Gay rights -- United States
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:
Family Equality Council records
Collection
Call Number: MS 2000
Overview:
This collection consists of the records of Family Equality Council, a national advocacy organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) parents, guardians, and allies. Materials in the collection consist of correspondence, annual and quarterly reports, articles and clippings, board of directors records, event records, financial and fundraising records, publications, subject files, and electronic files. The collection is particularly strong both for its documentation of...
Dates:
1977-2014
Jim Fouratt papers
Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 1453
Scope and Contents:
The collection spans the years 1965 to 2016 and consists of correspondence, writings, printed material, financial papers, photographs, audiocassettes, videocassettes, buttons, t-shirts, and other papers and realia relating to Jim Fouratt's life and involvement with political and counterculture activities, gay rights and AIDS activism, and nightclubs and the music industry. Papers relating to political and counterculture activism document Fouratt's involvement with movements and events of the...
Dates:
1965-2016
Freedom to Marry records
Collection
Call Number: MS 2038
Overview:
Freedom to Marry (2003-2015) was an organization and campaign founded by Evan Wolfson in 2003, with the sole purpose of legalizing marriage for same-sex couples at both the state and federal level. The campaign formulated a three-part strategy to accomplish its goals: win marriage equality in more states, build support for marriage equality, and end federal discrimination. Freedom to Marry’s campaign culminated in 2015 when the Supreme Court decided the landmark case, Obergefell v. Hodges, in...
Dates:
Circa 1948-2016, bulk 2003-2015
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
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Freedom to Marry records
Gay and Lesbian Advocates and Defenders records
Collection
Call Number: MS 1961
Overview:
The records document the organization and activities of the Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD), a nonprofit legal organization dedicated to defending the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals and people with HIV, primarily in New England. The collection primarily consists of litigation, amicus, and legal research files. Also included are correspondence, topical files, reports, meeting minutes, publications, volunteer and training manuals, and newspaper...
Dates:
1973-2018
Ramsay MacMullen papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 2011
Overview:
The papers comprise correspondence, publications, and court documents related to two different events involving Ramsay MacMullen. One event was the denial of sponsorship by Yale for scholar Herbert Aptheker's seminar on the work of W.E.B. DuBois. The other event was the court case Evans v. Romer regarding Amendment 2 in Colorado, a case involving lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer people's (LGBTQ) rights and discrimination, for which MacMullen...
Dates:
1981-2014
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
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Ramsay MacMullen papers
Jean O'Leary papers
Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 1780
Overview:
The collection consists of professional papers, correspondence, personal papers, photographs, and computer and audiovisual media by or relating to gay rights activist and former Catholic nun Jean O'Leary.
Dates:
1963-2005
Rainbow Families records
Collection
Call Number: MS 2006
Overview:
The collection consists of the records of Rainbow Families, a membership advocacy organization for gay and lesbian parents and their families. The records document the organization's efforts to provide support, organization, advocacy, and public education on behalf of gay and lesbian parents and their families, and consist of Board of Directors records, event records, membership records, strategic plans, and quarterly newsletters.
Dates:
1983-2011
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
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Rainbow Families records
Sean Strub papers
Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 1781
Overview:
The collection consists of direct mail samples, printed material, correspondence, photographs, memorabilia and ephemera, writings, and computer and audiovisual media documenting the work and life of gay rights activist, publisher, and entrepreneur Sean Strub.
Dates:
1908-2015, bulk 1986-2000