LGBT Foundatn is a natnal chary liverg advice, support and rmatn servic to lbian, gay, bisexual and trans (LGBT) muni.
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LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, AND QUEER (LGBTQ) STUDI
We prerve gay, queer, and trans life stori, g new methodologi digal history, llaborative rearch, and archival practice.
Lbian, gay, bisexual, trans and queer inti have historilly been regard as beg different or shameful and so do not feature to any signifint gree the archiv or the history books. This is bee queer muni didn’t tend to keep letters, diari etc se they fell to the wrong hands and few ‘selfi’ were taken gay bars back the day for the same a rult, a major way for queer muni to pture and rerd their herage is through the llectn of oral history ttimoni where an dividual’s lived experience n be accsed by enuragg them to talk about a specific time, suatn, issue or circumstance om their approach provis accs to LGBTQ rellectn and a means to clu this material to the archiv. Zane Blaney is a rad journalist, producer, and -founr of the Gay and Lbian Alliance Agast Defamatn/San Francis Bay Area.
The vio rerdgs selected here document the 1982 Gay Gam San Francis. Larry Buttwick was a gay man who attend drag parti startg the 1950s. The films document drag shows, Imperial Court events, gay bars, queer people socializg, and Halloween and holiday celebratns.