Items include flyers, brochures, press releases, programs, and miscellaneous items for a variety of gay and lesbian organizations, mainly in the area of Portland, Oregon, with a small amount of information from Seattle. Included is an organizing manual for the group RATS (Radical Activist Truth Squad), which later merged with ACTUP/Portland. The organizations deal mainly with civil rights and AIDS issues, but also included is information on the Portland Gay Men's Chorus. Some information is included on the Oregon Citizens Alliance and Measure 9 from 1992, the anti-Gay amendment, as well as the Right to Privacy PAC and No on 9. See Mss 2988-3 for much more detailed information on Measure 9.
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Gay and Lesbian Organizations Collection, Mss 2988-4, Oregon Historical Society Research Library
Gay and Lesbian Archives of the Pacific Northwest.
Acquired from an anonymous donor via the Gay and Lesbian Archives of the Pacific Northwest.
The following materials were separated to the Artifact Collections, Oregon Historical Society
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The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.
Includes miscellaneous flyers, press releases, meeting notes, and other material about the organization. This group formed from a merger of ACTUP/Portland and RATS (Radical Action Truth Squad).
Includes news clippings, resource lists, flyers, and other miscellaneous material not easily identifiable as pertaining to a particular group.
Listing of organizations (with addresses and telephone numbers) of Gay and Lesbian organizations throughout the United States. Includes a number of organizations in Oregon and Washington. Dated February 1, 1973, with errata and addenda dated March 1, 1973.
Report of Lesbian Community Project documenting anti-Gay harassment and violence in the Portland area, July-December 1981.
Two undated newspapers of the OCA urging support for Measure 9. (Also see Mss 2988-3, Right to Privacy PAC and No on 9).
"Fact Sheet on Homosexuality" stamped with "Portland Gay Liberation Front,", undated, and Portland Gay Liberation Front newsletter, early 1970s.
Financial donation envelope and season brochures.
Program brochures and cassette tape of "Zillions".
Program brochures.
Tickets to "Men in Lights," November 20, 1994.
Flyer titled "Believe It Queer Nation".
Includes miscellaneous flyers, notes, organizational rules, and other material about the organization (1992-1993). Also includes material on the Oregon Health Plan, particularly as it relates to AIDS (1990-1992).
Materials from a three-ring binder.
Arranged in binder order.
Flyer for conference in Beaverton, Oregon.
Flyers concerning the impact of Ballot Measure 9 on AIDS programs. (Also see Mss 2988-3, Right to Privacy PAC and No on 9).
Calendar showing Gay and Lesbian families. Photography by Geoff Manasse Photography of Seattle.
Book with listings of bars, bathhouses, and organizations throughout the United States. Also includes narrative on each state, giving political and social information related to Gay rights. Includes information on Oregon, Washington, and Idaho. Author: John Francis Hunter (New York: Stonehill Publishing, 1972).
Press release regarding Arizona Senator John McCain's speech to the Oregon Citizens Alliance, August 30, 1993. (Also see Mss 2988-3, Right to Privacy PAC and No on 9.)
Includes flyers and peel-off stickers urging opposition to Measure 9 and negative flyers about Lon Mabon and Scott Lively, two leaders of the Oregon Citizens Alliance, the organization promoting Measure 9. (Also see Mss 1988-3, Right to Privacy PAC and No on 9).
Includes miscellaneous information about the Oregon Health Plan, mainly as it relates to AIDS.
Seattle area AIDS Resources listing (1990) and QSPIN (Queer Seattle Public Information Network) press release (1992).