Gay rights--United States

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

James R. Hawk and Robert Anthony Teal Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0818
Abstract

This small collection is comprised of objects and photographs assembled by James R. Hawk and Robert Anthony Teal from their participation in the March on Washington on April 25, 1993. On that day hundreds of thousands of gay and lesbian Americans and their supporters rallied in the capital to celebrate the right to be homosexual and to demand freedom from discrimination.

Dates: 1993 April 25

Larry Romans Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0859
Scope and Contents The Larry Romans Papers consists of documents and artifacts collected by Larry Romans, a Vanderbilt librarian and LGBTQ rights activist in Nashville, primarily from the late 1980s to the early 2000s. The Larry Romans papers were originally divided between Vanderbilt Special Collections and University Archives and the Special Collections Division of the Nashville Public Library but have now been fully obtained by Vanderbilt University. There are nine series in this collection, arranged by...
Dates: Majority of material found within 2000 - 2010

Nashville Lambda Communications Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.1159
Abstract

The Nashville Lambda Communications Collection, 1985-1998, consists mostly of audiovisual materials produced and/or distributed by the organization on a public access channel in Nashville, Tennessee.

Dates: 1985-1998

Office of LGBTQI Life

 Record Group
Identifier: RG.0303
Abstract

The Office of LGBTQI Life collection, 1963-2022, consists of the papers, correspondence, and notes of the Office of LGBTQI Life at Vanderbilt.

Dates: 1963 - 2022

One-In-Teen Records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.1098
Scope and Contents

Paper documents, newspapers, photographs, pamphlets and ephemera related to One-In-Teen, a former LGBTQ youth support organization in Nashville.

Dates: 1990s-2010s

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