Gay and Lesbian Organizations Collection [manuscript], 1972-1996.

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Gay and Lesbian Organizations Collection [manuscript], 1972-1996.

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Collection assembled by the Gay and Lesbian Archives of the Pacific Northwest (GLAPN). Items include fliers, brochures, press releases, programs, and miscellaneous items for a variety of gay and lesbian organizations, mainly in the area of Portland, Oregon, with a small amount of information from Seattle. Included is an organizing manual for the group RATS (Radical Activist Truth Squad), which later merged with ACTUP/Portland. The organizations deal mainly with civil rights and AIDS issues, but also included is information on the Portland Gay Men's Chorus. Some information is included on the Oregon Citizens Alliance and Measure 9 from 1992, the anti-Gay amendment, as well as the Right to Privacy PAC and No on 9. See Mss 2988-3 for much more detailed information on Measure 9.

1.5 cubic feet (2 document cases and 1 oversize folder)

Oregon Historical Society Research Library

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Portland Gay Men's Chorus

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Radical Activist Truth Squad (Portland, Or.)

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Gay and Lesbian Archives of the Pacific Northwest

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The Portland Gay Men's Chorus and the Portland Lesbian Choir participated in numerous performances in the Portland, Oregon, area and around the United States. Bridges was an organization composed of individual members of both the Gay Men's Chorus and the Lesbian Choir, performing as a separate ensemble. GALA (Gay and Lesbian Association of Choruses) was a national meeting/performance of Gay Men's and Lesbians' choruses throughout the United States. The Portland groups performed at a number of GA...