized resource of LGBTQ+ archival material for researchers and community members. Participating Institutions L.A. as Subject member institutions from across Southern California have joined with ONE and LAAS to collaborate on this project. Topical Guide Collections from participating institutions organized based on the subject or topic of the materials.

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Founded in 1871, the California Historical Society inspires and empowers people to make California's past a part of their contemporary lives.

Topics and themes represented in the collections held by the California Historical Society include bisexual people, gay men, lesbians, and transgender people; LGTBQ+ discrimination and LGBTQ+ activism.

Featured Collections

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 and 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.
ACLU of Northern California News, 1936-2020*
Newsletter of the ACLU of Northern California.
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 Frances Kaplan. 

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

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

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