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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

Gerrie Schipske for State Assembly button, 1996

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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 Wedding, 1987
4. Lesbian Visibility Week poster, 1990
5. Lesbian parents and their children at the March on Washington, 1993
6. 3a Marcha Lésbica, 2006
7. Sheila Kuehl for Supervisor, circa 2014
8. Gold record for "Melissa Etheridge" album by Melissa Etheridge, 1988
9. Gwenn Craig Outwords profile
10. Poster for Carolyn Weathers : shitkickers & other Texas stories
11. Marie Corelli and Bertha Vyer, 1921
12. 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.
13. Aché: A Journal for Lesbians of African Descent, Vol. 3, no. 1, February/March 1991
14. Robert Arthur, Ivy Bottini, Quentin Crisp, Morris Kight, and Patricia Nell Warren, 1994
15. Sheila Kuehl (L) and Judy Abdo (R), December 14, 1997
16. 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.
17. A celebration of adult Bar and Bat Mitvahs at Congregation Kol Ami, 2000
18. The Killing of Sister George
19. Two women embracing and kissing, 1923
20. Laura Aguilar, #6, from the series Plush Pony, 1992
21. Judy Abdo Outwords profile
22. The Word is Out, 1977
23. First Ladies Memorial Dance Marathon button, 1978
24. Photograph of Florence Yoch and her partner Lucile Council, circa 1940
25. Cover of manual for "Civil Rights for Lesbians and Gay Men: A Reference Manual for City and County Officials", 1990
26. Dracula's Daughter, circa 1936
27. Lesbian Dyke March poster, 1996
28. Gerrie Schipske for State Assembly button, 1996
29. Florence Yoch, landscape design, “A Hillside Garden for Mr. George Cukor, West Hollywood,” 1936
30. Thirteen Women, 1932
31. Aché: A Journal for Black Lesbians, Vol. 2, no. 6, November/December 1990
32. Eloise Klein Healy, typescript draft of poem, “There Are No Words for the Sexual Acts of Lesbians,” circa 1984
33. Hey Young Lesbians, undated
34. Aché: A Journal for Black Lesbians, Vol. 1, no. 2, March 1989
35. Profile of Ellen Ward, 2023
36. Connie Samaras, #11 from the series Edge of Twilight, 2013
37. Black Lesbian Newsletter, December 1982
38. Profile of Vanessa Romain, 2023
39. Connie Samaras, #16 from the series Edge of Twilight, 2013
40. Pandora's Box, 1929
41. Home, circa 1982
42. Tribal Connexions: A Celebration of 2 Years of Aché, 1991
43. Laura Aguilar, #19, from the series Plush Pony, 1992
44. Unattributed photograph of Zoe Akins, circa 1930s
45. Gay & Lesbian L.A. history map, 2000
46. Gay Sunshine, undated
47. Laura Aguilar, #20, from the series Plush Pony, 1992
48. Willa Cather, letter to Zoë Akins, May 4, 1918
49. Lesbian Libertys, 2009
Politics Beth McDonald
Contents of this tag:
1. Sheila Kuehl for Supervisor, circa 2014
2. Prop 8 What Should We Amend Next?, 2008
3. Sheila Kuehl (L) and Judy Abdo (R), December 14, 1997
4. Matlovich for Supervisor, undated
5. Gerrie Schipske for State Assembly button, 1996
6. Lambda Democratic Club T-shirts, circa 1990
7. A letter from the California Lavender Smokefree Network sent to Los Angeles County Supervisor Gloria Molina, March 31, 1995
8. President Bill Clinton and Santa Monica Mayor Judy Abdo, May 20, 1994. Inscription reads, “To Mayor Abdo, Best Wishes, Bill Clinton.” Clinton gave the keynote address at UCLA's 75th anniversary celebration. Air Force One landed at the San Bernardino Airport on the morning of May 20th, where Clinton met with local officials. Marine One then flew the presidential team to Santa Monica Municipal Airport, where Abdo greeted Clinton. Clinton then traveled via motorcade to UCLA. Photo courtesy of Santa Monica Public Library Image Archives, Judy Abdo Photo Album Collection.
9. Judy Abdo Outwords profile
10. Allied Against AIDS, 2014.
11. Gregg Araki Project 10 letter, circa 1988-1994
12. They Lie We Die, circa 1991