Barbara Gittings and Kay Tobin Lahusen collection Bulk, 1964-1975 1964-2001

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Barbara Gittings and Kay Tobin Lahusen collection Bulk, 1964-1975 1964-2001

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Barbara Gittings (1932-2007) was an active member of the LGBT rights movement from the 1960s until her death. She worked as editor of . In the early 1970s, she was instrumental in lobbying the American Psychiatric Association to declassify homosexuality as a disease. Kay Tobin Lahusen (b. 1930) is a photojournalist, editor, author of , and an active member of the LGBT rights movement. The Barbara Gittings and Kay Tobin Lahusen collection, 1964-2001, includes printed materials relating to LGBT issues and organizations, and audio/visual materials document attitudes and strategies prevalent in the Homophile Movement in the 1950s and 1960s. The Ladder: A Lesbian Review The Gay Crusaders

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John J. Wilcox Jr. GLBT Archives of Philadelphia

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Gittings, Barbara, 1932-2007

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Barbara Gittings (1932–2007), prominent American GLBT activist, founded the New York chapter of Daughters of Bilitis, and was the first editor of DOB's The Ladder . Gittings was instrumental in forming the first gay caucus in the American Library Association (ALA). To honor her contributions, both the ALA and the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) created annual awards bearing her name. From the guide to the Barbara Gittings papers, 1967-2006, (University of Minnesot...

Tobin, Kay

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Barbara Gittings (1932-2007), gay rights activist. Kay Tobin, gay rights activist. From the description of Kay Tobin and Barbara Gittings collection of printed materials on the Gay Liberation Movement, 1964-2007 (bulk 1965-1980). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702199204 ...