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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

Ron Douglas (left) and Jack Wilson cut their wedding cake at the private marriage ceremony, 1970

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Gay men Beth McDonald
Contents of this tag:
1. Lavender Godzilla: Voices of the Gay Asian Pacific Alliance, April 2003
2. Rock Hudson
3. Blue check women's suit by Gilbert Adrian, 1946-48
4. Ron Douglas (left) and Jack Wilson cut their wedding cake at the private marriage ceremony, 1970
5. My Beautiful Laundrette, circa 1985
6. Tan Suit Ensemble by James Galanos, 1962
7. Joseph Hansen, “Why I wrote Early Graves,” circa 1987
8. Dorr Legg at drafting table, circa 1936-1942
9. Kenneth Anger, undated
10. The Gay Times, interview with Joseph Hansen titled “Simple Lessons,” January 1987
11. Gay Men's Chorus 25th Anniversary concert poster, 2004
12. Gay Dating Service Head, 1982
13. Jeff Horton, Larry Pickens and their son at Los Angeles gay pride, 1995
14. A celebration of adult Bar and Bat Mitvahs at Congregation Kol Ami, 2000
15. Robert Arthur, Ivy Bottini, Quentin Crisp, Morris Kight, and Patricia Nell Warren, 1994
16. Photo of William Haines at his holiday home, taken by Ruth Harriet Louise for Metro Goldwyn Mayer, circa 1925
17. Asian Pacific group at the March on Washington for Lesbian, Gay and Bi Equal Rights and Liberation, 1993
18. The Golden Bull, 2023
19. Portrait of Morris Kight by Don Bachardy, 1980
20. Membership card to the 1350 Club, 1981
21. Matlovich for Supervisor, undated
22. Poster and Call sheet for Making Love, 1981-1982
23. Salome, 1922
24. Gown by Gilbert Adrian, 1948
25. Photo booth photographs of Don Bachardy and Christopher Isherwood, March 30, 1953
26. Y Que, 2007 Artist: Ruben Esparza. A deliberate flat artwork with limited colors boldly represents a shirtless, masculine, queer Chicano in a powerful stance. Y Que (translates to So What). The tattoo utilizes a decorative type treatment used in gang culture; the pearl necklace is a gay code representing a particular body fluid. Part of the exhibit "At the Heart of It: LGBT Representation at Self Help Graphics", curated by Ruben Esparza.
27. Crystal Beach Bathhouse, 1943
28. Lesbians and Gay Men The Grand Jury's In Town, 1979
29. Newspaper clipping from photograph album showing Christopher Isherwood and W.H. Auden, ca. 1930s
30. The World Book of Naders, undated
31. The Word is Out, 1977
32. Don't Give Him Anything But Love, 1973
33. Ramon Novarro, circa 1920s
34. Souvenir featuring Don Bachardy from a party thrown by producer Allan Carr in honor of Truman Capote, December 13, 1979
35. Excerpt from Sketchbook 11, Morris Scott Dollens, undated
36. Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome, circa 1954
37. Data Boy, Issue 136: Film, January 1976
38. Don Bachardy, portrait of Truman Capote, June 26, 1961
39. Cover of manual for "Civil Rights for Lesbians and Gay Men: A Reference Manual for City and County Officials", 1990
40. Tea and Sympathy, 1953-1956
41. Magpie of California, May 1969
42. Gay Fathers Group, 1981
43. Don Bachardy, portrait of Stephen Spender, June 21, 1976
44. Portrait of William Andrews Clark, Jr., 1925
45. Gregg Araki
46. Gay Sunshine no. 6, March 1971,
47. 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."
48. Portrait of Harrison Post, 1920
49. Miguel Criado Outwords profile
50. Flier advertising A Different Light bookstore's 1989 Gay Writer Series events
51. Designer Rudi Gernreich in His Office, 1969
52. Painted Rocks by Ray Lowen, undated
53. 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.
54. Charles Pierce and Virginia Grey
55. Butch/Top, 2007 Artrist: Miguel Angel Reyes. Influenced by oddly-toned color ads from 1970's fashion magazines, play with the labels men use to describe themselves for "sex hook-ups" internet personal advertisements. Though proudly gay, the butch-top asserts his sexually dominant role as a man, dispelling the commonly-held notion that homosexual men are feminine and passive. His attitude challenges any question of machismo. Part of the exhibit "At the Heart of It: LGBT Representation at Self Help Graphics", curated by Ruben Esparza.
56. Mr. Muscle Beach Contest, 1950
Marriage and Families Beth McDonald
Contents of this tag:
1. Lesbian parents and their children at the March on Washington, 1993
2. Ron Douglas (left) and Jack Wilson cut their wedding cake at the private marriage ceremony, 1970
3. A Proud Mom, 1989
4. Rally for marriage equality day of decision, 2008
5. Jeff Horton, Larry Pickens and their son at Los Angeles gay pride, 1995
6. Sisters at March on Sacramento, 1988
7. Joseph Hansen, letter to the Los Angeles Times editor, 1984
8. Joseph Hansen, “Why I wrote Early Graves,” circa 1987
9. Prop 8 What Should We Amend Next?, 2008
10. Lesbian Wedding, 1987
11. Gay Fathers Group, 1981
12. 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."
13. 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.
14. The World Book of Naders, undated
15. Black Lesbian Newsletter, December 1982
16. It's Cake, for God's Sake, 2017