1 25 1 https://archives.rainbowhistory.org/files/original/2ec201586d83548e7b3456a9fc82239e.pdf bb9671bdcb4425cbd4c27cee32aa87c2 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource David Aiken Papers (Series II) Description An account of the resource The collection includes many drafts of articles he had written on the issues confronting the LGBT community of the time. They are rough drafts, with typographical errors, handwritten notes and corrections, and numerous rewrites. They are also an important source for the events and issues of the period. His files also contain primary documents, leaflets, and notes of interviews connected with the articles he wrote. Aiken, a local gay activist, member at one time of the Gay Liberation Front and a resident of GLF House (1620 St St. NW), Washington correspondent for The Advocate, was also a member of the Stonewall Nation Media Collective which broadcast the Friends radio show on WGBT and WPFW radio for nine years. His broadcasts on Friends seem to have complemented many of the stories on which he worked. In the mid-Seventies, he chaired the Washington Area Gay Community Council. He also served as a founder of Black and White Men Together's DC chapter and edited its newsletter. The Aiken Articles David Aiken's drafts of articles he submitted to the Advocate and other publications in the 1970s document many of the local and national issues confronting the LGBTQ community of the period. As such, they are an important resource of people, events, and issues for students and researchers. The collection contains Aiken's handwritten interview notes as well. The draft articles are listed below by topic. <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vR7ZGpQXij9EKhAxYVXnkL-5pIo-T66TtXIxK1Zm_fNsBg4nhoimqkQupb3X0CFM1-Frn-mwtBLMuO4/pub" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">VIEW ONLINE FINDING AID</a> Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Aiken, David L. (David Lewis), 1945-1986 Access Rights Information about who can access the resource or an indication of its security status. Access Rights may include information regarding access or restrictions based on privacy, security, or other policies. Some items are online. Open to all people, by appointment, at the <a href="http://www.dchistory.org/research/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">DC History Center.</a> Collection is available for “fair use.” Material may be protected by copyright. <a href="http://dchistory.org/uploads/fa/ms0764.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">VIEW ONLINE FINDING AID</a> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource David Lewis Aiken, 1945-1986 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1971-1986 Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Text Any textual data included in the document. WE ARE HOMOSEXUALS: [retyped from a poor quality original] AS MEMBERS OF THE GAY LIBERATION FRONT WE DENY YOUR RIGHT TO CONDUCT THIS SEMINAR It is precisely such institutions as the Catholic Church and Psychiatry which have created and perpetuated the immorality myths, and stereotypes of homosexuality which we as homosexuals have internalized and from which we now intend to liberate ourselves. As homosexuals struggling to be free, we make the following statements: 1. We demand that you stop examining our homosexuality and become homosexual yourselves. 2. We do not seek acceptance, tolerance, equality, or even entrance into your society with its emphasis on "cock-power" (read male supremacy). LIBERATION THERE WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE. For centuries, this system of power, dominance and possession has produced only genocidal wars, the profound oppression of women and racial minorities, and our own repression as homosexuals. 3. We hold the Catholic Church and the institution of Psychiatry responsible for political crimes committed against homosexuals such as imprisonment, blackmail, beatings, psychological rape, and loss of economic security. WE ALSO FEEL EVERY GAY SUICIDE IS A POLITICAL MURDER! As representatives of the sexist society that daily oppresses us you are incapable of speaking for or defining the quality of our lives. ONLY WE AS HOMOSEXUALS CAN DETERMINE FROM OUR OWN EXPERIENCES WHAT OUR IDENTITY WILL BE … AND THAT WILL HAPPEN IN THE NEW SOCIETY WHICH WE WILL HELP TO BUILD. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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