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Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Resource Center records (University of California, Irvine)
AS.184  
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  • Contributing Institution: Special Collections and Archives, University of California, Irvine Libraries
    Title: University of California, Irvine, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender (LGBT) Resource Center records
    Creator: University of California, Irvine, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Resource Center
    Identifier/Call Number: AS.184
    Physical Description: 3 Linear Feet (1 records carton, 2 25" flat boxes)
    Date (inclusive): 1989-2018
    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.
    Language of Material: English .

    Access

    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.

    Publication Rights

    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.

    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.
    For the benefit of current and future researchers, please cite any additional information about sources consulted in this collection, including permanent URLs, item or folder descriptions, and box/folder locations.

    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.

    Collection Scope and Content Summary

    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.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    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