Jeffrey Ruda papers

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2023

Descriptive Summary

Title: Jeffrey Ruda papers

Dates: 1986-1988

Collection Number: 1999-71

Creator/Collector:

Extent: 1 manuscript box

Repository: GLBT Historical Society

San Francisco, California 94103

Abstract: This collection contains materials related to the battle over a 1986 civil rights ordinance in Davis, California that protected LGBT people from discrimination. At the time, it was one of the most sweeping anti-discrimination laws in the country.

Language of Material: English

Access

Collection is open for research.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item]. Jeffrey Ruda papers. Collection Number: 1999-71. GLBT Historical Society

Acquisition Information

Gift of Jeffrey Ruda on September 30, 1999.

Scope and Content of Collection

This collection contains materials related to the battle over a 1986 civil rights ordinance in Davis, California that protected LGBT people from discrimination. At the time, it was one of the most sweeping anti-discrimination laws in the country. The collection includes materials from the First Amendment Coalition (FAC), which tried to eliminate the provisions that protected homosexuals from discrimination, and materials from Citizens for Fairness for Lesbians and Gays (CFLAG), which fought to uphold them. There are also news clippings; essays and letters to the editor in favor of the ordinance from Jeffrey Ruda, a UC-Davis Art History Professor; and LGBT ephemera from UC-Davis and Sacramento. GSSO Linked Terms: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_003201

Indexing Terms

Politics and elections