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Title: Steve Ginsburg papers
Dates: 1972-1974
Collection Number: 1990-17
Creator/Collector:
Extent: .1 linear feet (2 folders)
Repository:
GLBT Historical Society
San Francisco, California 94103
Abstract: The Steve Ginsburg papers document his activities as a founder of Chutzpah (later Achvah), the first gay Jewish group on the
West Coast , and as Parade Co-Chairperson of the 1973 Gay Freedom Day Committee. The collection includes flyers, newsletters
from both groups, his letter of resignation from the Gay Freedom Day Committee and photographs of the 1973 and 1974 parades.
Language of Material: English
The collection is open for research.
[Identification of item]. Steve Ginsburg papers. Collection Number: 1990-17. GLBT Historical Society
Gift of Steve Ginsburg in 1990.
Scope and Content of Collection
The Steve Ginsburg papers document his activities as a founder of Chutzpah (later Achvah), the first gay Jewish group on the
West Coast , and as Parade Co-Chairperson of the 1973 Gay Freedom Day Committee. The collection includes flyers, newsletters
from both groups, his letter of resignation from the Gay Freedom Day Committee and photographs of the 1973 and 1974 parades.
In addition to his activism in San Francisco, Ginsburg founded P.R.I.D.E. (Personal Rights in Defense of Education) in Los
Angeles in May 1966 in response to a police raid on a gay bar. Ginsburg died in 2007. GSSO linked terms: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_000374;
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_007696; http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_007701
Gay men
Jewish people