Roger Troen Gay Liberation Collection, 1970-1979.

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Roger Troen Gay Liberation Collection, 1970-1979.

Collection includes: national magazines containing articles about homosexuality or gay civil rights, a variety of local publications from Oregon and Washington, clippings from local newspapers about gay rights issues, correspondence, and miscellaneous political information from the 1970s.

1.5 cubic feet (4 document cases)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7392452

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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...

Oregon Gay Alliance.

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Oregon. Legislative Assembly. House of Representatives

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Troen, Roger.

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Roger Troen was an early "out-of-the-closet" gay activist in Portland and Multnomah County, Oregon. He conducted an unsuccessful run for the Oregon House of Representatives in 1972 as an early openly gay candidate. Troen collected a variety of materials from the 1970s that documented the earlier stages of the gay liberation movement. From the description of Roger Troen Gay Liberation Collection, 1970-1979. (Oregon Historical Society Research Library). WorldCat record id: 37351017 ...