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LGBTQ+ Activism

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From grassroots organizing to legal advocacy, LGBTQ+ activism has been crucial in championing the queer community. Protests, rallies, marches, and legislative campaigns at local and national levels have brought attention to issues including the discrimination, harassment, and violence based on sexual orientation and gender identity; marriage equality; transgender rights; and HIV/AIDS awareness. LGBTQ+ activists strive to secure legal protections, healthcare access, and social acceptance for LGBTQ+ people, often collaborating with advocates for racial justice, gender equality, disability rights, and other marginalized communities.

Collection Information

For more information on the materials in this gallery, see their holding institutions.

California Historical Society
The Gay Latino Alliance, Market Street
Lesbians and Gay Men The Grand Jury's In Town
Stonewall Coalition

Center for the Study of Political Graphics
Campaign for Military Service poster
Connie Norman, AIDS Diva
Drag March
Homophobia
It's Cake, for God's Sake
Lesbian Libertys
March on Irvine for Lesbian and Gay Rights
Prisoners With AIDS Have the Right to Live
Prop 8 What Should We Amend Next?
Queer Community ≠ Gay Capitali$m
Trans People Are People
With a Little Makeup, A Straight White Man Can Play Anything!!
You Can’t Comb Over Homophobia

Gerth Archives & Special Collections, California State University Dominguez Hills
The Names Project Foundation: AIDS Memorial Quilt booklet

Historical Society of Long Beach
The Center News
Lambda Democratic Club T-shirts
Profile of Ellen Ward

The Huntington Library
A letter from the California Lavender Smokefree Network sent to Los Angeles County Supervisor Gloria Molina

LAPL Photograph Collections
Arrest of Gay Protester
Gay Demonstration, Hollywood High
Support for AIDS Research rally

Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Art & Sciences
Gregg Araki Project 10 letter

Santa Monica History Museum
Judy Abdo's pin flag

University of California Riverside Special Collections & University Archives
Cover of manual for "Civil Rights for Lesbians and Gay Men: A Reference Manual for City and County Officials"

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Contents of this tag:

  1. Portrait of Morris Kight by Don Bachardy, 1980
  2. Church leaders at the March on Washinton, 1987
  3. ACT UP die-in, Sacramento, 1988
  4. Rally for marriage equality day of decision, 2008
  5. The Names Project Foundation: AIDS Memorial Quilt booklet, circa 1995
  6. Flower Power protest at LAPD, 1968
  7. Sisters at March on Sacramento, 1988
  8. Prop 8 What Should We Amend Next?, 2008
  9. Asian Pacific group at the March on Washington for Lesbian, Gay and Bi Equal Rights and Liberation, 1993
  10. Campaign for Military Service poster, circa 1992
  11. It's Cake, for God's Sake, 2017
  12. Lambda Democratic Club T-shirts, circa 1990
  13. With a Little Makeup, A Straight White Man Can Play Anything!! circa 1990s
  14. March on Irvine for Lesbian and Gay Rights, 1990
  15. The Center News, 1986
  16. Connie Norman, AIDS Diva, 1996
  17. Prisoners With AIDS Have the Right to Live, circa 1991
  18. Profile of Ellen Ward, 2023
  19. Drag March, 2023
  20. You Can’t Comb Over Homophobia, 2017
  21. A letter from the California Lavender Smokefree Network sent to Los Angeles County Supervisor Gloria Molina, March 31, 1995
  22. Lesbians and Gay Men The Grand Jury's In Town, 1979
  23. Lesbian Libertys, 2009
  24. Cover of manual for "Civil Rights for Lesbians and Gay Men: A Reference Manual for City and County Officials", 1990
  25. The Gay Latino Alliance, Market St., June 24, 1979
  26. Queer Community ≠ Gay Capitali$m, 2010
  27. Arrest of Gay Protester, 1989
  28. Judy Abdo's pin flag, undated
  29. Stonewall Coalition 1977
  30. Trans People Are People, 2017
  31. Gay Demonstration, Hollywood High, 1977
  32. Gregg Araki Project 10 letter, circa 1988-1994
  33. Homophobia, 1993
  34. Support for AIDS Research, 1983