Committee for Homosexual Freedom (San Francisco) Collection Bulk, 1969-1971 1969-1980

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Committee for Homosexual Freedom (San Francisco) Collection Bulk, 1969-1971 1969-1980

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Press statements, seminar outline, correspondence, photographs, clippings, flyers, legal documents, notes and other material documenting the activities of the Committee for Homosexual Freedom (CHF) in San Francisco, 1969-1980, which protested employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. The collection includes photographs of demonstrations in San Francisco and Los Angeles.

0.1 linear foot.; [3 folders]

ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6649101

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Committee for Homosexual Freedom (San Francisco, Calif.)

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Historical Note The Committee for Homosexual Freedom (CHF) was a radical gay and lesbian rights organization founded in San Francisco in April 1969 by gay activists Leo E. Laurence and Gayle Whittington. Both were fired by their employers (respectively, a radio station and a freight company, State Steamship Line) after a photo of them embracing was published by the countercultural newspaper the Berkeley Barb . The CHF organized public protest...