Collection contains materials – correspondence, photographs, newspaper clippings, ephemera, and published materials – that document the years 1968 to 2022 in the life of Sacramento attorney and LGBTQ activist George M. Raya.

George M. Raya was born in Sacramento, California, on April 23, 1949. While attending Sacramento High School, he co-founded the Mexican American Youth Association which was designed to encourage Mexican American youth to attend college. After graduation in 1968, Raya enrolled at Sacramento State College. While there – and after coming out at the age of 18 – he co-founded the Society for Homosexual Freedom and, in 1970, joined the Young People's Socialist League. That June, Raya was elected to the Sacramento County Democratic Central Committee. He earned a degree in Government from Sacramento in 1972, making him the first member of his family to graduate from college.

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