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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

Pandora's Box, 1929

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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. Sheila Kuehl (L) and Judy Abdo (R), December 14, 1997
14. 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.
15. A celebration of adult Bar and Bat Mitvahs at Congregation Kol Ami, 2000
16. The Killing of Sister George
17. Lesbian Visibility Week poster, 1990
18. Lesbian Wedding, 1987
19. Lesbian Dyke March poster, 1996
20. First Ladies Memorial Dance Marathon button, 1978
21. Photograph of Florence Yoch and her partner Lucile Council, circa 1940
22. Cover of manual for "Civil Rights for Lesbians and Gay Men: A Reference Manual for City and County Officials", 1990
23. Dracula's Daughter, circa 1936
24. Aché: A Journal for Black Lesbians, Vol. 2, no. 6, November/December 1990
25. Gerrie Schipske for State Assembly button, 1996
26. Florence Yoch, landscape design, “A Hillside Garden for Mr. George Cukor, West Hollywood,” 1936
27. Thirteen Women, 1932
28. Eloise Klein Healy, typescript draft of poem, “There Are No Words for the Sexual Acts of Lesbians,” circa 1984
29. Hey Young Lesbians, undated
30. Aché: A Journal for Black Lesbians, Vol. 1, no. 2, March 1989
31. Profile of Ellen Ward, 2023
32. Connie Samaras, #11 from the series Edge of Twilight, 2013
33. Black Lesbian Newsletter, December 1982
34. Profile of Vanessa Romain, 2023
35. Connie Samaras, #16 from the series Edge of Twilight, 2013
36. Pandora's Box, 1929
37. Home, circa 1982
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. Two women embracing and kissing, 1923
47. Laura Aguilar, #6, from the series Plush Pony, 1992
48. Judy Abdo Outwords profile
49. The Word is Out, 1977
Performing Arts Beth McDonald
Contents of this tag:
1. Rock Hudson
2. Rope, 1947-1948
3. Ann Margaret and Charles Pierce at Studio One, circa 1977
4. 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.
5. Poster and Call sheet for Making Love, 1981-1982
6. My Beautiful Laundrette, circa 1985
7. The Killing of Sister George
8. Gold record for "Melissa Etheridge" album by Melissa Etheridge, 1988
9. Finocchio's: House of the Fabulous Female Impressonators, undated A postcard of Finocchio's, that was a nightclub and bar in San Francisco. It shows five female impersonators standing in the back and five sitting in the front. The steps are a black and white checkered pattern and the background appears to be the stage. From left to right, starting in the back, a performer is wearing a bright pink robe with light pink feather lining, a silver patterned dress, silver shoes, and bright pink long earrings. Next the performer is wearing a pink and gold robe with a high collar, a pink dress, and a pink wig. The center performer is wearing a bright pink dress with a black belt. Next the performer is wearing a black and silver waistcoat with bright pink harem pants. At the end of the back row is a performer in a dark purple robe and dress, with peacock feathers and a peacock feather headdress. The five women in the front row are seated, all in similar 1920s flapper dancer outfits in different colors. From left to right, the first two women are turned slightly to the left and are in light purple outfits with pink feather headbands. In the center, facing forward, she is in a yellow dress with a green feather headband. Next, turned slightly to the right, she is in a dark purple dress and a dark purple feathered headband. Lastly, also turned to the right, she is in an orange dress and has an orange feathered headband.
10. Gay Men's Chorus 25th Anniversary concert poster, 2004
11. Thirteen Women, 1932
12. Salome, 1922
13. Turnabout Theater souvenir program, circa 1950
14. Outfest 07 Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Film Festival July 12-23 Film Guide, 2007
15. Pandora's Box, 1929
16. Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome, circa 1954
17. Tea and Sympathy, 1953-1956
18. Book Cover: Ballet by Cecil Beaton, 1951
19. Adrian Thompson, undated
20. Dracula's Daughter, circa 1936
21. Gregg Araki
Arts Beth McDonald
Contents of this tag:
1. Cover for Gravedigger by Joseph Hansen, 1982
2. Rope, 1947-1948
3. Tan Suit Ensemble by James Galanos, 1962
4. Gold record for "Melissa Etheridge" album by Melissa Etheridge, 1988
5. The Soul of Lilith, 1892
6. Finocchio's: House of the Fabulous Female Impressonators, undated A postcard of Finocchio's, that was a nightclub and bar in San Francisco. It shows five female impersonators standing in the back and five sitting in the front. The steps are a black and white checkered pattern and the background appears to be the stage. From left to right, starting in the back, a performer is wearing a bright pink robe with light pink feather lining, a silver patterned dress, silver shoes, and bright pink long earrings. Next the performer is wearing a pink and gold robe with a high collar, a pink dress, and a pink wig. The center performer is wearing a bright pink dress with a black belt. Next the performer is wearing a black and silver waistcoat with bright pink harem pants. At the end of the back row is a performer in a dark purple robe and dress, with peacock feathers and a peacock feather headdress. The five women in the front row are seated, all in similar 1920s flapper dancer outfits in different colors. From left to right, the first two women are turned slightly to the left and are in light purple outfits with pink feather headbands. In the center, facing forward, she is in a yellow dress with a green feather headband. Next, turned slightly to the right, she is in a dark purple dress and a dark purple feathered headband. Lastly, also turned to the right, she is in an orange dress and has an orange feathered headband.
7. Queerios, 2015
8. Excerpt from Sketchbook 11, Morris Scott Dollens, undated
9. Laura Aguilar, #6, from the series Plush Pony, 1992
10. Christopher Isherwood, typescript second draft of A Single Man, 1963
11. Don Bachardy, portrait of Stephen Spender, June 21, 1976
12. Pandora's Box, 1929
13. William Haines, rendering of living room of the Sidney and Frances Brody residence, Beverly Hills, circa 1952
14. Florence Yoch, landscape design, “A Hillside Garden for Mr. George Cukor, West Hollywood,” 1936
15. Gown by Gilbert Adrian, 1948
16. Eloise Klein Healy, typescript draft of poem, “There Are No Words for the Sexual Acts of Lesbians,” circa 1984
Bisexual People Beth McDonald
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