GLBT Historical Society Dr. John P. De Cecco Archives and Special Collections Holdings Related to Latinx People Last edited: July 2020 Prepared by: Aaron Aruck This research guide is intended to help users locate holdings related to Latinx people at the GLBT Historical Society. This research guide is comprehensive and designed to include collections that may only be tangentially related to the historical experience of Latinx LGBTQ people represented in the Society’s holdings. The majority of the Society’s holdings related to this subject detail the experience of Latin-descent people in the United States, but a number of the collections include documents related to LGBTQ communities in Latin America and their transnational connections with LGBTQ communities in the United States. It highlights holdings in the following areas: ● Manuscript Collections (Personal papers and organizational records) ● Ephemera ● Oral histories ● Periodicals Other collections may contain relevant materials. Researchers are encouraged to also conduct their own searches of the catalog and archive finding airs. Please contact the GLBT Historical Society archivist ([email protected]) with any questions or comments. Manuscript Collections Clark L. Taylor Papers. Collection Number: 2003-42. The Clark Taylor papers document three decades of Taylor’s professional career as an anthropologist and sexologist. Major topics in the collection include the relationship between LGBT politics, the social sciences, and HIV/AIDS. The bulk of these materials relate to San Francisco, but the small amount of material on Mexico and Latin America is significant. Taylor lived in Mexico for significant periods throughout the 1970s, and earlier parts of the collection include diaries, journals, and scrapbooks that document this largely personal experience. Taylor lived in Mexico while researching and drafting his thesis El Ambiente (Spanish for the gay community), and his field notes include rich interviews with Mexican gay men, magazine articles, safe sex pamphlets, news articles, contact information, “beefcake” photographs, and successive drafts off his thesis. Much of Taylor’s scholarship investigated how gay Mexican men identified male homosexuality in culturally specific ways, formed community in bars and clubs in Mexico City, and navigated sex commerce, sex parties, and venereal disease. Taylor went on to teach at the Institute for Advanced Study of Human Sexuality in the 1980s-1990s, and much of his papers during this period focus on his academic career (grant proposals, anthropological conference papers) and his contributions to HIV/AIDS sex education. While 1 most materials in this collection are in English, there are also several Spanish-language sources. https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8gb269k/. Margarita Gutierrez collection of ELLAS records and Queer Latino Project Records. Collection Number: 2019-28. Margarita Gutierrez collection of ELLAS records and Queer Latino Project records. Collection includes photographs, papers, and one oversized poster related to these organizations. Gutierrez was an activist and organizer. https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8k64r3t/. National Task Force on AIDS Prevention Records. Collection Number: 2000-59. The National Task Force on AIDS Prevention (NTFAP) records document the establishment, development, and growth of this nationally significant organization. It was originated to serve as an advocacy and outreach group specifically targeting gay men of color, a frequently under- served population. Originally founded as a multi-racial gay gay orginazation known as the National Association of Black and White Men Together (NABWMT), this organization promoted HIV/AIDS outreach, policy research, and advocacy for gay men of color after public health studies in th late 1980s confirmed that infection rates were significantly higher for gay men of color than gay white men. This collection contains various records related specifically to Latinx people, including records from the Proyecto Contra SIDA por Vida (Project against AIDS for Life), a non-profit community health organization established in San Francisco’s Mission District to reduce the spread of HIV in communities of color. Other relevant records include various Latino-specific research groups in parts of the U.S. (New Orleans) and abroad (Brazil). http://pdf.oac.cdlib.org/pdf/glhs/c8pr830k.pdf. Ralph Green Scrapbooks and Photographs. Collection Number: 1991-11. Eight scrapbooks and photo albums documenting the life of the late Ralph Green of Monterey, California. These albums span from the early 1920s to the early 1980s and include ephemera, clippings, and snapshots of gay men in San Francisco and Monterey, California. Several photographs include Latino men in various parts of California that Green travelled to frequently, like Monterey. http://pdf.oac.cdlib.org/pdf/glhs/c8sj1shs.pdf. San Francisco AIDS Foundation Records. Collection Number: 2006-03. This collection contains records documenting the activities of the San Francisco AIDS Foundation (SFAF) from 1983 through 2006. The bulk of the collection is from 1989-2005. The collection has a particular emphasis on SFAF's public policy and advocacy work at the local, state and federal levels. The collection includes correspondence, photographs, news releases, newsletters, and posters. This collection contains papers on the emergence of gay identity in Latin America and numerous collections on the AIDS response in the Latino community. http://pdf.oac.cdlib.org/pdf/glhs/c81r6xmx.pdf. Eileen Hansen Papers, 1982-2002. Collection Number: 2008-40. Eileen Hansen is a lesbian activist who was Executive Director of the National Lawyers’ Guild AIDS Network (NLGAN), Public Policy Director of the AIDS Legal Referral Panel, and ran for Supervisor in District 8 in 2000 and 2002. Hansen’s professional papers include a folder of materials regarding Latino/Gay coalitions in San Francisco. https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8f47w44/?query=latino. 2 Sean Sasser and Pedro Zamora Collection. Collection Number: 2014-04. This collection contains items from the relationship and commitment/wedding ceremony between AIDS activists Sean Sasser (1968-2013) and Pedro Zamora (1972-1994). Zamora was a Cuban-American activist and HIV/AIDS educator who utilized his role on MTV’s The Real World: San Francisco to raise awareness about and complicate popular perceptions of people living with HIV/AIDS. http://pdf.oac.cdlib.org/pdf/glhs/c81g0t7q.pdf. Alan Bérubé Papers. Collection Number: 1995-17. The Allan Bérubé Papers document the personal life, family history and professional work of Allan Ronald Bérubé (1946-2007), a community historian, teacher, author and activist. The collection includes his extensive research files on the topics of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender history. Of particular note are Bérubé’s writings and research files on the Marine Cooks and Stewards Union. These include several unfinished manuscripts and the oral histories he conducted for this project. Relevant documents include various research records related to “Minority Groups” in port cities and reports of violence against Latino gay people. http://pdf.oac.cdlib.org/pdf/glhs/c83f4rcg.pdf. No on Knight Initiative Campaign Records. Collection Number: 2000-18. This collection comprises the planning, administrative, and fundraising records created from the "No on Knight" initiative campaign (1999-2000). Photographs, audio-visual materials, and oversized items, such as banners and posters, are also included in this collection. The Knight Initiative or California's Proposition 22 (2000) sought to change the California definition of marriage by adding the phrase "Only a marriage between a man and a woman shall be valid or recognized." That proposal clearly outlawed same-sex marriages. The "No on Knight" initiative campaign was promptly organized by gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender political activists in an attempt to defeat Prop 22. The campaign included specific outreach to the Latino community, as well as statements from important community leaders like Dolores Huerta of the United Farmworkers. http://pdf.oac.cdlib.org/pdf/glhs/glbths_2000_18.pdf. Alfred (Randy) Subject FIles and Sound Recordings. Collection Number: 1991-24. Randy Alfred was a freelance journalist and radio talk show host in the San Francisco area during the 1970s-1980s. Collection contains research files (clippings, fliers, brochures, correspondence, and notes) and audiotapes--primarily concerning lesbian and gay issues and organizations in San Francisco during the 1970s and 1980s--assembled by Alfred in the course of his hosting of the KSAN public affairs radio show. Relevant interviews include: John Nieto (Mexican-Jewish social worker); Ygnacio Alvarez (Mexican gay activist); Sal Alvarez (United Farm Workers); Carmen Vasquez (Lesbian/Gay Freedom Day Committee); David Macias (Latin American Lesbian and Gay Coalition; and Jesus Barragan (Gay-Latino Alliance). Some of the interviews included discuss 1980s anti-immigration politics and growing nativist hostility. http://pdf.oac.cdlib.org/pdf/glhs/glbths_1991-24.pdf. https://www.glbthistory.org/audio-search (selected digitized recordings are available online) Day (Greg) Papers. Collection Number: 2006-46. Greg Day is a photographer, activist, and former political candidate for the San Francisco Board of Supervisors and Board of Education. This collection contains materials about a variety of groups with which Day has been involved,