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 Pride Religion and Spirituality Transgender People

Politics

44987
LGBTQ+ politics is a complex and ever-changing field that seeks to advance the rights, dignity, and well-being of LGBTQ+ people, both locally and globally. It includes advocating for legal protections, drafting legislative bills that forward the goals of the LGBTQ+ community, and electing LGBTQ+ into political positions. LGBTQ+ activism is often focused on political elements, campaigning for change and equality.

Collection Information

For more information on the materials in this gallery, see their holding institutions.

Center for the Study of Political Graphics
Prop 8 What Should We Amend Next?
They Lie We Die

Claremont Colleges Special Collections & Archives
Allied Against AIDS

Historical Society of Long Beach
Gerrie Schipske for State Assembly button
Lambda Democratic Club t-shirts

The Huntington Library
A letter from the California Lavender Smokefree Network to Los Angeles County Supervisor Gloria Molina

Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences
Gregg Araki Project 10 letter

The Outwords Archive
Judy Abdo Oral History

Santa Monica Public Library
Sheila Kuehl and Judy Abdo



 

This page has paths:

  1. Seeking Stories in Queer California Beth McDonald

This page has tags:

  1. Galleries Beth McDonald

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
  5. Lambda Democratic Club T-shirts, circa 1990
  6. A letter from the California Lavender Smokefree Network sent to Los Angeles County Supervisor Gloria Molina, March 31, 1995
  7. President Bill Clinton and Santa Monica Mayor Judy Abdo, May 20, 1994.
  8. Judy Abdo Outwords profile
  9. Allied Against AIDS, 2014.
  10. Gregg Araki Project 10 letter, circa 1988-1994
  11. They Lie We Die, circa 1991
  12. Gerrie Schipske for State Assembly button, 1996