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Finding Aid to the Stonewall Alliance for Youth Long Beach Records, 1981-1993 Coll2014.046
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Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries, University of Southern California
Title: Stonewall Alliance for Youth Long Beach records
creator:
Stonewall Alliance for Youth Long Beach
Identifier/Call Number: Coll2014.046
Physical Description:
0.4 Linear Feet
1 carton.
Date (inclusive): 1981-1993
Abstract: Bylaws, correspondence, meeting minutes, petitions, publicity material, clippings, and other administrative records, 1981-1993,
from the Stonewall Alliance for Youth in Long Beach, California. The Stonewall Alliance for Youth was formed in order to
establish programs in the Long Beach Unified School District that provide information, counseling, and support for gay and
lesbian students.
In 1989, activists from the Long Beach Lambda Democratic Club, an LGBT political group, proposed the establishment of a high
school counseling program for LGBT teenagers in the Long Beach Unified School District (LBUSD). The Committee for Project
10 Long Beach was formed, taking its name from a similar program, Project 10 at Fairfax High School in the Los Angeles Unified
School District. With the support of the ONE in Long Beach Gay and Lesbian Center, and led by gay activist David Newell,
the committee proposed a district-wide program that involved hiring a coordinator to provide LGBT literature, counseling,
and support for all LBUSD high schools. The proposal was rejected in 1991 due to growing opposition from parents, church
leaders, and high school principals. In 1991, the committee changed its name to the Stonewall Alliance for Youth Long Beach
when Project 10's founder revoked the committee's use of the name.
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.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donor and date of acquisition unknown.
[Box/folder #, or item name] Stonewall Alliance for Youth Long Beach Records, Coll2014-046, ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives,
USC Libraries, University of Southern California.
Collection processed by Loni Shibuyama, August 2014.
This collection comprises bylaws, correspondence, meeting minutes, petitions, publicity material, clippings, and other administrative
records, 1981-1993, from the Stonewall Alliance for Youth in Long Beach, California. The bulk of the documents have the original
name of Committee for Project 10 Long Beach, as the Stonewall Alliance for Youth was modelled after Project 10 of the Los
Angeles Unified School District. The materials document activist David Newell and the committee's attempts to establish a
similar program in the Long Beach Unified School District in conjunction with the ONE in Long Beach Gay and Lesbian Center.
Included are correspondence and clippings documenting community endorsements, as well as public opposition; and records documenting
internal conflicts over finances and organizational structure.
The collection is arranged alphabetically.
Project 10 Collection, Coll2013-118, ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.
The following items have been separated to the ONE Archives newsletter collection:
The Chalkboard, Gay and Lesbian Educators of Southern California, Vol. 13, No. 8 (May 1991).
The Project 10 Newsletter, Project 10 Long Beach, Issue 1 (March 1991).
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Bullying in schools -- Prevention
Gay students
High school counselors
Homosexuality and education
Stonewall Alliance for Youth Long Beach
Project 10