Finding Aid to the Dean Hansell papers, 1974-2010
Coll2013-081
Kyle Morgan
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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
Preferred Citation
[Box/folder #, or item name] Dean Hansell Papers, Coll2013-081, ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries, University
of Southern California.
Processing Information
Formerly box 102-A073. Collection processed by Kyle Morgan, 2013. Accrual processed by Claire Forsyth, 2016.
Acquisition
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.
Conditions Governing Use
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.
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open to researchers. There are no access restrictions.
Scope and Contents
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.
Biography
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.)
Box 1, Folder 1
American Bar endowment
1999-2004
Box 1, Folder 2-4
The "Blue Petition": Petition for an Independent Commission on Selective and Prejudicial Enforcement Practices for the Los
Angeles Police Department
circa 1998-2001
Box 1, Folder 5
Boy Scouts of America, anti-discrimination efforts
1992
Box 1, Folder 7
Buttons, photocopies
undated
Separated Materials
Buttons have been separated into the ONE Archives button collection.
Box 2, Folder 8-9
California Proposition 8 challenge:
amici brief
2009
Box 1, Folder 8
Domestic partnership benefits
2005
Box 1, Folder 10-13
Explorers/Boy Scouts of Southern California anti-discrimination case
2000-2008
Box 2, Folder 17
Gay & Lesbian Peace Officers Association
2005
Scope and Contents
Includes draft meeting agendas, bylaws, and a letter of introduction.
Box 1, Folder 14-25
GLAAD
1988-1999
Scope and Contents
Includes administrative records, media and style guides, policy drafts, a staff handbook, financial records, and information
on the early history of the organization.
Box 2, Folder 21
GLAAD - Joan Garry contract
1995-2001
Scope and Contents
Includes, emails, faxes, employee agreements, contracts, and notes.
Box 2, Folder 18-20
GLAAD President Search
2004-2009
Scope and Contents
Contains interview notes, emails, candidate reports as well as proposals, contracts, and invoices with search consulting firms.
Box 2, Folder 1-4
Los angeles Gay & Lesbian Community Services Center
1989-2010
Scope and Contents
Includes administrative records, court records of a case against the IRS, and a strategic plan.
Box 2, Folder 22-23
Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Community Services Center v. IRS
2006-2007
Box 1, Folder 26
Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund v. City of Los Angeles
1999-2000
Box 1, Folder 27-31
Los Angeles City Bar Association Committee on Sexual Orientation Bias
1994
Box 1, Folder 32
LeBoef, Lamb, Greene & MacRae, LLP, sexual harrassment policy and training materials
1996
Box 2, Folder 5
March on Washington signage comps by Jason Murakawa
1993
Box 2, Folder 6
Mayor Richard Riordan event
1991
Box 2, Folder 7
National 4-H Council Board governance policies
2006
Box 2, Folder 19
Gay & Lesbian Task Force of the Fellowship of Reconciliation
1987-1988
Box 2, Folder 11-12
Judaism, Spirituality, and Homosexuality
1987-1993, 2006
Physical Description: [2 folders]
Box 2, Folder 13
Los Angeles Police Department
1974-2000
Box 2, Folder 14
No on Proposition 64 (LaRouche initiative)
1985-1986
Box 2, Folder 16
Subject files, general topic
undated
