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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

Thirteen Women, 1932

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Performing Arts Beth McDonald
Contents of this tag:
1. Rock Hudson
2. Rope, 1947-1948
3. My Beautiful Laundrette, circa 1985
4. The Killing of Sister George
5. Gold record for "Melissa Etheridge" album by Melissa Etheridge, 1988
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. Gay Men's Chorus 25th Anniversary concert poster, 2004
8. 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.
9. Ann Margaret and Charles Pierce at Studio One, circa 1977
10. Poster and Call sheet for Making Love, 1981-1982
11. Turnabout Theater souvenir program, circa 1950
12. Outfest 07 Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Film Festival July 12-23 Film Guide, 2007
13. Pandora's Box, 1929
14. Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome, circa 1954
15. Adrian Thompson, undated
16. Tea and Sympathy, 1953-1956
17. Book Cover: Ballet by Cecil Beaton, 1951
18. Dracula's Daughter, circa 1936
19. Gregg Araki
20. Thirteen Women, 1932
21. Salome, 1922
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. 3a Marcha Lésbica, 2006
4. Sheila Kuehl for Supervisor, circa 2014
5. Gwenn Craig Outwords profile
6. Poster for Carolyn Weathers : shitkickers & other Texas stories
7. Gold record for "Melissa Etheridge" album by Melissa Etheridge, 1988
8. Marie Corelli and Bertha Vyer, 1921
9. 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.
10. Robert Arthur, Ivy Bottini, Quentin Crisp, Morris Kight, and Patricia Nell Warren, 1994
11. Aché: A Journal for Lesbians of African Descent, Vol. 3, no. 1, February/March 1991
12. Sheila Kuehl (L) and Judy Abdo (R), December 14, 1997
13. 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.
14. A celebration of adult Bar and Bat Mitvahs at Congregation Kol Ami, 2000
15. The Killing of Sister George
16. Lesbian Wedding, 1987
17. Lesbian Visibility Week poster, 1990
18. Lesbian parents and their children at the March on Washington, 1993
19. Florence Yoch, landscape design, “A Hillside Garden for Mr. George Cukor, West Hollywood,” 1936
20. Thirteen Women, 1932
21. Aché: A Journal for Black Lesbians, Vol. 2, no. 6, November/December 1990
22. Gerrie Schipske for State Assembly button, 1996
23. Eloise Klein Healy, typescript draft of poem, “There Are No Words for the Sexual Acts of Lesbians,” circa 1984
24. Hey Young Lesbians, undated
25. Connie Samaras, #11 from the series Edge of Twilight, 2013
26. Black Lesbian Newsletter, December 1982
27. Aché: A Journal for Black Lesbians, Vol. 1, no. 2, March 1989
28. Profile of Ellen Ward, 2023
29. Connie Samaras, #16 from the series Edge of Twilight, 2013
30. Pandora's Box, 1929
31. Home, circa 1982
32. Profile of Vanessa Romain, 2023
33. Unattributed photograph of Zoe Akins, circa 1930s
34. Gay & Lesbian L.A. history map, 2000
35. Tribal Connexions: A Celebration of 2 Years of Aché, 1991
36. Laura Aguilar, #19, from the series Plush Pony, 1992
37. Willa Cather, letter to Zoë Akins, May 4, 1918
38. Lesbian Libertys, 2009
39. Gay Sunshine, undated
40. Laura Aguilar, #20, from the series Plush Pony, 1992
41. Judy Abdo Outwords profile
42. The Word is Out, 1977
43. Two women embracing and kissing, 1923
44. Laura Aguilar, #6, from the series Plush Pony, 1992
45. Cover of manual for "Civil Rights for Lesbians and Gay Men: A Reference Manual for City and County Officials", 1990
46. Dracula's Daughter, circa 1936
47. Lesbian Dyke March poster, 1996
48. First Ladies Memorial Dance Marathon button, 1978
49. Photograph of Florence Yoch and her partner Lucile Council, circa 1940
LGBTQ+ Discrimination Beth McDonald
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. Homophobia, 1993
8. You Can’t Comb Over Homophobia, 2017
9. Campaign for Military Service poster, circa 1992
10. 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."
11. With a Little Makeup, A Straight White Man Can Play Anything!! circa 1990s
12. AIDSPHOBIA : Protect Yourself from Hollywood, 1991
13. Holy Homophobia!, 1990
14. Tea and Sympathy, 1953-1956
15. Dracula's Daughter, circa 1936
16. It's Cake, for God's Sake, 2017
17. Thirteen Women, 1932
18. They Lie We Die, circa 1991