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Coll2013.035
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Title: California Human Rights Advocates records
Identifier/Call Number: Coll2013.035
Contributing Institution:
ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries, University of Southern California
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
4.5 linear feet.
4 archive boxes
Date (bulk): Bulk, 1977-1981
Date (inclusive): 1973-1981
Abstract: California State Legislature bills and resolutions, politician biographies, board of directors meeting minutes and agendas,
press releases, bylaws, articles of incorporation, budget records, correspondence, job descriptions, contracts, fundraising
records, reports, petitions, lobbying and mailing lists, position statements, clippings, lobby and staff reports, court records,
brochures, newsletters, flyers, mock-ups of promotional material, and research records of the California Human Rights Advocates
(CHRA), bulk 1977-1981. CHRA educated elected officials to the needs of their gay and lesbian constituents, lobbied for the
passage of anti-discrimination assembly and senate bills, and battled against the passage of California Proposition 6, The
Briggs Initiative, in 1978.
creator:
California Human Rights Advocates.
This collection is arranged in the following series:
Series 1. Administrative records, 1973-1981
Series 2. California State Legislature bill and resolution records, 1977-1980
Series 3. Politician records, 1979-1981
The introduction of Art Agnos' anti-discrimination employment bill AB 1302 in January 1977 inspired the creation of a state
lobby to advocate for legislation affecting lesbian and gay people. In May 1977, Northern California Human Rights Advocates
and Southern California Human Rights Advocates formed. In January 1978, the northern and southern groups adopted a common
set of bylaws and the first statewide gay lobby was born. California Human Rights Advocates educated elected officials to
the needs of their gay and lesbian constituents, lobbied for the passage of anti-discrimination assembly and senate bills,
and battled against the passage of California Proposition 6, The Briggs Initiative, in 1978.
The collection is open to researchers. There are no access restrictions.
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the ONE Archivist. Permission
for publication is given on behalf of ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives at USC Libraries as the owner of the physical
items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Date and method of acquisition unknown.
[Box/folder #, or item name] California Human Rights Advocates Records, Coll2013-035, ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives,
USC Libraries, University of Southern California.
California State Legislature bills and resolutions, politician biographies, board of directors meeting minutes and agendas,
press releases, bylaws, articles of incorporation, budget records, correspondence, job descriptions, contracts, fundraising
records, reports, petitions, lobbying and mailing lists, position statements, clippings, lobby and staff reports, court records,
brochures, newsletters, flyers, mock-ups of promotional material, and research records of the California Human Rights Advocates,
bulk 1977-1981. Includes records from the Northern California, Southern California, Orange County, and other California county
and district chapters as well as coalition records with groups supportive of gay and lesbian causes.
Gay Rights Guardian, American Civil Liberties Union Lesbian & Gay Rights Chapter newsletter, November 1979, December 1979.
Coalition for Human Rights Newsletter, Santa Barbara, July 1980.
The Community Voice, Wichita Gay Community Association newsletter, October 1977.
Stonewall Speaks, Stonewall Democratic Club newsletter, October 1979.
Formerly boxes 103-055, 103-056, 103-117, and 104-006. Collection processed by Katrina Sire and Kyle Morgan, 2013.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Gays--Law and legislation
Gays--Political activity
Homosexuality--Law and legislation--California
Lobbyists
Political activists--California
Politicians--United States--California