Jehan Agrama Collection on the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, Los Angeles (GLAAD/LA)
Coll2008-049
Michael C. Oliveira
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Title: Jehan Agrama collection on the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, Los Angeles (GLAAD/LA)
creator:
Agrama, Jehan
Identifier/Call Number: Coll2008-049
Identifier/Call Number: 549
Physical Description:
4 Linear Feet
4 boxes.
Date (inclusive): 1989-2001
Date (bulk): 1991-1993
Abstract: Correspondence, agendas, notes, minutes, programs, reports, and materials collected by Jehan Agrama in her role as Co-President
and as member of the Board of Directors of the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, Los Angeles (GLAAD/LA), 1989-1994.
The collection includes documents related to the formation of GLAAD/USA, GLAAD Media Awards programs, 1994-2000; and documents
outreach to the Los Angeles Unified School District and Rebuild Los Angeles (RLA) Racial Harmony and Discourse Task Force.
Container: 1
Biography
Jehan Agrama was born in Cairo, Egypt, and attended school in Rome, Italy. In 1976, she came to the United States to attend
college. She earned a bachelor's degree in mathematics from Pomona College, Claremont, and an Honors M.B.A. from the Presidential
Key Executive Program of Pepperdine University. Agrama went on to work in the entertainment industry, where she rose to the
position of Chief Operating Officer of Harmony Gold, an international television production and distribution company with
ancillary merchandising and music divisions.
Agrama was a founder of the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, Los Angeles (GLAAD/LA), serving as the first female
co-president in 1989; she was re-elected in 1990 and 1991. Agrama also contributed to the creation and production of the Annual
GLAAD Media Awards and served as the Co-Chair of the 10th Annual event in 1999. She represented GLAAD/LA on the Executive
Committee of the Mayor's Los Angeles Coalition (formerly Coalition of 100), the Media Image Coalition of Minorities and Women,
and the Racial Harmony and Discourse Task Force of Rebuild LA (RLA). Until 1994, she served on the GLAAD/LA board as Co-Chair
of the Media Outreach Committee. She was elected to the first Emerita position on the board.
In 1992, the Gay & Lesbian Arab Society of Los Angeles honored Agrama with the Knights of the Middle East Award. In 1993,
the Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Community Services Center honored her with their Community Service Award, and Lambda Legal Defense
and Education Fund honored her with their Liberty Award. In the same year she also served as a Community Grand Marshall of
the Christopher Street West (CSW) Pride. She currently (2008) lives with her spouse of over 25 years, Dwora Fried.
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Preferred Citation
Box #, folder #, Jehan Agrama Collection on the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, Los Angeles (GLAAD/LA), Coll2008-049,
ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives, Los Angeles, California.
Processing Information
Collection processed by Michael C. Oliveira, August 2008. Processing this collection has been funded by a generous grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
Scope and Content of Collection
The Jehan Agrama Collection on Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, Los Angeles (GLAAD/LA) consists of six series.
The series are related to her role as Co-President, member of the Board of Directors, and Co-Chair of the Media Outreach Committee.
The collection includes documents related to the formation of GLAAD/USA, outreach to the Los Angeles Unified School District,
and her representation of GLAAD on the Rebuild Los Angeles (RLA) Racial Harmony and Discourse Task Force. Also included are
GLAAD Media Awards Show programs, 1994-2000, and a sample of GLAAD publications, 1989-2001.
Arrangement
The basic arrangement reflects the order in which the files were found, with the board of director files consolidated into
one chronological series.
Separated Material
Guides:
Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation.
Media Guide to the Lesbian and Gay Community. New York City: Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, 1990.
Lesbian Visibility Resource Guide. Open Enterprises, Inc. 1990.
Magazines and Newsletters:
GLAAD Bulletin (New York City) - August/September 1989, October/November 1989, January/February 1990.
GLAAD Dispatch - Volume 3, issue number 8 (August 1996).
GLAAD Images - May/June 1996.
GLAAD Newsletter (New York City) - Fall 1989, Winter 1990, Summer 1990.
GLAAD Notes - Volume 2, number 4 (Winter 2000).
GLAAD Rag (Washington, D.C.) - July 1990, August 1990, September 1990.
Programs:
Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Community Services Center (GLCSC) programs - 1991, 1992, 1993.
Lesbian And Gay Psychotherapy Association of Southern California, Inc. (LAGPA), Second Annual Community Service Award program,
2001.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Toleration -- Study and teaching
Prejudices -- United States
Minorities in mass media
Mass media -- Social aspects -- United States
Discrimination -- United States
Hate crimes -- United States -- Prevention
Hate speech -- United States
Homophobia -- United States -- Prevention
Homosexuality -- Law and legislation -- United States
Mass media and gays -- United States
Mass media -- Political aspects -- United States
Agrama, Jehan
Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Chapter correspondence and press releases Series 1.84157
1989-1994
Physical Description: 11 folders.
Series Scope and Content
The series consists of correspondence from local chapters and the national chapter, including correspondence on the creation
of the national federation, GLAAD/USA. The series also includes press releases from the GLAAD/LA office.
Box 1, Folder 1-2
GLAAD/USA 84170
1990-1993
Box 1, Folder 3
GLAAD/Los Angeles. Letters to the editor 84169
1992
Box 1, Folder 4
GLAAD/Los Angeles. Spanish speaking media 84168
1991-1992
Box 1, Folder 5
GLAAD/New York City 84167
1989-1990
Box 1, Folder 6
GLAAD/Orange County, California 84166
1991
Box 1, Folder 7
GLAAD/San Francisco Bay Area 84165
1990-1992
Box 1, Folder 8
GLAAD/other chapters 84164
1991-1992
Box 1, Folder 9-10
GLAAD/National 84163
1989-1993
Miscellaneous 84159
1990-1994
Box 1, Folder 11
Los Angeles City Task Force on Family Diversity, submitted by Diane Himes, David Link, Linda Poverny
84162
May 20, 1987
Box 1, Folder 11
Rockefeller, Kirwin,
Film and Dream Imagery in Personal Mythology: A Pilot Study Using the Mythic Method
84161
June 1992
Box 1, Folder 11
Rockefeller, Kirwin,
Psychoneuroimmunology and Biopsychological Cofactors of HIV-Spectrum Disease and Long-Term Survivors: A Review of the Literature
84160
September 1992
Box 1, Folder 12
Press releases 84158
1990-1994
GLAAD/LA Board of Directors Series 2.84136
1989-1995
Physical Description: 28 folders.
Series Scope and Content
The GLAAD/LA Board of Directors series contains meeting agendas and minutes, job descriptions, letters of understanding, self-appraisals,
and retreat materials. The retreat folders included materials for the development of a cohesive and enduring organization.
Box 1, Folder 14
Board nominations 84155
1990-1991
Box 1, Folder 15
Co-President 84154
1990-1991
Box 1, Folder 16
Board general information 84153
1990-1992
Box 1, Folder 17
Executive director search 84152
1990-1992
Box 1, Folder 18
Board job-descriptions 84151
1990-1992
Box 1, Folder 19
Board development 84150
1990-1992
Box 1, Folder 20-21
Board retreats 84149
1990-1993
Box 4, Folder 4
Contact information 84148
1990-1995
Box 1, Folder 22
Board profiles 84147
1991
Box 1, Folder 23
Board letters of understanding 84146
1991-1992
Box 1, Folder 24
Board self-appraisals 84145
1991-1992
Box 1, Folder 25-
Board meeting minutes 84144
1991-1992
Box 2, Folder 2
Board application 84143
1991-1993
Box 2, Folder 3
Executive committee 84142
1992
Box 2, Folder 4
Steering committee 84141
1992-1994
Box 2, Folder 5
Organizational structure 84140
circa 1992
Box 2, Folder 6-9
Board meeting minutes 84139
1993
Box 2, Folder 10-12
Board meeting minutes 84138
1994
Box 4, Folder 5-6
Clippings 84137
1988-1994
GLAAD/LA Outreach Series 3.84126
1989-1994
Physical Description: 10 folders.
Series Scope and Content
Agrama served as Co-Chair of the Media Outreach Committee, which provides sensitivity training and meets with media executives.
The series contains sensitivity training information, agendas, notes, and minutes, along with related outreach information
to the Los Angeles Unified School District and the Rebuild Los Angeles (RLA) Racial Harmony and Discourse Task Force.
Box 2, Folder 13
Los Angeles Office of Education 84135
1989-1991
Box 2, Folder 14
Education sub-committee minutes 84134
1991-1993
Box 2, Folder 15
Education sub-committee miscellaneous 84133
1991-1993
Box 2, Folder 16-17
Outreach committee 84132
1990-1993
Box 2, Folder 18
Media Outreach miscellaneous 84131
1991-1993
Box 2, Folder 19
Media Outreach sensitivity training 84130
1992-1993
Box 2, Folder 20
Sensitivity training: request for qualifications 84129
1993
Box 2, Folder 21
Rebuild Los Angeles (RLA) background information 84128
1992-1993
Box 2, Folder 22
Rebuild Los Angeles (RLA) committee materials 84127
1992-1993
Lift the Ban on Gays and Lesbians in the Military Series 4.84118
1993
Physical Description: 7 folders.
Series Scope and Content
In 1993, President Bill Clinton attempted to honor his promise to allow gays and lesbians to serve openly in the United States
military. The series documents GLAAD's efforts in support of lifting the ban; the series consists of statements, press releases,
and event planning documents.
Box 2, Folder 23
Celebrity resolutions 84125
1993
Box 2, Folder 24
Video press conference,
To Support and Defend
84124
1993
Box 2, Folder 25
Military press 84123
1993
Box 2, Folder 26
Lift the ban poster 84122
1993
Box 2, Folder 27
Lesbians in the military 84121
1993
Box 2, Folder 28
Military resolution 84120
1993
Box 3, Folder 1
Military meetings 84119
1993
Awards and Recognition Programs Series 5.84105
1994-2000
Physical Description: 10 folders.
Series Scope and Content
Agrama participated in the creation and production of the GLAAD Media Awards. This series primarily contains programs from
the 1994-2000 Media Awards. The series also contains a draft script of the 1997 Los Angeles Media Awards show, written by
Agrama and Michael B. Keegan, and a copy of
Daily Variety Gotham celebrating the 10th anniversary of the GLAAD Media Awards. Other programs include the 2nd Annual GLAAD Fairness Awards,
and the program from Congregation Kol Ami celebration honoring Peter W. Kraus, MD, Jehan Agrama, and Judge Stephen M. Lachs.
GLAAD Awards Script and Programs 84108
1994-2000
Box 3, Folder 2
Draft of script to Los Angeles awards show by Jehan Agrama and Michael B. Keegan 84117
1997
Box 3, Folder 3
5th Annual Los Angeles Awards program 84116
1994
Box 3, Folder 4
6th Annual Los Angeles Awards programs 84115
1995
Box 3, Folder 5
7th Annual Los Angeles, New York Awards program 84114
1996
Box 3, Folder 6
8th Annual USA and Los Angeles Awards programs 84113
1997
Box 3, Folder 7
9th Annual USA and Los Angeles Awards programs 84112
1998
10th Annual Los Angeles Awards program 84110
1999
Box 4, Folder 7
Daily Variety Gotham
84111
April 16, 1999
Box 3, Folder 9
11th Annual Los Angeles Awards program 84109
2000
Box 3, Folder 10
2nd Annual Fairness Awards in Los Angeles program 84107
1999
Box 3, Folder 11
Congregation Kol Ami Celebrates: Flying Toward a Brighter Future, Honoring Peter W. Kraus, MD, Jehan Agrama, and Judge Stephen
M. Lachs program
84106
1999
GLAAD Publications Series 6.84099
1989-2001
Physical Description: 5 folders.
Series Scope and Content
The series consists of a sample of GLAAD publications including guides, reports, brochures, and flyers created to promote
its goal of accurate and inclusive representations of people and events in the media.
Box 3, Folder 12
Homophobia Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation
84104
1989-1991
Box 3, Folder 13
Lesbian and Gay Images: An Entertainment Media Resource
84103
1995
Box 4, Folder 1
National Media Center Project executive summary 84102
1996
Box 4, Folder 3
Brochures, flyers, and newsletters 84100
1990-2001
