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Title: Keith Kerr uniform
Dates: circa 1980s-2000s
Collection Number: 2010-09
Creator/Collector:
Kerr, Keith
Extent: 2 linear feet
Repository:
GLBT Historical Society
San Francisco, California 94103
Abstract: 1 dress uniform jacket belonging to Keith Kerr (1936-2021). Kerr was a retired United States Army Reserve Colonel and, later,
brigadier general in the California State Military Reserve (now the California State Guard). In a 2003 New York Times editorial,
Kerr criticized the U.S. military’s “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” policy and also shared his identity as a gay man.
Language of Material: English
Collection is open for research.
All requests for reproductions and/or permission to publish or quote from material must be submitted in writing to the GLBT
Historical Society Archivist. Permission for reproductions and/or permission to publish or quote from material is given on
behalf of the GLBT Historical Society as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission
of the copyright holder. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use
requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
[Identification of item]. Keith Kerr uniform. Collection Number: 2010-09. GLBT Historical Society
Gift of Keith Kerr on March 11, 2010.
Scope and Content of Collection
1 dress uniform jacket belonging to Keith Kerr (1936-2021). Kerr was a retired United States Army Reserve Colonel and, later,
brigadier general in the California State Military Reserve (now the California State Guard). In a 2003 New York Times editorial,
Kerr criticized the U.S. military’s “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” policy and also shared his identity as a gay man.
LGBTQ
Gay men
Veterans
San Francisco Bay Area (Calif.)