Arlington Virginia Gay Alliance Newsletter, 1988 January
Virginia Gay Alliance Arlington Virginia Gay Alliance Arlington Gay and Lesbian Alliance
Includes an article on racial divide (black-white tension) in gay community; a review of 1987 activities; letters from the leadership.
Arlington Virginia Gay Alliance Christine De Joy Fred Parris
January 1988, Vol. 5. No. 1.
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Arlington Virginia Gay Alliance Newsletter, 1988 November
Articles include coverage of the candidate forums and election guidance; the upcoming discussion to include L in the groups title for "Lesbian," hearings on AIDS, and other policy discussions.
Arlington Virginia Gay Alliance Fred Parris Christine DeJoy
November 1988, Vol. 5, No. 11
Arlington Gay and Lesbian Alliance Newsletter, 1989 March
Discusses the amendments to the Human Rights ordinance, including full text of proposed amendment on sexual orientation.
Arlington Virginia Gay Alliance Christine De Joy Fred Parris Lee Stinnett
March 1989
Arlington Gay and Lesbian Alliance Newsletter, 1990 August
Announces a gay television show on local Arlington life; Virginians for Justice; distribution of The Washington Blade at Virginia libraries; and the membership picnic.
August 1990
Arlington Virginia Gay Alliance Newsletter, 1987 October
Discusses arrangements for the 1987 March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights; police training; sex ed in curriculum; and candidate surveys for elections.
Arlington Virginia Gay Alliance Chris De Joy Fred Parris
October 1987, Vol. 4., No. 7
Oral history interview with Moses Mworeko Kushaba, 1979-
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Oral history interview with Jill Strachan, 1949 -
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26 October 2014
Lesbians--United States Gay liberation movement--United States
Motive, Inc.
1972
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"Stepping Out: A Celebration of the Interfaith History of LGBT Welcoming and Affirming in Metropolitan DC, MD, and VA" Panel Discussion
DC Center Faith coordinated an interfaith celebration of the history of D.C. area welcoming and affirming congregations. The celebration highlighted the longevity and momentum of LGBT Welcoming Movement from its beginnings to its powerful present. Milestone moments were submitted in advance, and a DRAFT timeline was created in advance and circulated amongst participants. It was then reviewed, augmented to, and will be the core for future documentation. LISTEN ONLINE Part 1 of 1
Rev. Eric Eldritch DC Center Faith Rainbow History Project Westminster Presbyterian Church
16 November 2014 Westminster Presbyterian Church, SW, DC
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Oral history interview with Lynne Brown, 1955 -
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9 December 2014
1974- 2014 Brown focuses on her business career at the Washington Blade newspaper, and begins with a description of her ancestral ties to North America's early European settlers. She came out as a lesbian in 1974 at Syracuse University, where she found strong acceptance partly rooted in the period's feminist politics. Brown moved to DC in 1977 in search of a local lesbian community she had started to discover through a college girlfriend and the publication "off our backs." She joined a car dealership and met the local activist Mary-Helen Mautner as a customer; Mautner introduced the young saleswoman to lesbian gathering places including the Owl and Tortoise, the Bachelor's Mill and Phase 1, and to several feminist theorists behind the journal,"Quest: A Feminist Quarterly." Brown became involved with groups that included the Lesbian and Gay Chorus of Washington, the DC Area Feminist Chorus (later renamed Bread and Roses), and the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, where she served as treasurer on the board of directors. The Blade hired Brown for an advertising sales role in 1984, after she had returned to DC from a costly one-year stay in San Diego with another girlfriend. Shannon Rodes, the sales manager who recruited Brown, soon resigned from her position so the women could begin a relationship that remains ongoing. Brown discusses the Blade office's culture; the classified section's critical role in connecting readers over the 1980s and 1990s; and the struggle to sustain revenue as Craigslist and social media applications gained prominence. She touches intermittently on subjects that include local Pride celebrations in the 1980s; the prominent gay nightclub Tracks; ambivalence over her business career as an avowed critic of capitalist institutions; and business disruptions linked to the 2001 anthrax mailings. The firm Window Media purchased the Blade from the newspaper's employees in May 2001, and Brown details an intensive staff and community campaign to save the newspaper after the company moved to halt its publication in November 2009. They published as the "D.C. Agenda" until April 2010, when staff members retook ownership of the "Blade" brand. She concludes by considering the future of newspapers and of "the gay community," and by describing efforts to digitize the Blade's sizable archive.
Oral history interview with Vincent E. Slatt, 1979 -
15 November 2014
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2003-2014 Vincent Slatt was born in Indiana on March 26, 1979. In this Rainbow History Project (RHP) oral history Slatt discusses his background, relocation to the Washington, DC, area, and his work in DC’s gay community. Interests in languages and research opportunities in Poland led Slatt to the district in 2003. Slatt describes arriving around the time of Capital Pride 2003, his involvement as a Capital Pride volunteer, and his work on planning committees in subsequent years. Slatt worked on Pride from 2004-2008—years in which the Whitman-Walker Clinic (clinic) sponsored and planned the event. Slatt was a founding member of Capital Pride Alliance (CPA), the organization that organized Capital Pride when the clinic selected a non-profit to take over managing the event. Slatt discusses volunteering for the planning committee for Capital Pride 2008 and his involvement in creating the successful CPA proposal in response to the clinic’s 2007 request for proposals to take over management of Capital Pride. Slatt also describes his three year term (2008-2011) as secretary on the CPA board of directors. In 2013 Slatt began volunteering with the Rainbow History Project, a membership organization committing to documenting the district’s gay community. Slatt discusses RHP collections (e.g. Cheryl Spector’s personal papers), public events, and community programs.
Oral history interview with Jodi Morrison, 1945 -
1970s-1980s. Jodi Morrison is a trans woman who came to DC as Joey Morrison in 1972. In this interview she discusses her involvement with the DC LGBT community in the 70s and 80s, describing many bars, clubs and restaurants where LGBT individuals gathered. She also discusses her service in the US Navy before coming to live in DC, as well as her transition from male to female, which she began while living in DC and continued after she left DC in the 80s.
Declaration of Gay and Lesbian Pride Week in the District of Columbia Resolution of 1982
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Secretary to the Council Vivien R. Cunningham
6 April 1982 Resolution 4-448
Gay and Lesbian Pride Week Declaration Resolution of 1984
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Gay and Lesbian Pride Week Declaration Resolution of 1986
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27 May 1986 Resolution: 6-674
Gay Community Center of the District of Columbia's 5th Anniversary Recognition Resolution of 1983
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26 April 1983 Resolution: 5-121
Seventh Anniversary Celebration of the Gay Community Center Resolution of 1985
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14 May 1985 Resolution: 6-140
Gay Liberation Front-DC member Steve Behrens
Gay Liberation Front (Washington, D.C.)
David Aiken
c. 1971
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Former members of Gay Liberation Front-DC
Former Gay Liberation Front-DC members at City Center 55th Street Theater [now known as New York City Center, 131 W. 55th St.]
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Theodore Kirkland at Christopher Street Liberation Day
Christopher Street Liberation Day (New York City)
likely 1971
Gay activist Frank Kameny and Gay Liberation Front member Theodore Kirkland
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Gay Liberation Front-DC members and others at Christopher Street Liberation Day parade
Christopher Street Liberation Day
At least two members of Gay Liberation Front-DC march with others in Christopher Street Liberation Day parade, likely 1974
likely 1974
Bruce Pennington of Gay Liberation Front-DC participating in the Christopher Street Liberation Day parade in New York City
Christopher Street Liberation Day parade
Outside of Bill's Flower Market, heading north up 6th Ave. at 28th Street
1971