Pauline Layton papers, 1967-1999.

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Layton, Pauline. Pauline Layton papers, 1967-1999.

Pauline Layton papers, 1967-1999.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/64742729

Documents from and reflections on the creation and early years of Cornell's lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered student groups (including the Student Homophile League) and the Cornell Women's Studies Program (1968-1981). Also, pamphlets, articles, bibliographies, and other ephemeral publications expressing views of the women's, sexual liberation, and gay liberation movements of the late 1960s and 1970s. Layton's reflections on her own gender and sexual identity, including "A personal history in a bi-gender mode," written in 1998; pieces about transvestites and transsexuals written as she joined a bisexual support group in 1991; and an unsent letter to Janice Raymond, author of Transsexual Empire. Also, videos of programs produced by Layton and Ben Curtis for local cable television concerning the AIDS crisis in Tompkins County, and Local Law C, which passed in December 1991, and which included sexual orientation among the characteristics that could not be discriminated against in housing, credit, and employment. This show was produced to inform the public and allay fears about the law before a public hearing held in November. A 1999 essay on teasing, gay-baiting, and violence among school children, including thoughts on the 1999 Columbine High School shooting in Littleton, Colorado.

.5 cubic ft.; 2 videos.

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