Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Gil Mangaoang papers
- Dates:
- 1962-2015
- Creators:
- Mangaoang, Gil, Jr. (Guillermo Bernabe), 1947-
- Abstract:
- Gil Mangaoang is a Filipino American gay man from California who has been an activist for over 40 years in LGBTQ, AIDS/HIV, racial and social justice movements. He has worked with, volunteered with, or consulted, numerous non-profit and advocacy organizations including Asian Pacific AIDS Intervention Team (APAIT), Katipunan ng mga Demokratikong Pilipino (KDP, or Union of Democratic Filipinos), Kalayaan Collective, Search to Involve Pilipino Americans (SIPA), Black and White Men Together (BWMT), Gay Asian Pacific Support Network (GAPSN), among others. The collection includes papers and photographs documenting his activism, as well as his personal life, including his travels.
- Extent:
- 11.7 Linear Feet 14 boxes.
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
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[Box/folder #, or item name] Gil Mangaoang Papers, Coll2019-007, ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Gil Mangaoang is a Filipino American gay man from California who has been an activist for over 40 years in LGBTQ, AIDS/HIV, racial and social justice movements. He has worked with, volunteered with, or consulted, numerous non-profit and advocacy organizations including Asian Pacific AIDS Intervention Team (APAIT), Katipunan ng mga Demokratikong Pilipino (KDP, or Union of Democratic Filipinos), Search to Involve Pilipino Americans (SIPA), Black and White Men Together, Gay Asian Pacific Support Network (GAPSN), among others. His activism papers document these activities starting in 1972 when he joined the KDP, through the 1990s-2000s when he worked in HIV/AIDS education and advocacy. His personal papers include materials related to his education, world travels, military service, personal life, erotica, hobbies and other interests.
A significant portion of the collection includes photo albums and photographs documenting his life, travels, military service, and family; as well as outreach events, protests, and other activities related to the various organizations in which Mangaoang was involved.
The collection also includes audiocassettes, VHS videocassettes, and realia.
- Biographical / historical:
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Guillermo Bernabe (Gil) Mangaoang, Jr., was born in San Francisco, California on March 22, 1947.
He served in the US Air Force during the Vietnam War. Following his discharge in 1970, Mangaoang attended City College of San Francisco where his Filipino American identity and his activism started taking shape. Mangaoang soon joined the leftist organization, the Kalayaan Collective. After Kalayaan folded, he became an early member of Katipunan ng mga Demokratikong Pilipino (KDP), the first revolutionary Filipino nationalist group in the United States. Throughout the 1970s, Mangaoang was active in KDP and a regular member of the leadership in the KDP Oakland headquarters.
By 1985, Mangaoang moved to Hawaii, where he found a job working at Life Foundation, an HIV/AIDS service organization in Honolulu. He held a variety of roles in HIV/AIDS education and advocacy work for this small, volunteer-run organization, and was active in Honolulu's gay and progressive communities.
Mangaoang moved to Los Angeles in the late-1980s, and eventually attended Loyola Marymount University, where he received a BA in Urban Studies in 1994. By the mid-1990s, Mangaoang would would continue his work around HIV/AIDS education and advocacy, particularly in the Asian American community. He worked for Asian Pacific AIDS Intervention Team (APAIT) for several years, and was integral in the Filipino AIDS Task Force through the Search to Involve Pilipino Americans (SIPA). He would remain active in HIV/AIDS, LGBT and Asian American advocacy work until retirement.
In 1976, Mangaoang began a relationship with Juan Lombard, who would become his life partner. As of 2020, Mangaoang and Lombard continue to live in Los Angeles.
Sources:
Gil Mangaoang Papers, Coll2019-007, ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.
Wat, Eric C. Love Your Asian Body: AIDS Activism in Los Angeles. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2021.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of Gil Mangaoang, February 27, 2014.
- Processing information:
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Collection processed by Peter Park, 2020.
- Arrangement:
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This collection is divided into five series: (Series 1) Activism papers, (Series 2) Personal papers, (Series 3) Photo albums and photographs, (Series 4) Audio and video, and (Series 5) Realia.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
About this collection guide
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-06-10 17:29:07 -0700 .
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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The collection is open to researchers. There are no access restrictions.
- Terms of access:
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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.
- Preferred citation:
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[Box/folder #, or item name] Gil Mangaoang Papers, Coll2019-007, ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.
- Location of this collection:
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909 West Adams BoulevardLos Angeles, CA 90007, US
- Contact:
- (213) 821-2771