Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Gayer, Richard L.
- Abstract:
- Extent:
- 1 linear foot (1 carton)
- Language:
- Preferred citation:
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Richard Gayer papers. GLBT Historical Society
Background
- Scope and content:
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Papers of gay attorney and activist Richard "Dick" Gayer. The bulk of the collection consists of legal briefs and decisions, dating from the 1970s to the 1990s, related to federal security clearance and sexual orientation. Also included are materials documenting Gayer’s efforts to secure the inclusion of Gay Guns/Minutepersons, a gay firearms group, in the 1982 International Lesbian & Gay Freedom Day Parade; as well as materials related to Gayer's case against the California DMV over its denial of his proposed license plate reading "GAYLIB." These materials were recovered from the garbage. According to the collection donor, Gayer “left his house to a church and they just threw everything into the alley, where I took some of it.”
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of Stephen Kilar, June 2024.
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- Gay men
LGBTQ
Law - Places:
- San Francisco (Calif.)
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Collection is open for research.
- Terms of access:
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All requests for reproductions and/or permission to publish or quote from material must be submitted in writing to the GLBT Historical Society Archivist. Permission for reproductions and/or permission to publish or quote from material is given on behalf of the GLBT Historical Society as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
- Preferred citation:
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Richard Gayer papers. GLBT Historical Society
- Location of this collection:
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989 Market Street, Lower LevelSan Francisco, CA 94103, US
- Contact:
- (415) 777-5455