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Boone (James) and Joseph Bocuzzo Papers
Coll2015.003
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Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries, University of Southern California
Title: James Boone and Joseph Bocuzzo Papers
creator:
Boone, James L.
creator:
Bocuzzo, Joseph
Identifier/Call Number: Coll2015.003
Physical Description:
2.4 Linear Feet
2 archive boxes + 1 archive carton
Date (inclusive): 1977-1991
Abstract: Correspondence, meeting minutes, reports, city and state referendums and bills, surveys, clippings, notes, campaign donation
records, and flyers documenting the gay rights activism of James Boone and Joseph Bocuzzo, 1977-1991. The collection primarily
details the effort from 1985-1989 to implement and defend a City of Irvine human rights ordinance which prohibited discrimination
based on sexual orientation.
Separated to the ONE periodical collection:
Coalition for Human Rights, v.1, no.1, September-October 1977
Lesbian & Gay Rights Chapter, June 1986
NAMBLA Bulletin, v.6, no.6, July-August 1985
NAMBLA/LA Newsletter, February 1986, April 1986
The New Day, Dignity Orange County, August 1976 - January 1984 (52 issues)
Orange County Coalition for Human Rights, v.1, no.1, October 1979.
Separated to the ONE pamphlet collection:
National Democratic Policy Committee. A vote for Proposition 64 Could Save the Life of Someone in your Family. 1986.
Separated to the ONE poster collection:
"No 6 Fight Bigotry." Catholics for Human Dignity. Design by Jim Fleck.
"Vote No on Prop. 6, Protect Quality Education. Proteja la Calidad de Educacion. Nov. 7."
"When your rights are on the ballot, get your body into the voting booth. Register to Vote Today. Deadline: October 7." San
Franciscans against Proposition 6, Treasurer Tim Sweeney, poster by Rivaldo Pabich Associates.
Separated to the ONE sticker collection:
"Stop Briggs No on 6." No On 6 Committee, San Francisco.
Collection processed from boxes 103-148, 103-149, 103-152, 103-153, 103-154. Processed by Kyle Morgan, 2015.
James (Jim) Boone was a gay rights activist based out of Irvine, California. From 1986-1988, he was a member of Irvine's Committee
on Human Rights and of Irvine's Committee to Draft a Human Rights Ordinance, which provided discrimination protection for
gay and lesbian people. He was on the advisory board of Irvine Citizens United which battled a repeal effort of Irvine's human
rights ordinance in the November 1989 election. In the late 1970s, he was a member of the Coalition for Human Rights in Orange
County, and in 1980, was a co-chair of the Citizens Committee for Human Rights in Orange County. He was involved in numerous
gay rights causes, including No on 6 (Briggs Initiative, 1978), No on 64 (LaRouche Initiative, 1986), and California Assembly
Bill No.1 (to include sexual orientation in anti-discrimination legislation, 1984). He was involved in Dignity and was a board
member in 1978. Joseph Bocuzzo was a member of the Citizens Committee for Human Rights in Orange County in 1980 and became
treasurer of Irvine Citizens United in 1989. James Boone and Joseph Bocuzzo shared a house in Irvine.
Correspondence, meeting minutes, reports, city and state referendums and bills, surveys, clippings, notes, campaign donation
records, and flyers documenting the gay rights activism of James Boone and Joseph Bocuzzo, 1977-1991. The collection primarily
details the effort from 1985-1989 to implement and defend a City of Irvine human rights ordinance which prohibited discrimination
based on sexual orientation.
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.
The collection is open to researchers. There are no access restrictions.
[Box/folder #, or item name] James Boone and Joseph Bocuzzo Papers, Coll2015-003, ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, USC
Libraries, University of Southern California.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Date and method of acquisition unknown.
The collection is arranged in alphabetical order.
Lisa Kaye Papers, Coll2013-083, ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Gay activists -- California -- Orange County
Gay community
Gay rights -- California
Boone, James L.
Bocuzzo, Joseph
Boone, James L.
Bocuzzo, Joseph