The regional, national and international Gay and Lesbian Archives house research material and help organizations collect material on Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual,and Transgendered heritage and concerns. Further information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki:
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Collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.
Gay and Lesbian Archives, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
Material is organized into 2 catagories, catalogs and organizations, then alphabetically within each group.
Advertisements, fliers, form letters, and promotional mailings from LGBT businesses and organizations sent to the Gay and Lesbian Archives located in Falls Church, Virginia. Material includes catalogs for magazine subscriptions, movies, books, and travel agencies; invitations and announcements for LGBT related events; flyers and newsletters from political and religious oriented LGBT groups; and form letters from the Sexual Minority Youth Assistance League. Many of the flyers and announcements are for events in the Washington, D.C. area. The Gay and Lesbian Archives of Falls Church, Virginia may be affiliated or also called the Washington, D.C. Gay and Lesbian Archives. Some of the material contains nudity.
Catalogs for cable television, photographers, prescriptions by mail, music, clothing, jewelry, The Diaper Pail Fraternity, sex products, needlecrafts, calendars and more.
Catalogs for books for the LGBT audience and others. Includes fiction and nonfiction titles.
Catalogs for sexually explicit films, documentaries and other genres.
Subscription mailers for magazines published for the Gay and Lesbian audience. Some of the mailers contain nudity. Publications include; [2], The Advocate, Male Pictorial, Men, Serendipty, Unzipped, and Out Magazine.
Brochures for national and international travel with cruises and tours geared toward the gay and lesbian community.
Mailings from organizations associated with Gay and Lesbian activities, issues and interests. Organizations include Foot Fraternity, Chicago Resource Center, Girth and Mirth Club of Washington, D.C., The Quartrefolio, Alexandria GLCA, Gay Men's Chorus of Washington, D.C., Lesbian and Bisexual Women's Writing Group, Lesbian Herstory Archives Newsletter, and others.
Organizations include the National Coalition of Black Lesbians and Gays, Fetish Mardi Gras, Whitman-Walker Clinic, Lesbian Choosing Children, Gay Officers Action League, Salute to Steve Endean, Arlington Gay and Lesbian Alliance, The Gay and Lesbian Home Show, American Civil Liberties Union, The Names Project, and more.
Form letters from the International Gay and Lesbian Archives, Gay and Lesbian Archives, Washington, D.C., and the Society of American Archivists Lesbian and Gay Archives Round Table.
Newsletters and donation requests from the Gay and Lesbian Center in Los Angeles, California.
Mailings from organizations involved in political and legal issues of the LGBT community. Organizations include Lambda Legal, Gertrude Stein Democratic Club in Washington, D.C., Alliance Defense Fund, People for the American Way Foundation, National Organization for Women, The Campaign for Military Service, and Virginia Congressman James P. Moran about the Defense of Marriage Act.
Catalogs, flyers and mailings from organizations concerned with the LBGT community and religion. Organizations include Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, Metropolitan Community Church of Washington, D.C., Christian Coalition, Evangelicals Concerned newsletter (Record), God Save America, ABC-CLIO press, Chi Rho Press, and Dignity.
Form letters from the Sexual Minority Youth Assistance League (SMYAL) in Washington, D.C.