Brian R. McNaught papers, circa 1970-1994.

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Brian R. McNaught papers, circa 1970-1994.

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Correspondence, subject files, newspaper clippings, resumes, manuscripts and notes, audiocassettes and videocassettes, and other material documenting McNaught's career as a sexuality activist, a church activist, writer, and sensitivity trainer. Topics include the controversy of gays in the Catholic Church, AIDS training and awareness, homophobia in the workplace, and gay rights. Includes numerous letters from appreciators and detractors of McNaught's work, newspaper articles about McNaught, and copies of his books and video programs. Also includes a daily diary kept during a hunger strike and civil rights battle with the Catholic Church in Detroit, 1974. In addition to the Catholic Church, organizations figuring prominently in the collection include The National Council of Churches, the United States Catholic Conference, the Call to Action, Catholics for Gay Rights, Dignity, the American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors, and Therapists, the Workshop on Sexuality at Cazenovia, and the Boston Mayor's Committee on AIDS. Publications in which McNaught appears include The Michigan Catholic (in which his column "Write On" appeared), and Esplanade. McNaught's works, books and videos, include A DISTURBED PEACE, ARE YOU GUYS BROTHERS?, ON BEING GAY, GAY ISSUES IN THE WORKPLACE, GROWING UP GAY AND LESBIAN, HOMOPHOBIA IN THE WORKPLACE, and SEX CAMP. Correspondents include Malcolm Boyd, Barbara Gittings, Elaine Noble, David McWhirter, and Tim McFeeley. Also, reports, pamphlets, journals, books, and ephemera on social and political aspects of sexuality, homosexuality, and AIDS. Materials and final report of The Boston Project, "a year long study by the City of Boston, in conjunction with the Gay and Lesbian Community, of how we might better meet the needs of this often neglected constituency," for which McNaught served as Liaison to the gay and lesbian community; resources McNaught used for developing speeches and presentations; CDC's "Business Responds to AIDS: Manager's Kit"; cassette labeled "Thornfield 1989 Brian"; two videocassettes (one of McNaught, the other a gay cruise promotional video), and three envelopes of letters from relatives and friends. Also, 3 t-shirts: from campaign of openly gay congressman Barney Frank; an early gay liberation play on the state motto, "Gays Make it in Massachusetts"; and "Make Love, Not Breeder Babies," which was created for his video "On Being Gay". More videos and audiocassettes of McNaught speeches and television appearances, and other gay rights, gay Catholic, and gay workplace issues, including Gov. Dukakis signing the Massachusetts Gay Rights Bill on Nov. 15, 1989,and Catholic Bishop Thomas Gumbleton's speech about his gay brother, "My Brother Dan." Also, more personal and business correspondence, including with the Human Rights Campaign, Paul Shanley, the Salvation Army, and Sol Gordon.

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