Dublin Core
Title
Barbara Gittings and Kay Tobin Lahusen Gay History Papers and Photographs
Publisher
The New York Public Library
Description
Primarily photographs, this collection of 900+ sources documents the civil rights struggles of LGBT communities and individuals from the 1950s onward. Images focus on pickets, pride celebrations, and responses to the AIDS epidemic. The majority of the collection consists of professional/activist photography, but family papers from the Gittings and Lahusen families are also included.
Subject
Barbara Gittings
Kay Tobin Lahusen
Mattachine Society
Daughters of Bilitis
Gay Activists Alliance
Frank Kameny
Sylvia Rivera
ACT-UP
Stonewall Riots
Civil Rights Movement
Gay Pride Day
AIDS epidemic
Transgender
transsexual
cross-dressing
Intersex
intersexual
intersexed
hermaphrodite
Homosexuality
homosexual
lesbian
gay
queer
bisexual
bisexuality
gender based violence
transphobia
homophobia
misogyny
Celebrations
Pride
activism
HIV
AIDS
LGBT politics
rights
citizenship
Date
1950s
Postwar
Baby Boom
1960s
1970s
1980s
1990s
Mid-20th Century
Late 20th Century
Type
Letters
Photographs
Identifier
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Coverage
New York City
Philadelphia
Washington D.C.
New York
Website Item Type Metadata
Date Accessed
6/13/2016
Source Institution Type
Professional institution or organization