LGBTQ Activism

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Abstract/Description:	This chapter documents the LGBTQ Rights Movement from the Stonewall riots in 1969, which were instrumental in mobilizing gay activist groups, through the empowering 1970s which saw the first openly gay public official elected to office and the blockage of California’s Proposition 6 which would have banned homosexuals from teaching in public schools, to the sobering 1980s and the AIDs epidemic, which increased stigma and discrimination for LGBTQ groups. The 1990s and 2000s included both achievements and setbacks, establishing safe spaces but also seeing bans from military duty. In 2015, a landmark case, Obergefell v. Hodges, declared gay marriage a constitutional right. Collections represented in this exhibit include: Caesar’s Showbar Collection, 1980-2012 [FINDING AID] David’s House Compassion Records, 1987-2004 [FINDING AID] Gay Student Organization Files, not dated Spectrum Student Organization Files, not dated Jan Waggoner Suter Papers, 1954-1985 [DIGITAL COLLECTION] Toledo Area Gay and Lesbian Alliance Newsletter, 1983-2019 [FINDING AID] Toledo Lucas County Health Department Collection, 1990-2005 LAST EXHIBIT. Start over
Subject(s):	War, Soldiers, and Veterans Toledo, Ohio, United States University of Toledo Gender and Sexuality LGBTQ Civic Interests Music, Art, Drama, and Theatre University of Toledo Social Welfare Toledo History Disability History Medicine and Health Municipal Government
Date Created:	2020-02-13

Title:	LGBTQ Activism.
Name(s):	Sabharwal, Arjun, creator
Type of Resource:	mixed material
Genre:	photograph
Date Created:	2020-02-13
Physical Form:	image/gif
Abstract/Description:	This chapter documents the LGBTQ Rights Movement from the Stonewall riots in 1969, which were instrumental in mobilizing gay activist groups, through the empowering 1970s which saw the first openly gay public official elected to office and the blockage of California’s Proposition 6 which would have banned homosexuals from teaching in public schools, to the sobering 1980s and the AIDs epidemic, which increased stigma and discrimination for LGBTQ groups. The 1990s and 2000s included both achievements and setbacks, establishing safe spaces but also seeing bans from military duty. In 2015, a landmark case, Obergefell v. Hodges, declared gay marriage a constitutional right. Collections represented in this exhibit include: Caesar’s Showbar Collection, 1980-2012 [FINDING AID] David’s House Compassion Records, 1987-2004 [FINDING AID] Gay Student Organization Files, not dated Spectrum Student Organization Files, not dated Jan Waggoner Suter Papers, 1954-1985 [DIGITAL COLLECTION] Toledo Area Gay and Lesbian Alliance Newsletter, 1983-2019 [FINDING AID] Toledo Lucas County Health Department Collection, 1990-2005 LAST EXHIBIT. Start over
Identifier(s):	ch6animgif (IID)
Subject(s):	War, Soldiers, and Veterans Toledo, Ohio, United States University of Toledo Gender and Sexuality LGBTQ Civic Interests Music, Art, Drama, and Theatre University of Toledo Social Welfare Toledo History Disability History Medicine and Health Municipal Government
Held by:	University of Toledo, Ward M. Canaday Center for Special Collections
Location:	University of Toledo Digital Repository
Rights Statement:	NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES
In Collections:	Protest: Activism and Social Change, 1845-2015 (An exhibition)