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Title: San Francisco Pride at Work records
Date (inclusive): 1998-2012
Date (bulk): 2007-2012
Creator:
Pride at Work. San Francisco Pride at Work
Physical Description:
7.25 Cubic Feet
(12 boxes and 2 oversize folders of textual materials, artifacts,13 CDs and 1 USB flash drive)
Collection number: larc.ms.0418
Accession number: 2017/004
Repository:
Labor Archives and Research Center
J. Paul Leonard Library, Room 460
San Francisco State University
1630 Holloway Ave
San Francisco, CA 94132-1722
(415) 405-5571
larc@sfsu.edu
Abstract: The records of San Francisco Pride at Work (SFPAW) contain papers, artifacts, and digital content which document and illustrate
the mission, campaigns, projects, ideas, and activities of the often irreverent group of LGBTQ activists. SFPAW, a self-described
non-hierarchical, anti-authoritarian, radical queer organization, sought, through direct action, to build coalitions between
organized labor and the LGBTQ community around social and economic justice issues.
Physical Location: Materials are stored offsite; requires advance notice.
Languages: Languages represented in the collection: English.
Collection is open for research. A few documents have been restricted to protect personal identifiable information. Access
restrictions are noted at the file level. Please contact the Director of the Labor Archives and Research Center for more information.
Copyright has not been assigned to the Labor Archives and Research Center. All requests for permission to publish or quote
from materials must be submitted in writing to the Director of the Archives. Permission for publication is given on behalf
of the Labor Archives and Research Center 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 by the reader.
[Identification of item], San Francisco Pride at Work Records, larc.ms.0418, Labor Archives and Research Center, San Francisco
State University.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated By Molly Anne Goldberg, 2017 (2017/004).
The collection is arranged into the following series: Series 1: Administrative Materials, 1998-2012; Series 2: Campaigns
and Projects, 2007-2012; Series 3: Artifacts, 2007-2012.
History of San Francisco Pride at Work
San Francisco Pride at Work (SFPAW), was a membership-based organization of queers for economic and social justice in San
Francisco. Probably formed between 2006-2007, SFPAW was the San Francisco chapter of the National Pride at Work organization,
which became an official affiliated constituency group of the AFL-CIO in 1997. An almost entirely volunteer-run organization,
SFPAW was the LGBTQ arm of the Bay Area labor movement, actively campaigning to protect workers' rights and defending queer
justice in the workplace. The organization is sometimes referred to by the name HAVOQ (Horizontal Alliance of Very Organized
Queers). SFPAW's central enterprise was the Queer Youth Organizing Project (QYOP), which was renamed HAVOQ in 2009 and subsequently
used as an alternative name for the organization. Internal divisions led to the demise of SFPAW/HAVOQ in late 2012/2013.
The records of San Francisco Pride at Work (SFPAW) contain papers, artifacts, and digital content which document and illustrate
the mission, campaigns, projects, ideas, and activities of the often irreverent group of LGBTQ activists. SFPAW, a self-described
non-hierarchical, anti-authoritarian, radical queer organization, sought, through direct action, to build coalitions between
organized labor and the LGBTQ community around social and economic justice issues. The materials in this collection reflect
those issues that were central to the group, including workers' and tenants' rights, healthcare, immigrant justice, and gender
nonconformity. Some of the material in the collection is in Spanish.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Pride at Work. San Francisco Pride at Work
Horizontal Alliance of Very Organized Queers
Sexual minorities -- Political activity -- California -- San Francisco.
Sex discrimination in employment -- Law and legislation -- California -- San Francisco.
Gay rights -- California -- San Francisco.
Transgender people -- Civil rights -- California -- San Francisco.
Gender nonconformity -- California -- San Francisco.
Immigrants -- Civil rights -- California -- San Francisco.
Human rights advocacy -- California -- San Francisco.
Political posters
Banners