Collection context
Summary
Background
- Scope and content:
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This collection documents the early efforts of the gay health movement. It contains materials related to the Gay Health Project, which was established in 1975 by the San Francisco Health Department's City Clinic. This innovative program was designed to more effectively reach San Francisco's gay community. Materials include a description of, and press releases about, the project; news clippings about layoffs of project workers; brochures, flyers and information sheets about sexually transmitted diseases, sexual enrichment, mental health and social services for gay people; and information about the gay health movement and homosexuality and public health. There is also a copy of a "San Francisco Survival Manual," produced by the Page Street Survival House with assistance from volunteers at SIR and Vector Magazine. Other local organizations with brochures in the collection include the Whitman-Radclyffe Foundation, the National Sex Forum, Parents of Gay People, the Center for Special Problems and Operation Concern. GSSO Linked Terms: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_001813; http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_000374
Indexed terms
About this collection guide
- Date Prepared:
- 1975-1976
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using Record Express for OAC5 on July 14, 2025, 2:54 p.m.
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Collection is open for research.
- Preferred citation:
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Gay Health Project records. GLBT Historical Society
- Location of this collection:
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989 Market Street, Lower LevelSan Francisco, CA 94103, US
- Contact:
- (415) 777-5455