Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Resource Center records (University of California, Irvine), 1989-2018

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Summary

Title:

University of California, Irvine, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender (LGBT) Resource Center records

Dates:

1989-2018

Creators:

University of California, Irvine, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Resource Center

Abstract:

The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender (LGBT) Resource Center is dedicated to providing a safe and welcoming environment for UCI's diverse lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, intersex, and ally communities. The Resource Center opened in the Spring in 1995. Included in this collection are photographs, publicity scrapbooks, programming flyers, zines made by students, strategic planning, advisory board committee information, calendars, and fact sheets. Of note are materials from the play MotherSON by playwright Jeffery Solomon in 1999, the Orange County LGBT Timeline Project from 1995, and poster boards documenting the Shanty Town that was constructed in February 1990 to protest a policy that the university would recognize only legal marriages, not same-sex or domestic partnerships, for married student housing.

Extent:

3 Linear Feet (1 records carton, 2 25" flat boxes)

Language:

English .

Preferred citation:

University of California, Irvine, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Resource Center records. AS-184. Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California. Date accessed.

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Background

Scope and content:: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender (LGBT) Resource Center is dedicated to providing a safe and welcoming environment for UCI's diverse lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, intersex, and ally communities. The Resource Center opened in the Spring in 1995. Included in this collection are photographs, publicity scrapbooks, programming flyers, zines made by students, strategic planning, advisory board committee information, calendars, and fact sheets. Of note are materials from the play MotherSON by playwright Jeffery Solomon in 1999, the Orange County LGBT Timeline Project from 1995, and poster boards documenting the Shanty Town that was constructed in February 1990 to protest a policy that the university would recognize only legal marriages, not same-sex or domestic partnerships, for married student housing.
Acquisition information:: Transferred from the University of California, Irvine, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Resource Center, 2015, 2018, and 2021. Transferred from an unknown source, 2017.
Rules or conventions:: Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:: Lesbians -- California -- Orange County -- Archives.
Gay rights -- California -- Orange County -- History -- Sources
Transgender people
Bisexuals -- California -- Orange County -- Archives.
Transcripts -- California -- Orange County -- 20th century.
Zines

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:: Finding aid prepared by Erin Nakasone; updated by Elvia Arroyo-Ramirez, 2019; updated by Sarah Glover, 2021.
Date Encoded:: This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2021-12-13 23:25:30 UTC .

Access and use

Restrictions:: The collection is only minimally processed, but is open for research. Please contact the Department of Special Collections and Archives in advance to request access.
Terms of access:: Property rights reside with the University of California. Copyrights are retained by the creators of the records and their heirs. For permission to reproduce or to publish, please contact the University Archivist.