Gay Health Project records
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Title: Gay Health Project records
Dates: 1975-1976
Collection Number: 1997-31
Creator/Collector:
Extent: 1 folder
Repository:
GLBT Historical Society
San Francisco, California 94103
Abstract: 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.
Language of Material: English
Collection is open for research.
[Identification of item]. Gay Health Project records. Collection Number: 1997-31. GLBT Historical Society
Scope and Content of Collection
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
Gay men
Health