| | Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1 | Title: | Stonewall Cleveland Records
| | | | Creator: | Stonewall Cleveland | | | | Dates: | 1984-1991 | | | | Abstract: | Stonewall Cleveland was established in April 1990 as the political voice of northeastern Ohio's lesbian and gay community. The organization was created in response to increasing violence and sexual discrimination against gays in Cleveland and throughout the nation. Stonewall Cleveland advanced its agendas through advertisements in several gay publications, as well as by engaging religious organizations. More recently, the group has become a Democratic Party club and is a national affiliate of the National Stonewall Democrats under the name Cleveland Stonewall Democrats. The collection consists of agendas, newspaper articles, articles of incorporation, by-laws, correspondence, financial records, flyers, goals and objectives, membership lists, minutes, networking resources, newsletters, organization history, planning calendars, platforms, policy statements, press releases, programs, reports, review of by-laws, structure documents, and surveys. | | | | Call #: | MS 5067 | | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Stonewall Cleveland (Ohio) | Sexual minorities -- Political activity -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Political activists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Gay activists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Political action committees -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2 | Title: | Douglas Braun Papers
| | | | Creator: | Braun, Douglas | | | | Dates: | 1986-2013 | | | | Abstract: | Douglas Braun has been an important activist in the Northeast Ohio lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) rights movement since the mid-1980s. He has been instrumental in organizing campaigns focusing on the domestic partnership registry in Cleveland and Cleveland Heights (with Heights Families for Equality and Ask Cleveland), employment and housing discrimination against transgender people, adoption rights for LGBTQ parents, and marriage equality in Ohio. The collection consists of Ask Cleveland items including one t-shirt and one large outdoor banner used at events, newspaper clippings, correspondence, flyers, petitions, postcards, precinct binders, programs, publications, scripts and talking points for conversing with voters, volunteer manuals and training materials, volunteer phone bank lists, and voter lists. | | | | Call #: | MS 5343 | | | | Extent: | 14.40 linear feet (18 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Gay activists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Same-sex marriage -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Gay adoption -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Gay communities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Gay rights -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Transgender people--Employment--Law and legislation | Transgender people -- Cleveland -- Ohio. | Sexual minorities -- Periodicals.
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