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Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries, University of Southern California
Title: Dean Hansell papers
creator:
Hansell, Dean
Identifier/Call Number: Coll2013-081
Physical Description:
2 Linear Feet
2 Archive Boxes
Date (inclusive): 1974-2010
Date (bulk): bulk
Abstract: The papers document Dean Hansell's involvement with the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation of Los Angeles (GLAAD/LA),
the L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center, and LGBT discrimination dealings with the American Bar Association, Boy Scouts of America,
California Proposition 8, City of Los Angeles, Explorers/Boy Scouts of Southern California, FBI, and Los Angeles Police Department,
bulk 1985-2010. Dean Hansell co-founded GLAAD/LA, served as co-chair of the L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center, and worked as a partner
at the international law firm of Hogan Lovells, among other achievements.
Container: 1
[Box/folder #, or item name] Dean Hansell Papers, Coll2013-081, ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries, University
of Southern California.
Formerly box 102-A073. Collection processed by Kyle Morgan, 2013. Accrual processed by Claire Forsyth, 2016.
Donations made by Dean Hansell on March 2, 2002; October 17, 2004; January 9, 2007; August 29, 2012; November 11, 2012; November
18, 2012; January 26, 2013; June 23, 2014; and May 26, 2015.
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the ONE Archivist. Permission
for publication is given on behalf of ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives at USC Libraries 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.
The collection is open to researchers. There are no access restrictions.
Court records, sexual harassment policies, correspondence, clippings, article and book excerpts, financial statements, tax
records, notes, editorial drafts, media and style guides, and pamphlets documenting Dean Hansell's involvement with the Gay
& Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation of Los Angeles (GLAAD/LA), the L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center, and LGBT discrimination dealings
with the American Bar Association, Boy Scouts of America, California Proposition 8, City of Los Angeles, Explorers/Boy Scouts
of Southern California, FBI, and Los Angeles Police Department, bulk 1985-2010.
Excerpted from the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) Blog: http://www.glaad.org/blog/glaad-co-founder-dean-hansell-receive-founders-award-glaad-media-awards-los-angeles
(accessed on August, 15, 2013).
Dean Hansell was one of co-founders of what became known for many years as GLAAD/LA, and served as co-president for three years. Prior to GLAAD's founding, Dean had been involved with the Anti-Defamation League and the NAACP.... Dean Hansell has served a combined total of 17 years on then GLAAD/LA, and then later, the national GLAAD Board of Directors.
Dean is a Partner in the international law firm of Hogan Lovells (2,100 attorney firm in 40 cities on 4 continents.) He specializes in complex and cutting-edge litigation and arbitration. A former state and federal prosecutor, he has authored more than 25 book chapters and legal journal articles. He has argued before numerous courts including the California Supreme Court, the High Court of American Samoa, and the US Courts of Appeals for the 9th, 8th, 7th and DC Circuits.
Dean served on the Board of Trustees of Denison University, Chairs the UCLA School of Public Health Advisory Board, is the President of the Fire and Police Pension Board for the City of Los Angeles, and serves on the Boards of the California Bar Foundation, the Library Foundation of Los Angeles, the Los Angeles Community College Foundation, the Police Foundation of Los Angeles and the LA Gay & Lesbian Center (former co-Chair). He is a member of the Advisory Boards of the Christopher Isherwood Foundation and the Asian Pacific American Legal Center. Dean was the former Police Commissioner of Los Angeles.
Dean has also received the Distinguished Service Medal from the Los Angeles Board of Police Commissioners, the Herman Humanitarian Award from Beth Chayim Chadashim, the Co-President’s Award from Lawyers for Human Rights, the Alumni Citation from Denison University, and the Humanitarian Award from the Liberty Hill Foundation.
Separated to the ONE periodical, program, pamphlet, and non-LGBT newspaper front page collections
Christopher Isherwood Foundation, no.8, Fall 2006.
e/sa forum-60. "Homosexuality: A Re-examination."
Gardiner, S.L. "Rolling Back Civil Rights: The Oregon Citizens' Alliance at Religious War." Coalition for Human Dignity, 1992.
"Gay in America: An Examiner Special Report."
San Francisco Examiner, June 4, 1989.
GLAAD LA Media Awards programs, April 11, 1992 and March 19, 1994.
More Light Update, Presbyterians for Lesbian & Gay Concerns, v.11, no.6, January 1991.
The Ride of a Lifetime (AIDS/ Lifecycle 5, June 4-10, 2006), January 2006.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Discrimination -- United States
Gay activists -- California -- Los Angeles
Attorney
L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center
Explorers (Boy Scouts)
Hansell, Dean
Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (Los Angeles, Calif.)