GLBT Historical Society

Records of the AIDS Legal Referral Panel, an organization that connects people with AIDS (PWA) and volunteer lawyers willing to donate time and expertise in order to assist them. It has been a significant resource for PWA's since its inception. Also Included in this collection is materials from the Women's AIDS Network. The AIDS Legal Referral Panel was founded in 1983 by attorneys Frederick Hertz, Steven Richter, Mark Senick, and Gary James Wood. It was originally a committee of the LGBT organization Bay Area Lawyers for Individual Freedom (BALIF). Hertz, Richter, Senick, and Wood understood that many gay men in …

Institution: GLBT Historical Society

Randy Shilts (1951-1994) was a prominent, openly gay journalist and author. A freelance television and newspaper reporter in the San Francisco Bay Area, Shilts covered issues facing local LGBTQ communities, most notably the AIDS epidemic in the 1980s. Shilts published three books: The Mayor of Castro Street: The Life and Times of Harvey Milk (1982), And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS epidemic (1989), and Conduct Unbecoming: Gays and Lesbians in the U.S. Military, Vietnam to the Persian Gulf (1993). In 1982, Shilts published his first book, The Mayor of Castro Street, about Harvey Milk and LGBT …

Institution: GLBT Historical Society

This collection contains records documenting the founding and activities of the Asian/Pacific AIDS Coalition (A/PAC) from 1987-1995. The collection includes correspondence, press releases and memos; meeting agendas, minutes and reports; grant and loan documents; materials related to outreach and events; materials related to public policy; organizational documents for A/PAC and affiliated organizations; and conference materials.

Institution: GLBT Historical Society

Gilbert Baker was an artist, drag queen, and Sister of Perpetual Indulgence who played the central role in the 1978 creation of the rainbow LGBTQ pride flag. Baker’s collection consists largely of textiles, sewing supplies, art, and audiovisual materials, along with a small number of documents.

Institution: GLBT Historical Society

Daniel Bao is a gay, Chinese-Argentinian American activist, accountant, horn player, and non-profit worker. This digital collection includes a selection of materials accumulated by Bao in the course of his activism and non-profit work while a Stanford student, board member at the Gay Asian Pacific Alliance, and staffer at the Living Well Project and API Wellness. Included are organizational records and ephemera from several Asian American and Pacific Islander LGBT organizations; AIDS education resources; t-shirts; and other materials related to Asian American and LGBT issues.

Institution: GLBT Historical Society

BAAITS was founded in 1998 by community members that organized the International Two-Spirit Gathering in the Bay Area that same year. Bay Area American Indian Two-Spirits (BAAITS) exists to restore and recover the role of Two-Spirit people within the American Indian/First Nations community by creating forums for the spiritual, cultural and artistic expression of Two-Spirit people. BAAITS is a community-based volunteer organization offering culturally relevant activities for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex Native Americans, their families and friends. Bay Area American Indian Two-Spirits comes together to socialize, share and network in an alcohol and drug-free environment.

Institution: GLBT Historical Society

This digital collection contains a selection of records from the Baybrick Inn (also known as the Bay Brick Inn, Clementina’s, or Clementina’s Baybrick Inn), a popular South of Market guest house, bar and club primarily for women that was open from 1982-1987. There are administrative records, including correspondence; publicity materials, including event calendars and press releases; demo tapes and information from the entertainers -- primarily musicians and comedians-- who performed at Bay Brick; and photographs.

Institution: GLBT Historical Society

California Revealed is a State Library initiative to help California’s public libraries, in partnership with other local heritage groups, digitize, preserve, and provide online access to archival materials - books, newspapers, photographs, audiovisual recordings, and more - that tell the incredible stories of the Golden State. We also provide free access and preservation services for existing digital collections for partner organizations with in-house digitization programs. California Revealed is supported by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian.

Institution: GLBT Historical Society

Jean-Baptiste Carhaix (1946-2023) was a French photographer. The collection includes photographs of early members of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, an order of gay and queer nuns who incorporate religious iconography, drag, street theater, and satire in their charitable fundraising, advocacy for LGBTQ rights, and other causes. Also included are images of early AIDS marches and fundraising events.

Institution: GLBT Historical Society

This digital collection documents the life and activism of George Choy, a gay Chinese-American graphic designer and prominent member of Gay Asian Pacific Alliance (GAPA) and GAPA Community HIV Project (GCHP). Correspondence, organizational records, and photographs document Choy’s work with GAPA and GCHP in the early 1990s, including his role in building ties with the Japanese gay rights organization OCCUR. Limited personal materials, including photographs, a resume, and a small folder of correspondence and writing, help to illuminate Choy’s biography.

Institution: GLBT Historical Society