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Descriptive Summary
Title: George Raya papers
Dates: 1967-1996
Collection Number: 1990-09
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Extent: .4 linear feet
Repository:
GLBT Historical Society
San Francisco, California 94103
Abstract: The George Raya papers document political organizing and social networking within the gay community in California, particularly
during the 1970s and 1980s. In December 1974, Raya became California's first full-time lobbyist for gay rights, a position
he held until June 1976.
Language of Material: English
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Collection is open for research.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item]. George Raya papers. Collection Number: 1990-09. GLBT Historical Society
Acquisition Information
Gift of George M. Raya on July 13, 1996.
Scope and Content of Collection
The George Raya papers document political organizing and social networking occurring within the gay community in California,
particularly during the 1970s and 1980s. In December 1974, Raya became California's first full-time lobbyist for gay rights,
a position he held until June 1976. Raya’s first legislative victory was the passage of AB 489, the bill that decriminalized
sex between consenting adults, which was sponsored by then-California Assemblyman Willie Brown. The collection includes incoming
and outgoing personal and professional correspondence (1967-1994); a program from a gay liberation conference he attended
in Berkeley in 1969 and materials from Raya’s campaign for the ASUC Student Senate at UC-Berkeley in 1973; materials regarding
the “gay issue” in the 1976 presidential campaign and a 1981 Whitehouse Fellowship; photographs, including photos from the
1977 White House Gay National Task Force Conference, where Raya represented the West Coast gay community; subject files on
Latinos and AIDS and an Office of Civil Rights Complaint against the San Francisco Department of Public Health for lack of
bilingual services; printed materials and newsclippings; and some personalia.
GSSO Linked Terms: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_003201; http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_007641; http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_001826
Indexing Terms
Politics and elections
Latinx people
Latinos