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Seeking Stories of Queer California: A Hidden Histories Online Exhibit Main Menu Introduction Galleries A guide to each of the online galleries in this digital exhibit, grouped by topic or theme. Arts Asian & AAPI LGBTQ+ people Bisexual People Black LGBTQ+ People Communities Defying Expectations Gay men HIV/AIDS Latino/a/x LGBTQ+ people Lesbians LGBTQ+ Activism LGBTQ+ Discrimination LGBTQ+ Life in California Marriage and Families Politics Pride Religion and Spirituality Transgender People

A celebration of adult Bar and Bat Mitvahs at Congregation Kol Ami, 2000

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Lesbians Beth McDonald
Contents of this tag:
1. Aché: A Journal for Black Lesbians, Vol. 1, no. 1, February 1989
2. Portrait of Marie Corelli, 1908
3. Lesbian parents and their children at the March on Washington, 1993
4. 3a Marcha Lésbica, 2006
5. Sheila Kuehl for Supervisor, circa 2014
6. Gold record for "Melissa Etheridge" album by Melissa Etheridge, 1988
7. Gwenn Craig Outwords profile
8. Poster for Carolyn Weathers : shitkickers & other Texas stories
9. Marie Corelli and Bertha Vyer, 1921
10. Marie Cartier graduation celebration, 2010 Women applauding Marie Cartier at a party celebrating her graduating from Claremont College with a PhD in theology. Hot Java coffeehouse was transformed into a gay women's bar from the 1950s. The Front row: Marie Cartier in cap and gown and Carolyn Weathers in rhinestone glasses. Middle row: unknown, Jayne Doolittle-Swanson in striped shirt and Jeanne Cordova in hat. Back row, mostly obscured, Pat Lamis in hat, unknown woman with hands in air. May 22, 2010.
11. Aché: A Journal for Lesbians of African Descent, Vol. 3, no. 1, February/March 1991
12. Robert Arthur, Ivy Bottini, Quentin Crisp, Morris Kight, and Patricia Nell Warren, 1994
13. The Children's Hour, 1961 Photograph of Shirley MacLaine, left, and Audrey Hepburn in a scene from The Children's Hour, and a letter from Arthur B. Krim to Eric Johnston regarding three films with homosexuality as a subject, including The Children's Hour, and requesting that the Code be amended. Photograph: Core Collection. Production files. Letter: Motion Picture Association of America Production Code Administration records.
14. Sheila Kuehl (L) and Judy Abdo (R), December 14, 1997
15. The Killing of Sister George
16. A celebration of adult Bar and Bat Mitvahs at Congregation Kol Ami, 2000
17. Lesbian Visibility Week poster, 1990
18. Lesbian Wedding, 1987
19. Dracula's Daughter, circa 1936
20. Lesbian Dyke March poster, 1996
21. First Ladies Memorial Dance Marathon button, 1978
22. Photograph of Florence Yoch and her partner Lucile Council, circa 1940
23. Cover of manual for "Civil Rights for Lesbians and Gay Men: A Reference Manual for City and County Officials", 1990
24. Thirteen Women, 1932
25. Aché: A Journal for Black Lesbians, Vol. 2, no. 6, November/December 1990
26. Gerrie Schipske for State Assembly button, 1996
27. Florence Yoch, landscape design, “A Hillside Garden for Mr. George Cukor, West Hollywood,” 1936
28. Hey Young Lesbians, undated
29. Eloise Klein Healy, typescript draft of poem, “There Are No Words for the Sexual Acts of Lesbians,” circa 1984
30. Black Lesbian Newsletter, December 1982
31. Aché: A Journal for Black Lesbians, Vol. 1, no. 2, March 1989
32. Profile of Ellen Ward, 2023
33. Connie Samaras, #11 from the series Edge of Twilight, 2013
34. Pandora's Box, 1929
35. Home, circa 1982
36. Profile of Vanessa Romain, 2023
37. Connie Samaras, #16 from the series Edge of Twilight, 2013
38. Gay & Lesbian L.A. history map, 2000
39. Tribal Connexions: A Celebration of 2 Years of Aché, 1991
40. Laura Aguilar, #19, from the series Plush Pony, 1992
41. Unattributed photograph of Zoe Akins, circa 1930s
42. Lesbian Libertys, 2009
43. Gay Sunshine, undated
44. Laura Aguilar, #20, from the series Plush Pony, 1992
45. Willa Cather, letter to Zoë Akins, May 4, 1918
46. The Word is Out, 1977
47. Two women embracing and kissing, 1923
48. Laura Aguilar, #6, from the series Plush Pony, 1992
49. Judy Abdo Outwords profile
Gay men Beth McDonald
Contents of this tag:
1. Rock Hudson
2. Blue check women's suit by Gilbert Adrian, 1946-48
3. Lavender Godzilla: Voices of the Gay Asian Pacific Alliance, April 2003
4. Photo of William Haines at his holiday home, taken by Ruth Harriet Louise for Metro Goldwyn Mayer, circa 1925
5. Asian Pacific group at the March on Washington for Lesbian, Gay and Bi Equal Rights and Liberation, 1993
6. The Golden Bull, 2023
7. Portrait of Morris Kight by Don Bachardy, 1980
8. Membership card to the 1350 Club, 1981
9. Matlovich for Supervisor, undated
10. Poster and Call sheet for Making Love, 1981-1982
11. Ron Douglas (left) and Jack Wilson cut their wedding cake at the private marriage ceremony, 1970
12. My Beautiful Laundrette, circa 1985
13. Joseph Hansen, “Why I wrote Early Graves,” circa 1987
14. Dorr Legg at drafting table, circa 1936-1942
15. Kenneth Anger, undated
16. Tan Suit Ensemble by James Galanos, 1962
17. The Gay Times, interview with Joseph Hansen titled “Simple Lessons,” January 1987
18. Gay Men's Chorus 25th Anniversary concert poster, 2004
19. Jeff Horton, Larry Pickens and their son at Los Angeles gay pride, 1995
20. Gay Dating Service Head, 1982
21. A celebration of adult Bar and Bat Mitvahs at Congregation Kol Ami, 2000
22. Robert Arthur, Ivy Bottini, Quentin Crisp, Morris Kight, and Patricia Nell Warren, 1994
23. Portrait of Harrison Post, 1920
24. Miguel Criado Outwords profile
25. Gregg Araki
26. Gay Sunshine no. 6, March 1971,
27. Gay Marriage Case in Court, 1979 Rob Brown, Herald Examiner Collection/Los Angeles Public Library. Photograph caption reads, "From left, attorney David M. Brown, plaintiffs, Anthony Corbett Sullivan, Richard Frank Adams. Sullivan and Adams are married, Adams a US citizen and Sullivan an Australian citizen. Both were issued a marriage license in Bolder [sic] Colorado and were married in Bolder [sic]. When Sullivan reapplied in Los Angeles in November 1975, the District Director of Immigration and Naturalization Service an immigrant visa. 'You have failed to establish that a bona fide marital relationship can exist between two faggots', Dist Director."
28. Painted Rocks by Ray Lowen, undated
29. Intertwined, 2007 Artist: Luciano Martinez. As real and imagined borders separate same-sex partners, the artist considers a new obstacle Gay Latino men face: gay marriage. Intertwined addresses the forbidden love between two men, sometimes complicated by geographic and cultural differences, trapped by an invisible cell that confines yet separates them. The prison-like bars that separate the lovers in the artwork are not only geographic, racial, and cultural but ominously political, highlighting the cross-national restrictions on gay marriage and the difficulties of recognizing same-sex partners within conservative societies. Part of the exhibit "At the Heart of It: LGBT Representation at Self Help Graphics", curated by Ruben Esparza.
30. Flier advertising A Different Light bookstore's 1989 Gay Writer Series events
31. Designer Rudi Gernreich in His Office, 1969
32. Butch/Top, 2007 Artrist: Miguel Angel Reyes. Influenced by oddly-toned color ads from 1970's fashion magazines, play with the labels men use to describe themselves for "sex hook-ups" internet personal advertisements. Though proudly gay, the butch-top asserts his sexually dominant role as a man, dispelling the commonly-held notion that homosexual men are feminine and passive. His attitude challenges any question of machismo. Part of the exhibit "At the Heart of It: LGBT Representation at Self Help Graphics", curated by Ruben Esparza.
33. Mr. Muscle Beach Contest, 1950
34. Charles Pierce and Virginia Grey
35. Photo booth photographs of Don Bachardy and Christopher Isherwood, March 30, 1953
36. Y Que, 2007 Artist: Ruben Esparza. A deliberate flat artwork with limited colors boldly represents a shirtless, masculine, queer Chicano in a powerful stance. Y Que (translates to So What). The tattoo utilizes a decorative type treatment used in gang culture; the pearl necklace is a gay code representing a particular body fluid. Part of the exhibit "At the Heart of It: LGBT Representation at Self Help Graphics", curated by Ruben Esparza.
37. Crystal Beach Bathhouse, 1943
38. Salome, 1922
39. Gown by Gilbert Adrian, 1948
40. Newspaper clipping from photograph album showing Christopher Isherwood and W.H. Auden, ca. 1930s
41. The World Book of Naders, undated
42. Lesbians and Gay Men The Grand Jury's In Town, 1979
43. Souvenir featuring Don Bachardy from a party thrown by producer Allan Carr in honor of Truman Capote, December 13, 1979
44. Excerpt from Sketchbook 11, Morris Scott Dollens, undated
45. The Word is Out, 1977
46. Don't Give Him Anything But Love, 1973
47. Ramon Novarro, circa 1920s
48. Don Bachardy, portrait of Truman Capote, June 26, 1961
49. Cover of manual for "Civil Rights for Lesbians and Gay Men: A Reference Manual for City and County Officials", 1990
50. Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome, circa 1954
51. Data Boy, Issue 136: Film, January 1976
52. Don Bachardy, portrait of Stephen Spender, June 21, 1976
53. Portrait of William Andrews Clark, Jr., 1925
54. Tea and Sympathy, 1953-1956
55. Magpie of California, May 1969
56. Gay Fathers Group, 1981
Religion and Spirituality Beth McDonald
Contents of this tag:
1. Portrait of Marie Corelli, 1908
2. A celebration of adult Bar and Bat Mitvahs at Congregation Kol Ami, 2000
3. Beth Chayim Chadashim at the Los Angeles Christopher Street West pride parade, 1979
4. I Lied, 2021 Artist: Alex Donis. I Lied is the culmination of an unfinished work that began in the mid-1990s after completing a single lithography poster of the same image. The edition depicts the Virgin Mary in her iconic contemplative stare and delicate hand gestures but with the words, I Lied subtly placed before the sacred heart. Through these simple words, the artist forces the viewer to see Mary beyond her divinity, but her humanness. A human with faults who perhaps may have lied to protect her loved ones, or to hide a secret or a painful truth. However, the criticism here heavily lies on the religious institutions who through the prevalent imagery, authority, and doctrine, have exploited and harmed many with minimal accountability. Part of the exhibit "At the Heart of It: LGBT Representation at Self Help Graphics", curated by Ruben Esparza.
5. Church leaders at the March on Washinton, 1987
6. Kenneth Anger, undated
7. Letter from Marie Corelli to unknown recipient, undated
8. Cover and Dedication from The Treasure of Heaven, 1906
9. The Soul of Lilith, 1892
10. Every 10th Jesus is a Queer, circa 1990
11. Holy Homophobia!, 1990
12. Sister Karen Boccalero, circa 1990
13. Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome, circa 1954
14. Concern magazine, Vol. 1, Nr. 1, 1966
15. The Prodigal, Vol. II, No. 20, May 21, 1971