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Contents:
- RADILLY GAY
- THE BLU AND THE GAY COMMUNY: A STORY OM THE ARCHIV
- ABOUT THE CENTERSCE 1983 THE CENTER HAS BEEN SUPPORTG, FOSTERG AND CELEBRATG THE LGBT MUNY OF NEW YORK CY. FD MORE RMATN ON AND OUR WORK ABOUT THE CENTER. VIS ABOUT THE CENTEROUR MISSNCYBER CENTERCENTER HISTORYRACE EQUYMEDIA CENTERLEARSHIP & STAFFEMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNICORPORATE PARTNERSHIPSANNUAL REPORTS & FANCIAL INFORMATNCONTACT USHOURS & LOTNSEMAPSUPPORT THE CENTER
- WISNS MIDDLE SCHOOL FEATUR 'THIS BOOK IS GAY' LIBRARY, STIRRG ONLE OUTRAGE
- ACTIVISTS NMN VLENCE AGAST LGBTQ MUNY ST. VCENT, WHERE GAY SEX IS ILLEGAL
- GAY WATER, A NEW NNED CKTAIL, WANTS TO BE THE ANTI-BUD LIGHT
RADILLY GAY
Librari n serve lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LBGTQ) people by ensurg that this populatn is reflected library llectns and provid wh servic at the library. As a populatn which is often the subject of discrimatn and harassment, gay, lbian, bisexual, and transgenr people n benef om the accs to rmatn which librari provi and the sense of muny which library programs n help foster. It is important to note that the LGBTQ populatn is diverse, spanng age groups, ethnic and racial groups, soc-enomic groups, and personal inti. * library and the gay community *
As a populatn that is often the subject of discrimatn and harassment, gay, lbian, bisexual, and transgenr people n benef om the accs to rmatn which librari provi and the sense of muny which library programs n help foster. The LGBTQ Iniative was created to nnect lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and queer muni wh the wi array of rourc, servic, and expertise that The New York Public Library has to offer. Other highlights clu the One Archive; the Natnal Archive of Lbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgenr History; and the Lbian Herstory Archiv, among many other important llectns.
THE BLU AND THE GAY COMMUNY: A STORY OM THE ARCHIV
The LGBTQ Iniative was created to nnect lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and queer muni wh the wi array of rourc, servic, and expertise that The New York Public Library has to offer. * library and the gay community *
In addn, Beg Visible: The Legacy of Stonewall was the largt and most extensive display of lbian and gay history ever mounted a mm or gallery space when opened 1994. A follow-up publitn, Beg Visible: An Illtrated History of Lbian and Gay Life Twentieth-Century Ameri, by exhibn curators Molly McGarry and Fred Wasserman, was published by Pengu Stud.
More recent exampl cludg Particular Voic: Robert Giard's Portras of Gay and Lbian Wrers; Bedlam Days: The Early Plays of Charl Ludlam and The Ridiculo Theatril Company; and Vaslav Nijsky: Creatg a New Artistic Era. Library at William Way LGBT Communy Center is the natn’s olst LGBTQ lendg library, tablished 1976 as the Library of the Gay Communy Center of Philalphia.
The Library llectn foc on the liv, experienc, inti, and reprentatns of lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and queer dividuals. Accs several LGBTQ-affirmg rourc onle, or speak wh a live peer advote by llg 206-323-LGBT(5428) or visg Gay Cy. Yet that same year, one man had the visnary ia that homosexuals were a "cultural mory" that uld be anized to create a muny and fight for their human rights.
ABOUT THE CENTERSCE 1983 THE CENTER HAS BEEN SUPPORTG, FOSTERG AND CELEBRATG THE LGBT MUNY OF NEW YORK CY. FD MORE RMATN ON AND OUR WORK ABOUT THE CENTER. VIS ABOUT THE CENTEROUR MISSNCYBER CENTERCENTER HISTORYRACE EQUYMEDIA CENTERLEARSHIP & STAFFEMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNICORPORATE PARTNERSHIPSANNUAL REPORTS & FANCIAL INFORMATNCONTACT USHOURS & LOTNSEMAPSUPPORT THE CENTER
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Sixty years later that visn veloped to a worldwi civil rights movement and spired the creatn of lbian, gay and transgenr muni on every ntent. An actor, Communist labor anizer, milogist, gay theoretician and polil activist, Harry Hay left a lastg mark that ntu well to the 21st century. Throughout the 1950s he nducted rearch to areas of anthropology, science, history and mythology for evince of what he termed "my people, " the gay muny.
In the 1970s he worked for and supported Native Amerin stggl and helped to fe and brg together the Gay men's spir group lled the Radil Faeri. Photo: Mark ThompsonIn celebratn of the centennial of Harry Hay's birth April 2012, this exhibn explor the life, ias and ntributns of the man who has rightly been lled the “founr of the morn gay movement. Hormel Gay and Lbian Center, San Francis Public Library, the epic story of this pellg and plex civil rights lear is brought to life.
We explore his relatnship wh his parents, his prec tellect and his early acceptance and openns about his homosexualy. His work as wrer and thker on Gay Conscns and inty is examed along wh his redisvery by a younger generatn of Gay and Lbian activists the 1970s. View as PDFIn 1948, Hay attend a beer bt support of progrsive Democratic printial ntenr Henry Wallace where he talked wh a few other gay men about the possibili of creatg an anizatn of homosexuals to lobby for the reform of anti-gay laws.
WISNS MIDDLE SCHOOL FEATUR 'THIS BOOK IS GAY' LIBRARY, STIRRG ONLE OUTRAGE
This page offers an overview of LGBTQ (Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr, Queer) narrativ, history, and scholarship available at the NC State Universy Librari and elsewhere. Disver * library and the gay community *
This sectn explor the aftermath of the Mattache takeover to Hay's summons before the Hoe Un-Amerin Activi Commtee, and onto his rearch to anthropology, history and Native Amerin studi to look for a gay history and beg.
View as PDFThroughout the 1950s Harry Hay pursed origal rearch to history, lerature and anthropology to fd the supprsed and hidn history of gay people. This sectn vers the perd when Hay and John Burnsi beme lovers, their activism pre- and post-Stonewall Gay liberatn, the nng of their kaleidospe bs, their move to New Mexi, their activy on behalf of Native Amerin rights, and Hay’s redisvery by a new generatn of lbian and gay activists.
ACTIVISTS NMN VLENCE AGAST LGBTQ MUNY ST. VCENT, WHERE GAY SEX IS ILLEGAL
Harry found renewed engagement wh the new spir of radilism among young gay and lbian activists followg the Stonewall Rts New York June of 1969.
This sectn discs the first Radil Faeri gatherg through Hay's volvement the anti-draft movement, Jse Jackson's Rabow Coaln, and ongog gay activism, as well as his and Burnsi's move to San Francis and Hay’s ath 2002. Photographer: Anne Knudsen, Los Angel Herald-Examer Collectn, Courty of Los Angel Public was volved anizg the protts agast the planned release to Los Angel of Dan Whe, the assass of San Francis Mayor Gee Mosne and gay Supervisor Harvey Milk.
GAY WATER, A NEW NNED CKTAIL, WANTS TO BE THE ANTI-BUD LIGHT
Harry and John were part of the legatn om the Uned Stat to the first ever Gay and Lbian Conference Rsia 1991. ‘Prove It On Me’ was later reworked by another mician, Waymon ‘Sloppy’ Henry, who changed the song to foc on a gay male relatnship stead. Contug on this theme, Gee Hannah’s ‘Freakish Man Blu’ and Kokomo Arnold’s ‘Sissy Man Blu’ both reunt tal of gay or bisexual men.
In 1973, a group of gays and lbians met at the Charl Street Meetg Hoe Boston to discs the publitn of a newsletter to unify and rm Boston’s gay and lbian muny on a ntuo basis.
Advotg for gay rights and promotg awarens of the diversy of gay and lbian liftyl, the GCN was wily known as the most liberal newspaper the gay and lbian muny and often alt wh ntroversial issu not vered by other publitns.