Keith Kerr uniform

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2023

Descriptive Summary

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

Access

Collection is open for research.

Publication Rights

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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item]. Keith Kerr uniform. Collection Number: 2010-09. GLBT Historical Society

Acquisition Information

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.

Indexing Terms

LGBTQ

Gay men

Veterans

San Francisco Bay Area (Calif.)