Orange County Group documents on gays and homosexuality, 1974-1977
Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Orange County Group
- Abstract:
- This collection consists of photocopies of several internal documents from the Orange County Group, a Marxist-Leninist study group that formed within and eventually broke its ties with the August 29th Movement. Documents include "Towards the development of the correct Marxist-Leninist position on the Gay question," 35 pp., "On the relation of the sexes," 10 pp., "The Gay Question," 7 pp., a theoretical document that begins "Sexual relations need redefining," 2 pp., and three stapled packets of photocopied published documents. The documents were kept together by an unidentified activist.
- Extent:
- 0.1 Linear Feet (1 folder)
- Language:
- Collection materials are in English.
- Preferred citation:
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Orange County Group Documents on Gays and Homosexuality. MS-R156. Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California. Date accessed.
For the benefit of current and future researchers, please cite any additional information about sources consulted in this collection, including permanent URLs, item or folder descriptions, and box/folder locations.
Background
- Scope and content:
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This collection consists of photocopies of several internal documents from the Orange County Group, a Marxist-Leninist study group that formed within and eventually broke its ties with the August 29th Movement. Documents include "Towards the development of the correct Marxist-Leninist position on the Gay question," 35 pp., missing title page, otherwise complete; "On the relation of the sexes," 10 pp.,; "The Gay Question," 7 pp., writing in margins has been blotted out but is barely legible; a theoretical document that begins "Sexual relations need redefining," 2 pp., and two stapled packets of photocopied published documents including a debate about the Venceremos Brigade adapting to Cuban mores regarding gays and William Hinton's perspective on the gay question in China. Some of these materials may have been issued by other organizations, but the documents were kept together in a folder by an unidentified activist.
- Biographical / historical:
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The Orange County Group was a Marxist-Leninist study group that formed within and eventually broke from the August 29th Movement (ATM), a Chicano communist organization that took its name from the historic August 29, 1970 Chicano Moratorium demonstration against the Vietnam War in Los Angeles, California. According to Orange County Group documents, the group decided to break its ties with the ATM when "ATM directed the leader of our study group to expel the gay comrades in our group." The group's writings argued for the removal of existing negative attitude towards gay issues in the Marxist-Leninist movement.
- Acquisition information:
- Acquired, 2012.
- Processing information:
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Processed by Audra Eagle Yun, 2012.
- Arrangement:
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This collection is not arranged.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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The collection is open for research.
- Terms of access:
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Property rights reside with the University of California. Literary rights are retained by the creators of the records and their heirs. For permissions to reproduce or to publish, please contact the Head of Special Collections and Archives.
- Preferred citation:
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Orange County Group Documents on Gays and Homosexuality. MS-R156. Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California. Date accessed.
For the benefit of current and future researchers, please cite any additional information about sources consulted in this collection, including permanent URLs, item or folder descriptions, and box/folder locations.
- Location of this collection:
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P.O. Box 19557Irvine, CA , US
- Contact:
- (949) 824-3947