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Protest against the the lack of hospital space for AIDS patients at Los Angeles County and USC hospitals. Circa 1989.
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Bobby Mendoza posing with "Interview" magazine
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Young man posing with "Interview" magazine. Photograph labeled "Bobby Mendoza 1975 San Francisco, CA". 1975.
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Ron Grayson and Troy Perry at police protest
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Ron Grayson speaks out next to Reverend Troy Perry at a protest against the Los Angeles Police Department and police chief Ed Davis. 1975.
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Charles Pierce as Bette Davis
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Charles Pierce as Bette Davis in sequined dress. Undated.
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Dan Luckenbill in a chair
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Dan Luckenbill smoking at home in a chair. Circa 1990s.
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Women socializing at a house
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Women socializing at a house. Circa 1950s.
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Dorothy Putnam in feminine attire
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Dorothy Putnam dressing in feminine attire. Undated.
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Dorr Legg sits on grass
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W. Dorr Legg, here sitting on the grass, graduated in 1928 from the landscape design program at the University of Michigan and earned a scholarship to the Foundation for Architecture and Landscape Architecture in Lake Forest, Illinois. Circa 1930s.
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John Quitman Lynch at the piano
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John Quitman Lynch at the piano with aunt's cranberry glass collection. Undated.
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Edgar Sandifer posing
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Edgar Sandifer posing on the porch of a house. Circa 1950s.
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Edith crossdressing
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Dorothy Putnam's friend Edith in masculine attire. Undated.
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Eric Evans and Girly
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Eric Scott Evans and his pet dog Girly, 1989.
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Hal Rebarich rowing
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Hal Rebarich rowing in a small boat. Undated.
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Harmodius In Exile
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Genderfuck practitioner Tony Rogers, also known as Harmodius in Exile, in his bedroom with pipe and jewelry.
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Black Cat demonstration--six signs
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PRIDE (Personal Rights in Defense and Education) led hundreds in protest of the riots that occurred when police raided the Black Cat bar in the Silver Lake neighborhood of Los Angeles and brutally beat patrons and the bartender. February 11, 1967.
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Jerome Strum and kitten
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Jerome Maxwell Strum and kitten in satin sheets on Provincetown trip. 1994.
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Woman working in the yard around the house
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Unidentified woman with saw working in the yard around the house. Undated.
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Jim Kepner in apartment
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Jim Kepner in his Lexington Avenue apartment during the era of his Western Gay Archives. Undated.
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"Black Gay's Unite" banner
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Men hold a "Black Gays Unite" banner at the Los Angeles Chirstopher Street West pride parade. 1975.
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John Quitman Lynch with his artwork
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John Quitman Lynch surrounded by his artwork in New York City apartment. Undated.
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Dorr Legg at the drafting table
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W. Dorr Legg, here sitting at a drafting table, worked at Oregon State College (OSC) as an assistant professor of landscape design. In his final year, he also served as an assistant professor of art and architecture. Circa 1936-1942.
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Lisa Ben outside reading
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Lisa Ben in the yard in a bikini top and skirt reading the May 1945 issue of "Weird Tales." circa 1945.
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Friends having fun at a house party 2
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Friends, some in costume, have fun at a Henry Wooton Grace "Japanese" party thrown at his home. Grace was a Hollywood set designer and art director from 1935-1970. Circa 1951-1958.
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Dorothy Putnam in masculine attire
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Dorothy Putnam posing in masculine attire. Undated.
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Madeline feeling devilish
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Wife Madeline Hunt in beads and skirt posing on porch in photograph labeled "I was feeling devilish." March 1942.
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Gay leaders at police station
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Al Gordon, looking to challenge the unequal enforcement of sex laws in Los Angeles, persuaded Morris Kight to make a citizen arrest of three couples; Jeanne Cordova and Barbara Gehrke, Reverend Troy Perry and Steve Jordan, and Jeanne Barney and Frank Brighamand. The photograph captures Al Gordon and Morris Kight attempting to turn in the "Felon 6" to the police at the Rampart Police Station. The event was witnessed by community leaders Pat Underwood (left at counter), W. Dorr Legg (to Pat's left), Al Gordon (in front of officer), Reverend Troy Perry (behind Al), Morris Kight (black jacket and glasses), Steve Jordon (sunglasses), Frank Brighamand (black tie), Barbara Gehrke, and Jeanne Barney (right). In 1975, Willie Brown's bill to reform the California sex laws passed with the help of Senate Majority Leader George Moscone and Lieutenant Governor Mervyn Dymally. July 1974.
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Man cross-dressing
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Man cross-dressing with a wild hat. This photograph was part of a set that was deemed inappropriate by a photo shop in Philadelphia and never returned to the customer. Circa 1957.
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Matthew and Buddy of Glendale costume party 4
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Matthew and Buddy of Glendale costume party presumably from their home. They often held costume parties at their house as an alternative to the bar scene. Circa June 1969.
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Man feeds cat and dog
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Man feeds his cat and dog in the kitchen, 1981.
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Morris Kight talks on the phone
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Morris Kight talks on the phone. Undated.
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Stonewall June 27 76
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Text continues: "Full rights for gays; end racism and sexism; disunity the problem; solidarity the answer." Purple and red text on yellow background. The right side of the poster contains a purple drawing of a person with a raised fist. Mounted on foam board. Lower margin contains handwriting in ink.
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Matthew of Glendale with friends
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Matthew of Glendale with friends at a costume party presumably at his home. Buddy and Matthew of Glendale often held costume parties at their house as an alternative to the bar scene. October 1969.
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One woman smoking while another stirs a pot
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Two unidentified women: one smoking, the other stirring a pot. Undated.
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Lisa Ben with her cat
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Lisa Ben behind a white picket fence with her cat. Circa 2000s.
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Pat Rocco plays the piano
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Pat Rocco plays the piano. Circa 1951-1959.
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Matthew and Buddy of Glendale costume party 3
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Matthew and Buddy of Glendale costume party presumably from their home. They often held costume parties at their house as an alternative to the bar scene. Circa June 1969.
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Madeline in tub
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Wife Madeline in galvanized tub wearing swim cap in photograph labeled "Our backyard." 1941.
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John Quitman Lynch reading
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A seated, goateed, John Quitman Lynch reading. Undated.
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Two men in costume at a house party
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Two men in costume at a Henry Wooton Grace "Japanese" party thrown at his home. Grace was a Hollywood set designer and art director from 1935-1970. Circa 1951-1958.
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Peron in seaweed skirt
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Earl Peron on Venice beach with seaweed draped around his waist.
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Protest against the the lack of hospital space for AIDS patients
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Protest against the the lack of hospital space for AIDS patients at Los Angeles County and USC hospitals. Circa 1989.
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media/Lisa Ben plays the guitar_thumb.jpg
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Lisa Ben plays the guitar
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Lisa Ben plays her guitar with her artwork in the background. Circa 1960s.
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Matthew of Glendale with Daschunds
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Matthew of Glendale standing beside his car with a daschund in each hand. April 1969.
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Reed Erickson with leopard
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Reed Erickson with his pet leopard Henry. Circa 1950s.
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Dorr Legg at the piano
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W. Dorr Legg, here sitting at a piano, was a 1928 graduate from the University School of Music, Ann Arbor. Undated.
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Sandifer posing 4
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Edgar Sandifer posing outside of house. 1950s
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John Quitman Lynch drawing at desk
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John Quitman Lynch drawing at desk. Circa 1950.
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Eric Evans posing nude in garden
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One of a series of the couple posing nude in a garden. The photograph is labeled "Eric Evans taken by Jerome Strum in Mark Goss backyard our last visit to Indy before Mark Goff passed away." Undated.
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Show your outrage!
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Text continues: "To ex-chief of LAPD; State Senator Ed Davis; and Mr. Big in Bigotry Governor Pete Wilson over: continues GOP AIDS inaction; AB 101 veto; SB827 veto (sexual harassment bill) ; Davis bill SB 982 (proposed criminalization of all sex for HIV+ persons; legal demonstration and elective civil disobedience with legal support."Black text on yellow paper. The top margin of the poster provides a list of organizations affiliated with the host coalition. The bottom half of the poster lists the location information for the demonstration in Woodland Hills, civil disobedience training sessions in Plummer Park, and a pre-action rally in Silverlake. This poster is double sided, the alternative side provides identical information in Spanish. Queer Nation and the Gay and Lesbian Community Services Center are listed next to ACT UP/LA as organizers of the demonstration.
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Lisa Ben eating an ice cream bar
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Lisa Ben outside eating an ice cream bar from an ice cream truck. Circa 1940s.
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Anti-racism protest in front of Studio One
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Anti-racism protest in front of Studio One with Richard Adams. Undated
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Two men wear bird cages at a house party
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Two men wear bird cages at a Henry Wooton Grace "Japanese" party thrown at his home. Grace was a Hollywood set designer and art director from 1935-1970. Circa 1951-1958.
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Unidentified woman behind the wheel of a car
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Unidentified woman behind the wheel of a car at Griffith Park in Los Angeles. June 14, 1952.
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Wife Madeline with woman in yoga variant pose
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Wife Madeline with woman in interlocked pose in photograph labeled "Mary Gillespie & Madeline, 1942, Ella Sharp Park, Jackson [Michigan]." 1942.
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Woman reclining in grass
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Unidentified woman lying in grass with chin on hands at Griffith Park in Los Angeles. June 14, 1952.
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Simply having one on hand won't do any good
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Text continues: "For a latex condom to be effective against AIDS, you've got to put it on the correct appendage. Use a condom. Barring abstinence, it's the best way to prevent AIDS. For more information about HIV and AIDS, call the AIDS Action Committee Hotline at 1-800-235-2331." Black text on white background. The center of the poster contains a color photograph of a yellow condom inside a clear wrapper.
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Black Cat demonstration--five signs
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PRIDE (Personal Rights in Defense and Education) led hundreds in protest of the riots that occurred when police raided the Black Cat bar in the Silver Lake neighborhood of Los Angeles and brutally beat patrons and the bartender. February 11, 1967.
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Woman testing out clothes
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Unidentified woman with a selection of clothes. Undated.
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You don't have to look sick to have AIDS
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Text continues: "Men get it. Women get it. Even children get AIDS. Protect yourself. Protect your children. If you already have the virus, treatment will keep you healthy. If you don't have it, you can make sure you don't get it. Call today for a blood test. It's free. They won't even ask your name. Don't wait. Call today." The center of the poster contains a black and white photograph of a woman in a jacket, her hands resting on her hips. The right margin contains white text on black background.
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Dorothy Putnam with Shep
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Dorothy Putnam with her dog Shep on a tree stump in Lake Tahoe, CA. 1917.
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Young Pat Rocco holding a duck
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Pat Rocco as a boy holding a duck. circa early 1940s.
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Friends having fun at a house party
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Friends, some in costume, have fun at a Henry Wooton Grace "Japanese" party thrown at his home. Grace was a Hollywood set designer and art director from 1935-1970. Circa 1951-1958.
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Matthew and Buddy of Glendale costume party 5
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Matthew and Buddy of Glendale costume party presumably from their home. They often held costume parties at their house as an alternative to the bar scene. Circa June 1969.
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Black Cat demonstration--three signs
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PRIDE (Personal Rights in Defense and Education) led hundreds in protest of the riots that occurred when police raided the Black Cat bar in the Silver Lake neighborhood of Los Angeles and brutally beat patrons and the bartender. February 11, 1967.
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ONE Magazine Cover May 1962
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Weathers Photograph album 5, page 8
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On the way to a camping trip at Lake Piru. (Top photo) Prissy the bulldog sitting inside Blunderbuss. September 1970. (Middle photo) Kaye Pender and Carolyn Weathers, wearing hats, inside Blunderbuss. (Bottom left photo) Sharon Lilly and Brenda Weathers in front seat of Blunderbuss. September 1970. (Bottom right photo) Blunderbuss parked by the side of the road. Brenda to the right. September 1970.
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Ger Van Braam
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Rora, “Ger Van Braam,” The Ladder vol. 9 no. 2 (November 1964)
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Protest against the the lack of hospital space for AIDS patients
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Protest against the the lack of hospital space for AIDS patients at Los Angeles County and USC hospitals. Circa 1989.
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You don't have to look sick to have AIDS
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Text continues: "Men get it. Women get it. Even children get AIDS. Protect yourself. Protect your children. If you already have the virus, treatment will keep you healthy. If you don't have it, you can make sure you don't get it. Call today for a blood test. It's free. They won't even ask your name. Don't wait. Call today." The center of the poster contains a black and white photograph of a woman in a jacket, her hands resting on her hips. The right margin contains white text on black background.
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No Bed! Now I'm Dead
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Picket sign with pink text on white background in the shape of a headstone.
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Protect Our People
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Text continues: "If you bring AIDS into a relationship, it can infect your partner and your unborn children. The only 100% sure protection is doing without sex completely. Next best is using a latex condom with every partner, male or female, every time. Remember, sharing needles for drugs can give you AIDS. Drugs and alcohol affect your judgement, too, and make it hard to stay safe. For more information, call the AIDS hotline at 1-800-922-2437 in Southern California or 1-800-367-2437 in Northern California. AIDS. It's up to you." Black text on white background. The lower right quadrant of the poster contains a black and white photograph of a condom and a feather.
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What the smart dressed man is wearing, condoms
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Text continues: "Not just another fashion statement." Black text over black and white photograph of various men's accessories spread out on a floor; among them is a condom with a blue wrapper.Verso contains identical image with text in Spanish.
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2020-07-02T11:24:29-07:00
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2020-07-02T11:25:33-07:00
Or, you can stick your head in the sand
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Text continues: "Ignoring the AIDS epidemic isn't going to make it go away. But using a latex condom will help you prevent spreading it further. For more information about HIV and AIDS, call the AIDS Action Committee Hotline at 1-800-235-2331." Black text on white background. The center of the poster contains a color photograph of an orange condom inside a clear wrapper.
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2020-07-02T11:25:33-07:00
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2020-07-02T11:26:19-07:00
Life Preserver
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Text continues: "Wearing condoms saves lives. Maybe yours. Your partner's. Or the loves of future partners. And though condoms can't cure AIDS, they can stop it. But only if you wear them. So make a habit of sleeping with condoms. As though your life depended on it. Use condoms. There's living proof they stop AIDS." Black text on gray background. The upper half of the poster contains a black and white photograph of an unwrapped condom.
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2020-07-02T11:26:19-07:00
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2020-07-02T13:21:47-07:00
What have you got against a condom?
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Text continues: "The simple act of putting on a condom can save your life, if they're used properly and every time you have sex. For more information about AIDS and condoms, call 1-800-342-AIDS." Black text on white background. The center of the poster contains a black and white photograph of Sugar Ray Leonard reading a magazine.
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2020-07-02T13:21:48-07:00
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2020-07-02T11:18:07-07:00
Put it on
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Text continues: "Open up safe sex poster; first prize winner." Majority of the poster contains a color photograph of a condom on the tip of a tongue. Lower margin contains brown text on white background.
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2020-07-02T11:18:07-07:00
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2020-07-02T11:20:50-07:00
Simply having one on hand won't do any good
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Text continues: "For a latex condom to be effective against AIDS, you've got to put it on the correct appendage. Use a condom. Barring abstinence, it's the best way to prevent AIDS. For more information about HIV and AIDS, call the AIDS Action Committee Hotline at 1-800-235-2331." Black text on white background. The center of the poster contains a color photograph of a yellow condom inside a clear wrapper.
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2020-07-02T11:20:50-07:00
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2020-07-02T11:22:55-07:00
The Art of Living
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Black text on white background. The center of the poster contains a black and white graphic of two hands reaching toward one another; one hand is holding a condom.
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2020-07-02T11:22:55-07:00
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2020-06-05T12:14:42-07:00
Alexis Bard Johnson
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Protests and Marches
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2020-06-09T14:09:48-07:00
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2020-04-10T14:34:20-07:00
Protest against the the lack of hospital space for AIDS patients
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Protest against the the lack of hospital space for AIDS patients at Los Angeles County and USC hospitals. Circa 1989.
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2020-06-09T13:32:16-07:00
Black Cat demonstration--three signs
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PRIDE (Personal Rights in Defense and Education) led hundreds in protest of the riots that occurred when police raided the Black Cat bar in the Silver Lake neighborhood of Los Angeles and brutally beat patrons and the bartender. February 11, 1967.
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2020-06-09T13:37:44-07:00
Black Cat demonstration--six signs
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PRIDE (Personal Rights in Defense and Education) led hundreds in protest of the riots that occurred when police raided the Black Cat bar in the Silver Lake neighborhood of Los Angeles and brutally beat patrons and the bartender. February 11, 1967.
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2020-06-09T13:37:44-07:00
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2020-06-09T13:39:31-07:00
Black Cat demonstration--five signs
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PRIDE (Personal Rights in Defense and Education) led hundreds in protest of the riots that occurred when police raided the Black Cat bar in the Silver Lake neighborhood of Los Angeles and brutally beat patrons and the bartender. February 11, 1967.
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2020-06-09T13:39:31-07:00
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2020-06-09T13:42:44-07:00
Show your outrage!
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Text continues: "To ex-chief of LAPD; State Senator Ed Davis; and Mr. Big in Bigotry Governor Pete Wilson over: continues GOP AIDS inaction; AB 101 veto; SB827 veto (sexual harassment bill) ; Davis bill SB 982 (proposed criminalization of all sex for HIV+ persons; legal demonstration and elective civil disobedience with legal support."Black text on yellow paper. The top margin of the poster provides a list of organizations affiliated with the host coalition. The bottom half of the poster lists the location information for the demonstration in Woodland Hills, civil disobedience training sessions in Plummer Park, and a pre-action rally in Silverlake. This poster is double sided, the alternative side provides identical information in Spanish. Queer Nation and the Gay and Lesbian Community Services Center are listed next to ACT UP/LA as organizers of the demonstration.
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2020-06-09T13:17:45-07:00
Stonewall June 27 76
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Text continues: "Full rights for gays; end racism and sexism; disunity the problem; solidarity the answer." Purple and red text on yellow background. The right side of the poster contains a purple drawing of a person with a raised fist. Mounted on foam board. Lower margin contains handwriting in ink.
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2020-06-09T13:17:45-07:00
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2020-06-09T13:46:37-07:00
Anti-racism protest in front of Studio One
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Anti-racism protest in front of Studio One with Richard Adams. Undated
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2020-06-09T13:24:55-07:00
Gay leaders at police station
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Al Gordon, looking to challenge the unequal enforcement of sex laws in Los Angeles, persuaded Morris Kight to make a citizen arrest of three couples; Jeanne Cordova and Barbara Gehrke, Reverend Troy Perry and Steve Jordan, and Jeanne Barney and Frank Brighamand. The photograph captures Al Gordon and Morris Kight attempting to turn in the "Felon 6" to the police at the Rampart Police Station. The event was witnessed by community leaders Pat Underwood (left at counter), W. Dorr Legg (to Pat's left), Al Gordon (in front of officer), Reverend Troy Perry (behind Al), Morris Kight (black jacket and glasses), Steve Jordon (sunglasses), Frank Brighamand (black tie), Barbara Gehrke, and Jeanne Barney (right). In 1975, Willie Brown's bill to reform the California sex laws passed with the help of Senate Majority Leader George Moscone and Lieutenant Governor Mervyn Dymally. July 1974.
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2020-06-09T13:27:01-07:00
"Black Gay's Unite" banner
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Men hold a "Black Gays Unite" banner at the Los Angeles Chirstopher Street West pride parade. 1975.
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2020-06-09T13:27:01-07:00
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2020-06-09T13:28:38-07:00
Ron Grayson and Troy Perry at police protest
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Ron Grayson speaks out next to Reverend Troy Perry at a protest against the Los Angeles Police Department and police chief Ed Davis. 1975.
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2020-04-10T14:48:50-07:00
Week 1 (April 20, 2020)
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2020-06-04T17:22:10-07:00
This photograph, "Protest against the the lack of hospital space for AIDS patients ," documents a protest against Los Angeles County and USC Hospitals to highlight the dearth of hospital space for AIDS patients, circa 1989. Replace “AIDS” with “Covid-19” in the above image and it bears remarkable similarity to the images and statistics available 24/7 on CNN. For some, this image will bring up the pain and trauma of living through the AIDS-crisis. For others, it might dispel the myth that this is the first time we are experiencing a hospital shortage in response to a spreading disease. In either case, it demonstrates that progress is not linear and that there is always more to learn from the past.
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2020-04-18T17:01:21-07:00
Safer at Home: Overview
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2020-06-09T16:12:33-07:00
Safer at Home is an online exhibition of objects from the ONE Archives Collection at the USC Libraries organized by its curator, Alexis Bard Johnson. Safer at Home is an invitation to examine the many facets of home as well as what safety means and looks like for LGBTQ populations—both past and present. The selected items resonate with and reflect on the idea of “safer at home.” They act as a mirror—bringing the past into the present and offering perspective on what is happening today. They highlight people, events, and activities that offer inspiration, comfort, or even challenge to us in the present.Language Matters This project is a direct response to our current global crises—both the pandemic and protests against police brutality and for Black lives. In the past weeks, the stream of news has been constant and overwhelming. Throughout the articles, posts, Instagram feeds, and livestreams, the language used to describe the present moment and circumscribe behavior has been striking. It started with response to the pandemic. First, we had a “lockdown”, but that feels punitive and scary. Lockdown was soon replaced with “shelter-in-place,” which, while more accurate and still used, conjures natural disasters. Finally, the more uplifting “safer at home” became the standard phrase used by government officials to require people to remain at home except for essential tasks or work. This phrase is particularly intriguing because it is meant to communicate the behavior necessary to combat the global pandemic but also calls to mind times when being at home is not the safest choice. In light of recent protests, the phrase also draws attention to the stark privilege of the term-- Who’s safety? Who’s home? Safety as defined by whom? While the exhibition began as a way to reflect on the ordinance issued in response to the coronavirus pandemic, it now applies equally to the protests in response to police brutality. They are, of course, inseparable. Covid-19 is disproportionately affecting marginalized individuals. Police are killing black and brown and trans individuals. The exhibition will continue to probe what “safer at home” means in a world shaped by structural racism, classism, sexism, homophobia, and transphobia. Using archival material as a lens, this project will pose questions and challenge ideas about space, place, and activity in relationship to safety and freedom. My weekly selections and additional uploaded images will interrogate these relationships to home and think about the everyday, the domestic, and illness. What is home? How do we make home? How do we exist at home? How is the home stifling? Constraining? Creative? Interactive? How do we have fun at home or mourn from home? How do we craft and care for our safer-at-home selves? What do we hold onto, what do we create anew, and what do we let go of? How do we create and fight for safety? And how do we deal with the fact that safety is relative? Who and how people are safe are governed by systems of oppression deeply rooted in this society. Why Now? This watershed moment calls for all of us to take risks and re-think how things are done. Exhibitions take an enormous amount of work and research behind the scenes before they go on view to the public. This is an effort to pull back the curtain and show this process. Essentially, this exhibition will develop week by week, in public view. This degree of transparency is daunting but appropriate as a metaphor for the more open and less judgmental space we would like to see in a new “normal.”. As the collection grows and I add more content, I will group and rearrange the entries to suggest themes and through-lines in the material. Visual culture acts as a lens to examine historical moments as well as the present. Images are deeply rooted in their own particular time, but, as objects, they exist and make meaning in the present. It is the hope that this collection of images serves as a connection to a previous history and as a tool to help us better understand and parse the present moment. As an art historian, this is what I can offer to help us navigate our way through the tangle of thoughts and feelings we are experiencing.
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2020-07-16T14:47:35-07:00
Week 13 (July 20, 2020)
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2020-07-16T14:49:00-07:00
This exhibition began with a photograph of an AIDS protest sign denouncing the shortage of hospital beds for AIDS patients. As COVID cases rise across the U.S., this picket sign from the LA chapter of ACT UP carries important messages and reminders. The sign, in the shape of a tombstone, is simple but powerful. Printed in block letters with a black marker and filled in with a pink highlighter, the text reads: “No Bed! Now I’m Dead.” At first glance, this sign, like the one posted earlier, alludes to the shortage of hospital beds. Read again, it might also draw attention to those who do not have access to needed medical care due to lack of health insurance, financial insecurity, or limited geographic access to hospitals. Those who are wealthy and white are more likely to have the ability to access high quality care and the means to more easily take time off from work in order to seek medical care or care for a loved one. Reading this phrase for a third time, the second sentence stands out. With more than 580K deaths worldwide and 138K in the US, it is important to grasp the grim reality of this virus. Furthermore, as reported by the CDC, “Among some racial and ethnic minority groups, including non-Hispanic black persons, Hispanics and Latinos, and American Indians/Alaska Natives, evidence points to higher rates of hospitalization or death from COVID-19 than among non-Hispanic white persons.” Safer at home does not mean safe at home, and we must continue to fight for the most vulnerable among us.