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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

Prop 8 What Should We Amend Next?, 2008

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LGBTQ+ Life in California Beth McDonald
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1. Two cross-dressing women, undated
2. Two cross-dressing women, undated
3. Crowd at Gay Community Services Center, 1971
4. Having A Drink on Catalina Island, undated
5. 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.
6. Prop 8 What Should We Amend Next?, 2008
7. Gay & Lesbian L.A. history map, 2000
8. A letter from the California Lavender Smokefree Network sent to Los Angeles County Supervisor Gloria Molina, March 31, 1995
9. Gay U.S.A. '76 broadside, 1976
10. Portrait of William Andrews Clark, Jr., 1925
11. The Prodigal, Vol. II, No. 20, May 21, 1971
12. Portrait of Harrison Post, 1920
13. Clark Library vestibule ceiling, 1925
14. March on Irvine for Lesbian and Gay Rights, 1990
15. Mr. Muscle Beach Contest, 1950
16. Mother Vol. 1, no. 1, June 1971
17. Ginger Rogers Beach, 1941
18. Contact: A Directory of Gay, Homosexual, and Lesbian Feminist Organizations and Resources, 1977
19. Men in drag, circa 1900s, image (front) and inscription (back)
20. Bathers on Crystal Beach, 1920
21. Fun Map Palm Springs/San Diego, 1991
22. Two women embracing and kissing, 1923
23. Main Street, Santa Monica, undated
LGBTQ+ Activism Beth McDonald
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LGBTQ+ Discrimination Beth McDonald
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1. Rock Hudson
2. Rope, 1947-1948
3. 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.
4. Prop 8 What Should We Amend Next?, 2008
5. No on 6! Save our children from Hatred, Mistrust, & Bigotry!, 1978
6. HIV Discrimination sign, undated
7. Holy Homophobia!, 1990
8. Tea and Sympathy, 1953-1956
9. Dracula's Daughter, circa 1936
10. It's Cake, for God's Sake, 2017
11. Thirteen Women, 1932
12. They Lie We Die, circa 1991
13. Homophobia, 1993
14. You Can’t Comb Over Homophobia, 2017
15. Campaign for Military Service poster, circa 1992
16. 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."
17. With a Little Makeup, A Straight White Man Can Play Anything!! circa 1990s
18. AIDSPHOBIA : Protect Yourself from Hollywood, 1991
Politics Beth McDonald
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1. Matlovich for Supervisor, undated
2. Sheila Kuehl for Supervisor, circa 2014
3. Prop 8 What Should We Amend Next?, 2008
4. Sheila Kuehl (L) and Judy Abdo (R), December 14, 1997
5. They Lie We Die, circa 1991
6. Gerrie Schipske for State Assembly button, 1996
7. Lambda Democratic Club T-shirts, circa 1990
8. A letter from the California Lavender Smokefree Network sent to Los Angeles County Supervisor Gloria Molina, March 31, 1995
9. 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.
10. Judy Abdo Outwords profile
11. Allied Against AIDS, 2014.
12. Gregg Araki Project 10 letter, circa 1988-1994
Marriage and Families Beth McDonald
Contents of this tag:
1. Lesbian Wedding, 1987
2. Lesbian parents and their children at the March on Washington, 1993
3. A Proud Mom, 1989
4. Ron Douglas (left) and Jack Wilson cut their wedding cake at the private marriage ceremony, 1970
5. Rally for marriage equality day of decision, 2008
6. Jeff Horton, Larry Pickens and their son at Los Angeles gay pride, 1995
7. Sisters at March on Sacramento, 1988
8. Joseph Hansen, letter to the Los Angeles Times editor, 1984
9. Prop 8 What Should We Amend Next?, 2008
10. Joseph Hansen, “Why I wrote Early Graves,” circa 1987
11. It's Cake, for God's Sake, 2017
12. Gay Fathers Group, 1981
13. 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."
14. 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.
15. The World Book of Naders, undated
16. Black Lesbian Newsletter, December 1982