Oscar Garcia-Vera papers Bulk, 1992 1971-1992

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Oscar Garcia-Vera papers Bulk, 1992 1971-1992

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Oscar E. Garcia-Vera was a gay rights activist who enjoyed singing and theater work and was also very involved with the Hispanic community in Philadelphia. An appointee of the Mayor's Commission for Sexual Minorities, he played a major role in organizing the first national conference dealing with AIDS and mental-health issues, held in Philadelphia in 1992. The Oscar Garcia-Vera papers, 1971-1992, consist of conference pamphlets and materials, four photograph albums, and scattered additional correspondence, ephemera, and other miscellaneous items. The collection reflects Garcia-Vera's work as a gay rights activist and interest in singing and theater.

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John J. Wilcox Jr. GLBT Archives of Philadelphia

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Philadelphia (Pa.). Mayor's Commission on Sexual Minorities

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Garcia-Vera, Oscar, 1954-1995

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"Oscar E. Garcia-Vera, an AIDS and gay-rights activist, died [in 1995] of complications from AIDS. He was 41 and lived in Germantown. Garcia-Vera was active in a number of community groups, said Carole Smith, a longtime friend. He was a board member of Penguin Place, a gay and lesbian community center [now the William Way Center], and of CHOICE, the health-care advocacy group. "In 1990, while Wilson Goode was mayor, Garcia-Vera served as co-chairman of the Mayor's Commis...

Georgetown University. Institute of Languages and Linguistics

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