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Prop 8 What Should We Amend Next?, 2008

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1. Two cross-dressing women, undated
2. Crowd at Gay Community Services Center, 1971
3. Two cross-dressing women, undated
4. Prop 8 What Should We Amend Next?, 2008
5. Having A Drink on Catalina Island, undated
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. Clark Library vestibule ceiling, 1925
8. March on Irvine for Lesbian and Gay Rights, 1990
9. Mr. Muscle Beach Contest, 1950
11. Ginger Rogers Beach, 1941
12. Contact: A Directory of Gay, Homosexual, and Lesbian Feminist Organizations and Resources, 1977
13. Men in drag, circa 1900s, image (front) and inscription (back)
14. Bathers on Crystal Beach, 1920
15. Fun Map Palm Springs/San Diego, 1991
16. Two women embracing and kissing, 1923
17. Main Street, Santa Monica, undated
18. Gay & Lesbian L.A. history map, 2000
19. A letter from the California Lavender Smokefree Network sent to Los Angeles County Supervisor Gloria Molina, March 31, 1995
20. Gay U.S.A. '76 broadside, 1976
21. Portrait of William Andrews Clark, Jr., 1925
22. The Prodigal, Vol. II, No. 20, May 21, 1971
23. Portrait of Harrison Post, 1920
Contents of this tag:
1. ACT UP die-in, Sacramento, 1988
2. Rally for marriage equality day of decision, 2008
3. The Names Project Foundation: AIDS Memorial Quilt booklet, circa 1995
4. Flower Power protest at LAPD, 1968
5. Sisters at March on Sacramento, 1988
6. Prop 8 What Should We Amend Next?, 2008
7. Asian Pacific group at the March on Washington for Lesbian, Gay and Bi Equal Rights and Liberation, 1993
8. Portrait of Morris Kight by Don Bachardy, 1980
9. Church leaders at the March on Washinton, 1987
11. Prisoners With AIDS Have the Right to Live, circa 1991
12. Profile of Ellen Ward, 2023
13. Drag March, 2023
15. A letter from the California Lavender Smokefree Network sent to Los Angeles County Supervisor Gloria Molina, March 31, 1995
16. Lesbians and Gay Men The Grand Jury's In Town, 1979 All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the Director of Library and Archives, North Baker Research Library, California Historical Society, 678 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA 94105. Consent is given on behalf of the California Historical Society as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner. Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research and educational purposes.
17. Lesbian Libertys, 2009
18. Cover of manual for "Civil Rights for Lesbians and Gay Men: A Reference Manual for City and County Officials", 1990
19. The Gay Latino Alliance, Market St., June 24, 1979
20. Queer Community ≠ Gay Capitali$m, 2010
21. Arrest of Gay Protester, 1989
22. Judy Abdo's pin flag, undated
23. Stonewall Coalition 1977 All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the Director of Library and Archives, North Baker Research Library, California Historical Society, 678 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA 94105. Consent is given on behalf of the California Historical Society as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner. Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research and educational purposes.
24. Trans People Are People, 2017
25. Gay Demonstration, Hollywood High, 1977
26. Gregg Araki Project 10 letter, circa 1988-1994
27. Homophobia, 1993
28. Support for AIDS Research, 1983
29. Campaign for Military Service poster, circa 1992
30. It's Cake, for God's Sake, 2017
31. Lambda Democratic Club T-shirts, circa 1990
32. With a Little Makeup, A Straight White Man Can Play Anything!! circa 1990s
33. March on Irvine for Lesbian and Gay Rights, 1990
34. The Center News, 1986
Contents of this tag:
1. Rock Hudson
2. Rope, 1947-1948
3. No on 6! Save our children from Hatred, Mistrust, & Bigotry!, 1978
4. HIV Discrimination sign, undated
5. 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.
6. Prop 8 What Should We Amend Next?, 2008
7. Dracula's Daughter, circa 1936
8. It's Cake, for God's Sake, 2017
9. Thirteen Women, 1932
10. They Lie We Die, circa 1991
11. Homophobia, 1993
13. Campaign for Military Service poster, circa 1992
14. 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."
15. With a Little Makeup, A Straight White Man Can Play Anything!! circa 1990s
16. AIDSPHOBIA : Protect Yourself from Hollywood, 1991
17. Holy Homophobia!, 1990
18. Tea and Sympathy, 1953-1956
Contents of this tag:
1. Prop 8 What Should We Amend Next?, 2008
2. Sheila Kuehl (L) and Judy Abdo (R), December 14, 1997
3. Matlovich for Supervisor, undated
4. Sheila Kuehl for Supervisor, circa 2014
6. Allied Against AIDS, 2014.
7. Gregg Araki Project 10 letter, circa 1988-1994
8. They Lie We Die, circa 1991
10. Lambda Democratic Club T-shirts, circa 1990
11. A letter from the California Lavender Smokefree Network sent to Los Angeles County Supervisor Gloria Molina, March 31, 1995
12. 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.
Contents of this tag:
1. Prop 8 What Should We Amend Next?, 2008
2. Joseph Hansen, “Why I wrote Early Graves,” circa 1987
3. Lesbian Wedding, 1987
4. Lesbian parents and their children at the March on Washington, 1993
5. A Proud Mom, 1989
6. Ron Douglas (left) and Jack Wilson cut their wedding cake at the private marriage ceremony, 1970
7. Rally for marriage equality day of decision, 2008
8. Jeff Horton, Larry Pickens and their son at Los Angeles gay pride, 1995
9. Sisters at March on Sacramento, 1988
10. Joseph Hansen, letter to the Los Angeles Times editor, 1984
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