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Lobby for Individual Freedom and Equality records
1997-19
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Title: Lobby for Individual Freedom and Equality records
Dates: 1993-1994
Collection Number: 1997-19
Creator/Collector:
Extent: 1 half manuscript box
Repository:
GLBT Historical Society
San Francisco, California 94103
Abstract: This collection contains records related to organizational meetings and business conducted by the Lobby for Individual Freedom
and Equality (LIFE). LIFE's purpose was to represent the LGBT community and people with HIV before the California Legislature.
Language of Material: English
Collection is open for research.
[Identification of item]. Lobby for Individual Freedom and Equality records. Collection Number: 1997-19. GLBT Historical Society
Scope and Content of Collection
This collection contains records related to organizational meetings and business conducted by the Lobby for Individual Freedom
and Equality (LIFE). LIFE's purpose was to represent the LGBT community and people with HIV before the California Legislature.
The materials are arranged chronologically. The collection includes affiliate directories; bylaws; flyers; Board materials,
including meeting agendas and minutes; memos; newsletters; organizational charts; and summaries of bills defended or challenged
by LIFE between 1992 and 1994. Many bill summaries have handwritten notes explaining a bill’s status. The collection also
includes synopses of actions, such as funeral home “sting” operations (which determined how staff treated people who were
making arrangements for someone who died of AIDS). Bill topics include Domestic Partner Registration, Latinos and HIV Prevention,
Women and HIV, Sexual Harassment, Fair Housing, a Domestic Political Terrorism Bill sponsored by Planned Parenthood, Needle
Exchange, Wage Discrimination, Homosexuals in the Military, Wills and Health Facility Visits, and Fair Employment. Politicians
sponsoring bills include Willie Brown, Barbara Lee and Bill Lockyear. GSSO linked terms: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_003201;
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_000521; http://2Fpurl.obolibrary.org/obo/LifO_0000064
Politics and elections
AIDS (disease)
Law