The Gay Liberatn Front platform statement, December 2, 1970. | DPLA

Contents:

• SSI2-117 | COMG OUT! THE GAY LIBERATN MOVEMENT
• GAY RIGHTS MOVEMENT
• THE GAY LIBERATN MOVEMENT
• STONEWALL AND ITS IMPACT ON THE GAY LIBERATN MOVEMENT
• INSI THE FIRST PRI PARA—A R PROTT FOR GAY LIBERATN
• THE GAY LIBERATN FRONT PLATFORM STATEMENT, DECEMBER 2, 1970.
• GAY LIBERATN FRONT
• A PHOTOGRAPH OF THE GAY LIBERATN FRONT PICKETG TIME, INC., 1969.
• A PHOTOGRAPH OF GAY LIBERATN FRONT MEMBERS AT A MONSTRATN WH A POSTER SAYG “SAPPHO WAS A RIGHT-ON WOMAN.”

SSI2-117 | COMG OUT! THE GAY LIBERATN MOVEMENT

This archive ntas full llectns of materials, such as Gay and Lbian Polics and Social Activism: Selected Newsletters and Perdils om the Gay, Lbian, Bisexual, and Transgenr Historil Society (mostly documentg gay and lbian history San Francis's Bay Area), Phyllis Lyon, Del Mart and the Dghters of Bilis​, and much more.

GAY RIGHTS MOVEMENT

"Gay Liberatn Front is a aln of radil and revolutnary homosexual men and women mted to fight the opprsn of the homosexual as a mory group, and to mand the right to the self-termatn of our own bodi. The Front's manifto reflects the paradigm change wh the gay rights movement, llg on gays and lbians to take a more active and visible approach to the stggle for equal rights.

Aligns self polilly and crilly wh the femist/women's/lbian movements occurrg ntemporaneoly, movg away om specifilly male- and female- oriented gay serials that preced (The Ladr for women, the newsletters of the var rnatns of the Mattache Society, among others). "Digal Transgenr ArchiveAn onle hub for digized historil materials, born-digal materials, and rmatn on archival holdgs throughout the Empty Closet, 1971-2015A newspaper found by Bob Osborn and Larry Fe of the Universy of Rochter Gay Liberatn Front. Lbian Herstory Aud/Visual CollectnOral histori and vios on lbian life and Natnal Gay and Lbian ArchivPhotos, d terviews, and lectur om the Universy of Southern California Digal Library.

The liv, eedom stggl, and social and cultural ntributns of lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and queer (LGBTQ) people make up a rich part of the history of the Uned Stat, and primary sourc om the Library of Congrs provi valuable opportuni to explore dividuals, movements, and events om the natn’s LGBTQ history.

THE GAY LIBERATN MOVEMENT

In the years after World War II, activists across the natn formed anizatns, cludg the Mattache Society and the Dghters of Bilis, to mpaign for civil rights for gay men and lbians.

In the ensug s, lbians, gay men, bisexuals, and transgenr people anized and fought on many onts for equaly and civil rights, cludg rights to employment, ary service, and marriage. The polil anizer Bayard Rt was a key strategist for the Ain Amerin civil rights movement of the mid-20th century and a ccial planner of the March on Washgton, though he faced discrimatn bee of his gay inty.

Anthony Corbett Sullivan, a gay man and Atralian cizen livg the Uned Stat the early 1970s, challenged the Immigratn and Naturalizatn Service’s (INS) efforts to port him, first based on his claim that he would be persecuted for his sexualy Atralia; and later based on his same-sex marriage to his partner Richard Frank Adams, which was performed 1975 Colorado, a state that issued marriage licens to gay upl at the time.

STONEWALL AND ITS IMPACT ON THE GAY LIBERATN MOVEMENT

Includ here are photopi of approximately 2, 200 documents om FBI Headquarters and var regnal offic, relatg primarily to the Dghters of Bilis, Gay Activists Alliance, Gay Liberatn Front, and the Mattache Society, addn to x, summari, and var statistil analys of the documents. One highlight is the extensive selectn of natnal and lol newsletters om Parents, Fai, and Friends of Lbians and Gays (PFLAG), the largt support group for fai, iends, and alli of LGBT people.

A few exampl of the ntent this archive offers clus newsletters that document the Gay Gam, an Olympic-style athletic event; newsletters om profsnal groups like the Bay Area Network of Gay and Lbian Edutors (BANGLE), Bay Area Career Women, and the Goln Gate Bs Associatn; newsletters om the Metropolan Communy Church (MCC) San Francis, the first church wh a primary, posive mistry to the LGBT muny.

INSI THE FIRST PRI PARA—A R PROTT FOR GAY LIBERATN

Groups like Lavenr Senrs of the East Bay, SAGE (Senrs Active a Gay Environment), and the Prime Timers (an ternatnal anizatn for homosexual men over 40) reprent the effects of mographic shifts and agg on the LGBT populatn.

THE GAY LIBERATN FRONT PLATFORM STATEMENT, DECEMBER 2, 1970.

Documents the llectn prent rearch and statistics that track levels of discrimatn agast people wh a homosexual orientatn, LGBTQ muni' awarens of their rights, the numbers of same-sex upl, fai/parents, sexual behavr patterns, and much more. Policy and legislative documents ver ccial legislatn to drive the Gay Rights Movement forward, cludg the legalizatn of male and female homosexualy; implementatn of same-sex marriage legislatn; approach to tacklg sexualy-based discrimatn and harassment; and monorg LGBTQ rights, particularly for asylum seekers jurisdictns where the tradn or relig beliefs rult the persecutn of the muni.

Jim Kepner (1923–1997) was a wrer, historian, and activist who found the Wtern Gay Archiv (later renamed the Natnal Gay Archiv and then the Internatnal Gay & Lbian Archiv). Rearchers will also fd Kepner’s extensive rrponnce fil, class material for urs he tght gay and lbian studi, and mut and anizatnal material for the many anizatns which he participated throughout his life. Origally found the Uned Kgdom 1976 as the Gay Christian Movement, the Lbian and Gay Christian Movement (LGCM) supported homosexual Christians experiencg discrimatn wh their church, urged nomatns to reexame doctr ncerng homosexualy, advoted for civil rights wh the church and through legislatn, and worked wh other groups.

GAY LIBERATN FRONT

The materials this llectn trace the changg attus toward male and female homosexualy Bra durg the latter half of the twentieth century as reflected wh the church, ernment, and society.

Mastream publitns clu issu of the Gay Communy News, a Boston weekly newspaper wh a natnal reach and that for a time served as the movement’s unofficial “paper of rerd;” Out Front, a daily news and entertament paper that is the send-olst pennt LGBTQ publitn the Uned Stat; and Frontiers Newsmagaze, Southern California’s olst LGBTQ newsmagaze.

The publitns pat a varied picture of LGBT life the late twentieth century by featurg stori of public figur g out, bullets on AIDS, articl about gay acceptance the ary, and stori about gay partnerships, same-sex marriage, and fay life. Established 1979, the Gay and Lbian Stunt Unn (GLSU) of Los Angel Cy College (LACC) anized a seri of speakers for a gay history month, advoted for the cln of gay studi urs at LACC, marched the gay pri para, and tablished a Harvey Milk Memorial Scholarship Fund for gay and lbian stunts. This llectn clus his 1940s-era rrponnce wh early gay activist pneers Henry Gerber and Frank McCourt as well as his rrponnce om the 1950s and 1960s wh ONE Inrporated.

A PHOTOGRAPH OF THE GAY LIBERATN FRONT PICKETG TIME, INC., 1969.

Found 1983, the Multi–ethnic Gay and Lbian Exchange (MEG/LE) was a aln of gay and lbian people of lor anizatns Los Angel, which clud reprentativ om Black and Whe Men Together, Asian/Pacific Lbians and Gays, Gay and Lbian Latos Unidos, Lbians of Color, and other groups. Three publitns om Lambda Archiv of San Diego provi a ep and powerful history of the LGBT muny om the late twentieth century to the begng of the twenty-first century and is a great rource to enhance the study of gay history. Update began publishg wh the tentn of "takg a h look at where we are as a gay people and as a unified gay muny, " by cludg everythg om ser vtigative stori to fun feature reportg.

A PHOTOGRAPH OF GAY LIBERATN FRONT MEMBERS AT A MONSTRATN WH A POSTER SAYG “SAPPHO WAS A RIGHT-ON WOMAN.”

Inially published as the San Diego Gay Tim, the weekly magaze eventually beme the Gay & Lbian Tim, reportg on issu of relevance to the muny lolly, natnally, and ternatnally. While the typ of materials are generally tend for sgle e, and equently do not survive beyond the activi they were signed to promote, the Canadian Lbian and Gay Archiv has curated a substantial poster llectn, prervg the wdows on LGBTQ history for future generatns. The Randy Burns Papers, verg the years 1968 to 2002, clu private and profsnal papers, clippgs, rrponnce, and rearch llected by Burns, a Native Amerin activist and -founr of Gay Amerin Indians (GAI).

The Southern California Council on Relign and the Homophile (SCCRH) began 1965 to bridge munitn and unrstandg between members of the relig and gay muni southern California. The SCCRH provid an extensive program of monthly lectur, discsn groups, and rmal meetgs of clergymen, church members, and members of the LGBT muny; retreats and nferenc explorg homosexualy and relign; "exposure tn" for non-homosexual clergy and church members to learn about aspects of LGBT culture; assistance to church velopg polici relatg to homosexualy and relign, and to homosexual law reform; and trag for unselors, teachers, clergy, and others who unseled homosexuals. Corrponnce, clippgs, and proposals related to the Amerin Anthropologil Associatn and the Society of Lbian and Gay Anthropologists n be found here as well as materials associated wh the Radil Faeri, such as rrponnce, newsletters, member directori, and Nomen documents.