Sexuality in society ephemera, 1960-2004.

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Sexuality in society ephemera, 1960-2004.

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Broadsides publicizing events, films, and exhibits, and flyers, brochures, buttons, bumper stickers, card decks, safe sex packets, single issues of newsletters, currency marked "lesbian money" and "gay money," and other materials relating to sexual politics and the culture of groups defined by sexuality. Primarily includes materials handed out at marches, rallies, parades, lectures, conferences, picnics, women's bookstores, and entertainment shows by, for, or about lesbians, gay men, and bisexuals, from the 1980s on. Homophobia and responses to acts of homophobia are also documented, as are sex scandals. Also includes an erotic deck of cards with photographs of nude women and men engaged mostly in heterosexual and group sex scenes, ca. 1960s. Events documented include an October 12, 1992 ACT UP demonstration in DC; the 1992 Atlanta Pride March; the 1993 March on Washington for Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Rights and Liberation; the 1994 Stonewall 25 Parade; and Toshi Reagon's and Sara Cytron's performances as part of the 150th Anniversary of the Seneca Falls Women's Rights Convention, July 1998. Also included are posters announcing events at CLAGS, the Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies at the City University of New York. N.Y. Representative Anthony Weiner's May 2011 sexting scandal prompted the marketing of a Weiner action figure, one of which is in this collection. Material collected at San Francisco Lesbian/Gay Freedom Day Parade and Celebration, June 30, 1991, includes documentation of transvestites and Asian-Americans. Also, photocopies of Polish gay material, including INACZEJI, which has an article on the first gay pride celebration in Poland, and lesbian and gay ephemera from places including Montreal, Winnepeg, Vancouver, and Saskatchewan, Canada; Tokyo, Japan; Austria; Sydney, Australia; and Germany. Art-related work includes New York City bus posters on AIDS; a signed copy of Audre Lorde's poem "Sisters in Arms"; publicity for artist Jan Phillips; AIDS benefit posters from the Austin Festival of Dance; and two posters acquired by Cornell's Johnson Museum of Art for its recognition of the Day Without Art, December 1, 1998.

4.6 cubic feet.

Cornell University Library

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Cornell University Library

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Lorde, Audre, 1934-1992

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Audre Lorde (born Audrey Geraldine Lorde, February 18, 1934, New York City – died November 17, 1992, Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Island), American writer, feminist, womanist, librarian, and civil rights activist. She was a self-described "black, lesbian, mother, warrior, poet," who "dedicated both her life and her creative talent to confronting and addressing injustices of racism, sexism, classism, and homophobia." As a poet, she is best known for technical mastery and emotional expression, as w...

City University of New York. Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies.

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Phillips, Jane

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Reagon, Toshi.

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Cytron, Sara.

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