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Finding Aid to the Ermanno J. Stingo Papers Coll2014.066
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  • Biographical Note
  • Conditions Governing Use
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  • Preferred Citation
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  • Scope and Content

  • Language of Material: English
    Contributing Institution: ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries, University of Southern California
    Title: Ermanno J. Stingo papers
    creator: Stingo, Ermanno J.
    source: Maysel, Boris
    Identifier/Call Number: Coll2014.066
    Physical Description: 0.1 Linear Feet 1 folder
    Date (inclusive): 1982-1995
    Abstract: The papers consist of biographical information, photographs, programs, and text of speeches and testimony documenting the life of Ermanno J. Stingo and his support of gay and lesbian rights, 1982-1995. A native of New York City, he and his partner, Boris Maysel became increasing involved in the movement. They attended the West Side Discussion group and marched in Pride parades. Stingo also testified a number of times at city hall hearings in support of gay and lesbian rights bills.

    Biographical Note

    Ermanno J. Stingo was born in New York, New York, in 1917. He had his first gay experience at the age of nine with a boy from the neighborhood. He attended the Community College of New York, but had to drop-out to earn money for his family. Later he earned a scholarship to the Arts and Crafts Guild, where he met others like himself. In 1940 Stingo was called by his draft board, but he failed the physical. He eventually moved out of the family home to gain some privacy. In the early 1950s he met Boris Maysel; they remained together until Stingo's death in 1993. Stingo and Maysel were active in the West Side Discussion Group, the Gay Activist Alliance, the Gay and Lesbian Independent Democrats, the organization that would become Parents, Friends of Lesbians And Gays (P-FLAG), and the Coalition for Lesbian and Gay Rights. Later Stingo monitored criminal court cases concerning gays and lesbians for the Chelsea Gay Association (CGA). In 1983 he testified in support of Intro #1, the Gay Rights Bill, in 1984, 1985, and 1986 he also testified at city hall in support of gay and lesbian rights. After fifteen years of struggle he celebrated the passage of the Lesbian and Gay Rights Bill, Local Law 2, on June 05, 1986. He continued his activism, answering the referral phone line of the Bar Association for Human Rights. In 1993 he died after a pro-longed illness.

    Conditions Governing Use

    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

    Gift of Boris Maysel, March 22, 1995.

    Preferred Citation

    [Item] Ermanno J. Stingo Papers, Coll2014-066, ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.

    Processing information

    Collection processed by Michael C. Oliveira, September 2014.

    Scope and Content

    The papers consist of biographical information, photographs, programs, and text of speeches and testimony documenting the life of Ermanno J. Stingo and his support of gay and lesbian rights, 1982-1995. The collection includes programs from Parents, Friends of Lesbians And Gays (P-FLAG), the text and transcripts of testimony provided to various committees at New York City Hall in support of gay and lesbian rights, and a signed commemorative journal documenting the passage of Intro 2, the Lesbian and Gay Right Bill.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    Gay Activists -- New York -- New York
    Photographs
    Souvenir programs
    Stingo, Ermanno J.
    Maysel, Boris