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Seeking Stories of Queer California: A Hidden Histories Online Exhibit

Prop 8 What Should We Amend Next?, 2008

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1. Flower Power protest at LAPD, 1968
2. The Names Project Foundation: AIDS Memorial Quilt booklet, circa 1995
3. Sisters at March on Sacramento, 1988
4. Asian Pacific group at the March on Washington for Lesbian, Gay and Bi Equal Rights and Liberation, 1993
5. Prop 8 What Should We Amend Next?, 2008
6. Portrait of Morris Kight by Don Bachardy, 1980
7. Church leaders at the March on Washinton, 1987
8. ACT UP die-in, Sacramento, 1988
9. Rally for marriage equality day of decision, 2008
10. Cover of manual for "Civil Rights for Lesbians and Gay Men: A Reference Manual for City and County Officials", 1990
11. 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.
12. Lesbian Libertys, 2009
13. Judy Abdo's pin flag, undated
14. The Gay Latino Alliance, Market St., June 24, 1979
15. Queer Community ≠ Gay Capitali$m, 2010
16. Arrest of Gay Protester, 1989
17. Gregg Araki Project 10 letter, circa 1988-1994
18. 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.
19. Trans People Are People, 2017
20. Gay Demonstration, Hollywood High, 1977
21. Homophobia, 1993
22. Support for AIDS Research, 1983
23. Campaign for Military Service poster, circa 1992
24. It's Cake, for God's Sake, 2017
25. Lambda Democratic Club T-shirts, circa 1990
26. With a Little Makeup, A Straight White Man Can Play Anything!! circa 1990s
27. March on Irvine for Lesbian and Gay Rights, 1990
28. The Center News, 1986
30. Prisoners With AIDS Have the Right to Live, circa 1991
31. Profile of Ellen Ward, 2023
32. Drag March, 2023
34. A letter from the California Lavender Smokefree Network sent to Los Angeles County Supervisor Gloria Molina, March 31, 1995
Contents of this tag:
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
8. Ginger Rogers Beach, 1941
9. Contact: A Directory of Gay, Homosexual, and Lesbian Feminist Organizations and Resources, 1977
10. Men in drag, circa 1900s, image (front) and inscription (back)
11. Bathers on Crystal Beach, 1920
12. Fun Map Palm Springs/San Diego, 1991
13. Two women embracing and kissing, 1923
14. Main Street, Santa Monica, undated
15. Gay & Lesbian L.A. history map, 2000
16. A letter from the California Lavender Smokefree Network sent to Los Angeles County Supervisor Gloria Molina, March 31, 1995
17. Gay U.S.A. '76 broadside, 1976
18. Portrait of William Andrews Clark, Jr., 1925
19. The Prodigal, Vol. II, No. 20, May 21, 1971
20. Portrait of Harrison Post, 1920
21. Clark Library vestibule ceiling, 1925
22. March on Irvine for Lesbian and Gay Rights, 1990
23. Mr. Muscle Beach Contest, 1950
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. Campaign for Military Service poster, circa 1992
8. 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."
9. With a Little Makeup, A Straight White Man Can Play Anything!! circa 1990s
10. AIDSPHOBIA : Protect Yourself from Hollywood, 1991
11. Holy Homophobia!, 1990
12. Tea and Sympathy, 1953-1956
13. Dracula's Daughter, circa 1936
14. It's Cake, for God's Sake, 2017
15. Thirteen Women, 1932
16. They Lie We Die, circa 1991
17. Homophobia, 1993
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. Sisters at March on Sacramento, 1988
2. Joseph Hansen, letter to the Los Angeles Times editor, 1984
3. Prop 8 What Should We Amend Next?, 2008
4. Joseph Hansen, “Why I wrote Early Graves,” circa 1987
5. Lesbian Wedding, 1987
6. Lesbian parents and their children at the March on Washington, 1993
7. A Proud Mom, 1989
8. Ron Douglas (left) and Jack Wilson cut their wedding cake at the private marriage ceremony, 1970
9. Rally for marriage equality day of decision, 2008
10. Jeff Horton, Larry Pickens and their son at Los Angeles gay pride, 1995
11. The World Book of Naders, undated
12. Black Lesbian Newsletter, December 1982
13. It's Cake, for God's Sake, 2017
14. Gay Fathers Group, 1981
15. 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."
16. 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.