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Agrama (Jehan) collection on the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, Los Angeles (GLAAD/LA)
Coll2008-049
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Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries, University of Southern California
Title: Jehan Agrama collection on the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, Los Angeles (GLAAD/LA)
creator:
Agrama, Jehan
Identifier/Call Number: Coll2008-049
Identifier/Call Number: 549
Physical Description:
4 Linear Feet
4 boxes.
Date (inclusive): 1989-2001
Date (bulk): 1991-1993
Abstract: Correspondence, agendas, notes, minutes, programs, reports, and materials collected by Jehan Agrama in her role as Co-President
and as member of the Board of Directors of the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, Los Angeles (GLAAD/LA), 1989-1994.
The collection includes documents related to the formation of GLAAD/USA, GLAAD Media Awards programs, 1994-2000; and documents
outreach to the Los Angeles Unified School District and Rebuild Los Angeles (RLA) Racial Harmony and Discourse Task Force.
Container: 1
Jehan Agrama was born in Cairo, Egypt, and attended school in Rome, Italy. In 1976, she came to the United States to attend
college. She earned a bachelor's degree in mathematics from Pomona College, Claremont, and an Honors M.B.A. from the Presidential
Key Executive Program of Pepperdine University. Agrama went on to work in the entertainment industry, where she rose to the
position of Chief Operating Officer of Harmony Gold, an international television production and distribution company with
ancillary merchandising and music divisions.
Agrama was a founder of the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, Los Angeles (GLAAD/LA), serving as the first female
co-president in 1989; she was re-elected in 1990 and 1991. Agrama also contributed to the creation and production of the Annual
GLAAD Media Awards and served as the Co-Chair of the 10th Annual event in 1999. She represented GLAAD/LA on the Executive
Committee of the Mayor's Los Angeles Coalition (formerly Coalition of 100), the Media Image Coalition of Minorities and Women,
and the Racial Harmony and Discourse Task Force of Rebuild LA (RLA). Until 1994, she served on the GLAAD/LA board as Co-Chair
of the Media Outreach Committee. She was elected to the first Emerita position on the board.
In 1992, the Gay & Lesbian Arab Society of Los Angeles honored Agrama with the Knights of the Middle East Award. In 1993,
the Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Community Services Center honored her with their Community Service Award, and Lambda Legal Defense
and Education Fund honored her with their Liberty Award. In the same year she also served as a Community Grand Marshall of
the Christopher Street West (CSW) Pride. She currently (2008) lives with her spouse of over 25 years, Dwora Fried.
The collection is open to researchers. There are no access restrictions.
Researchers wishing to publish materials must obtain permission in writing from ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives as the
physical owner. Researchers must also obtain clearance from the holder(s) of any copyrights in the materials. Note that ONE
National Gay and Lesbian Archives can grant copyright clearance only for those materials for which we hold the copyright.
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain copyright clearance for all other materials directly from the copyright
holder(s).
Date and method of acquisition unknown.
Box #, folder #, Jehan Agrama Collection on the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, Los Angeles (GLAAD/LA), Coll2008-049,
ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives, Los Angeles, California.
Collection processed by Michael C. Oliveira, August 2008. Processing this collection has been funded by a generous grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
Scope and Content of Collection
The Jehan Agrama Collection on Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, Los Angeles (GLAAD/LA) consists of six series.
The series are related to her role as Co-President, member of the Board of Directors, and Co-Chair of the Media Outreach Committee.
The collection includes documents related to the formation of GLAAD/USA, outreach to the Los Angeles Unified School District,
and her representation of GLAAD on the Rebuild Los Angeles (RLA) Racial Harmony and Discourse Task Force. Also included are
GLAAD Media Awards Show programs, 1994-2000, and a sample of GLAAD publications, 1989-2001.
The basic arrangement reflects the order in which the files were found, with the board of director files consolidated into
one chronological series.
Guides:
Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation.
Media Guide to the Lesbian and Gay Community. New York City: Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, 1990.
Lesbian Visibility Resource Guide. Open Enterprises, Inc. 1990.
Magazines and Newsletters:
GLAAD Bulletin (New York City) - August/September 1989, October/November 1989, January/February 1990.
GLAAD Dispatch - Volume 3, issue number 8 (August 1996).
GLAAD Images - May/June 1996.
GLAAD Newsletter (New York City) - Fall 1989, Winter 1990, Summer 1990.
GLAAD Notes - Volume 2, number 4 (Winter 2000).
GLAAD Rag (Washington, D.C.) - July 1990, August 1990, September 1990.
Programs:
Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Community Services Center (GLCSC) programs - 1991, 1992, 1993.
Lesbian And Gay Psychotherapy Association of Southern California, Inc. (LAGPA), Second Annual Community Service Award program,
2001.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Toleration -- Study and teaching
Prejudices -- United States
Minorities in mass media
Mass media -- Social aspects -- United States
Discrimination -- United States
Hate crimes -- United States -- Prevention
Hate speech -- United States
Homophobia -- United States -- Prevention
Homosexuality -- Law and legislation -- United States
Mass media and gays -- United States
Mass media -- Political aspects -- United States
Agrama, Jehan
Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (Los Angeles, Calif.)