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Committee for Homosexual Freedom (San Francisco) Collection
Coll2011-028  
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  • Historical Note
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  • Processing Information
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  • Language of Material: English
    Contributing Institution: ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries, University of Southern California
    Title: Committee for Homosexual Freedom (San Francisco) Collection
    creator: Committee for Homosexual Freedom (San Francisco)
    Identifier/Call Number: Coll2011-028
    Physical Description: 0.1 Linear Feet [3 folders]
    Date (inclusive): 1969-1980
    Date (bulk): bulk
    Abstract: Press statements, seminar outline, correspondence, photographs, clippings, flyers, legal documents, notes and other material documenting the activities of the Committee for Homosexual Freedom (CHF) in San Francisco, 1969-1980, which protested employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. The collection includes photographs of demonstrations in San Francisco and Los Angeles.
    Container: 1-3

    Historical Note

    The Committee for Homosexual Freedom (CHF) was a radical gay and lesbian rights organization founded in San Francisco in April 1969 by gay activists Leo E. Laurence and Gayle Whittington. Both were fired by their employers (respectively, a radio station and a freight company, State Steamship Line) after a photo of them embracing was published by the countercultural newspaper the Berkeley Barb. The CHF organized public protests in San Francisco against State Steamship Line, then went on to introduce a "declaration of policy concerning sexual freedom and homosexual employment rights" as a San Francisco municipal ballot measure that, if passed, would have banned discrimination in employment on the basis of sexual orientation.

    Access

    Contact ONE archivist regarding access restrictions.

    Publication Rights

    Contact ONE archivist regarding access restrictions.

    Preferred Citation

    Committee for Homosexual Freedom (San Francisco) Collection, Coll2011-028, ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, Los Angeles, California

    Processing Information

    Processing this collection has been funded by a generous grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
    In order to provide access to this collection, minimal processing on this collection was expedited in 2011. Date spans were given wherever possible, but do not reflect the most accurate inclusive dates.

    Separated Materials

    Newsletters from the Committee for Homosexual Freedom have been separated from the collection and entered into ONE Archives' periodicals collection.

    Scope and Content

    Press statements, seminar outline, correspondence, photographs, clippings, flyers, notes and other material documenting activities of the Committee for Homosexual Freedom (CHF), a radical gay rights group founded in San Francisco, 1969-1970. CHF began by staging public demonstrations protesting employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, then went on to place on the San Francisco municipal ballot a "declaration of policy concerning sexual freedom and homosexual employment rights" which, if passed, would have banned discrimination in employment on the basis of sexual orientation. The collection includes photographs of demonstrations in San Francisco and Los Angeles.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    Gay and lesbian rights -- United States -- California
    Homosexuality -- Political aspects -- United States
    Demonstrations
    Discrimination in employment
    Committee for Homosexual Freedom (San Francisco)