LGBTQ Activism

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 [<a href="https://canadaycenter.utoledo.edu/repositories/2/resources/8" target="_blank" title="Access the finding aid to explore the collection">FINDING AID</a>]
David’s House Compassion Records, 1987-2004 [<a href="https://www.utoledo.edu/library/canaday/findingaids1/MSS-188.pdf" target="_blank" title="Access the finding aid to explore the collection">FINDING AID</a>]
Gay Student Organization Files, not dated
Spectrum Student Organization Files, not dated
Jan Waggoner Suter Papers, 1954-1985 [<a href="https://utdr.utoledo.edu/islandora/object/utoledo%3Ajwsuter" target="_self" title="Access the digital collection">DIGITAL COLLECTION</a>]
Toledo Area Gay and Lesbian Alliance Newsletter, 1983-2019 [<a href="https://canadaycenter.utoledo.edu/repositories/2/resources/5" target="_blank" title="Access the finding aid to explore the collection">FINDING AID</a>]
Toledo Lucas County Health Department Collection, 1990-2005
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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

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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