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Welcome
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Welcome
to the June edition of History Happens, your source for the
latest news and events from the GLBT Historical Society!
Picture of the
Month:
In 1876 proper San Franciscans were shocked to learn that a male impersonator appearing on stage in their city had been shot and killed by a man who found her in bed with his fiancée. "A woman's mania for wearing male attire ends in death," headlined the New York Clipper, a theatrical newspaper, discretely failing to mention that she obviously was not wearing any attire at the time.
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| Come Get Your Wheel On! Karen Ripley MC's Opening Reception for Fabled
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GLBT
Historical Society and James C. Hormel Center of the San Francisco Public
Library
Present:
COME GET YOUR WHEEL ON! Opening Reception for Fabled Asp (Fabulous/
Activist Bay Area Lesbians with Disabilities: A Storytelling Project) MC'd
by Karen Ripley
Sunday, June 7th
2 p.m. - 5 p.m.
GLBTHS Main Office
657 Mission Street, SF
Photo Predit: Kina Williams
Come celebrate Pride and the Queer Arts Festival with Fabled Asp. Join us for a fabulous and free afternoon of poetry, music, and comedy by queer disabled performers and friends. This fun-filled event is sure to leave you with a smile, and features a wide variety of performers and even a sneak preview of the project! MCed by the fabulously funny Karen Ripley!!! Fabled Asp, is a project chronicling and
celebrating 40 years of lesbian disability arts, activism, and culture in the
Bay Area. Fabled Asp is a sponsored project of the GLBT Historical Society in collaboration with the James C. Hormel Center of the San Francisco Public Library. Learn more: www.fabledasp.com |
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Into the Streets: Readings
& Performances Inspired by Queer Street Protests, hosted
by Michelle Tea |
 Thursday, June 11th, 7 p.m. Friday, June 12th, 7 p.m.
SoMarts Cultural Center
934 Brannan Street, San Francisco
The GLBT Historical Society has collaborated with Radar Productions and the National Queer Arts Festival present "Into the Streets! Nine Writers Reimagine Queer Protest From ACT-UP to Queer Nation." Meliza Banales, Justin Chin, Annie Danger, Myriam Gurba, Keith Hennessey, Juba Kalamka, Ali Liebegott, Eileen Myles, and Michelle Tea. |
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Collecting the
Spectrum: Diversity Challenges in Queer Archives
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 Thursday, June 18th 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
GLBTHS Main Office
657 Mission Street, San Francisco Bay Area archivists explore hurdles faced in collecting materials of queer women, people of color, transpeople, and other marginalized groups, and also explore ways to overcome these hurdles. The event is part of the GLBT Historical Society's 2009 program series TALKING BACK: Queer History Fully Exposed. |
Polk Street Stories Listening Party
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Thursday, June 18th 6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
1217 Polk Street, between Bush and Sutter, San Francisco
Slideshow and audio stories from fifteen people who find their dreams--and their nightmares--on San Francisco's Polk Street. Sponsored by the GLBT Historical Society with funding from the California Council for the Humanities, this event offers a look at the neighborhood's history through the lens of current neighborhood change, focusing on personal stories from the 1980s to the present.
Additional information here.
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 Friday, June 19th 6 p.m. - 9 p.m. GLBTHS Main Office
657 Mission Street, San Francisco Lineage is a project developed by E.G. Crichton, the GLBT Historical Society's first artist-in-residence. The Lineage project focuses on the collections of ordinary/extraordinary individuals who have died. E.G. is matching specific archives to living people who agree to develop a creative response. This project is building pair by pair, archive by archive, and will be exhibited as a traveling exhibition and a website.  The reception will feature refreshments, performances, and the first viewing of work created for Lineage. Come see photographic portraits of each pair by E.G., a music video about Jiro Onuma by Tina Takemoto, an aria composed by Luciano Chessa and inspired by "Larry the Piano Man," a monologue about the "Talullah Bankhead of S.F." by Lauren Crux, a dinner party installation inspired by Sally Binford, a film about Helen Harder--and much more. |
Frameline 33 Films Co-Presented by the GLBT Historical Society
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The GLBT Historical Society is proud to co-present the following films:
 Edie
& Thea: A Very Long EngagementSunday, June 21, 12:00 PM Victoria Theatre, 2961 Sixteenth St., San Francisco Tuesday, June 23, 12:00 PM Castro Theatre, 429 Castro St., San Francisco USA , 2009 , 67 min. When Edie and Thea meet, it is love at first
sight, and the beginning of a relationship that will last the rest of
their lives. Edie & Thea: A Very Long Engagement recounts their romance, from the closeted pre-Stonewall days to the present... more.  ACT
UP Oral History Project SeriesSunday, June 21, 2:15 PM, Roxie Theater, 3117 Sixteenth St., San Francisco USA , 2008 , 90 min. ACT UP helped to transform entrenched cultural
ideas about homosexuality, illness, health care, civil rights, the
rights of patients and more. Here is how, in the words of those who did
it... more.
 Claiming the Title: Gay Olympics On Trial Sunday, June 21st, 3:30 p.m. Castro Theatre, 429 Castro St., San Francisco USA
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30 min.
Claiming the Title: Gay Olympics on Trial
explores the additional homophobic hurdle on the already arduous road
to athletic excellence. When a gay athletic group started the Gay
Olympic Games in the mid-'80s, the U.S. Olympic Committee sued for use
of the Olympic name and the case went all the way to the Supreme Court... more.
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Gay Liberation Front Events!
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Saturday, June 6th, 2 p.m. - 4 p.m.
San Francisco Public Library, 100 Larkin Street
Panel Discussion: "GLF 40: Where
we were, where we are now," with Blackberri, Paola Bacchetta, Steven F.
Dansky, N.A. Diaman, Martha Shelley, and Merle Woo. Moderated by Tommi Avicolli
Mecca. Co-sponsored by Queer Arts Festival and
GLBT Historical Society.
Saturday, June 27th, 3 p.m. - 5 p.m.
GLBT Historical Society, 657 Mission Street
Reunion of Stonewall/GLF 40. A gathering of Stonewall and gay liberation veterans and their friends. Cosponsored by the GLBT Historical Society.
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Volunteers Needed in June!
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We are in need of additional volunteer support at this year's SF Pride beverage booth and the Castro Exhibit.
 Pride Beverage Booth (2-hour shift, one day only):
In return for providing volunteers to staff the margarita booth, we will receive a grant from SF Pride.
Volunteer shifts are only 2 hours, beginning at 11 a.m. and ending at 6 p.m. on Sunday, June 28th. We need 10 volunteers for each shift so tell your friends!
NOTE: This year, ALL booth volunteers must attend one ABC training (if you haven't already done so in the past 3 years). Trainings will be held on Saturday, June 20th, 11 a.m. - 1 p.m.; Monday, June 22nd, 7 p.m. - 9 p.m., and Wednesday, June 23rd, 7 p.m. - 9 p.m.
Castro Exhibit (4-hour shift, once weekly or twice monthly):
We're expecting large crowds at the Castro exhibit, Passionate Struggle: Dynamics of San Francisco's GLBT History, and we'll need at least 2 volunteers per shift in June.
Exhibit volunteer shifts are 12 p.m. - 4 p.m. or 4 p.m. - 8 p.m., Wednesdays through Saturdays; and 12 p.m. - 3 p.m. or 3 p.m. - 6 p. m. on Sundays. We will be open the entire week of June 22nd.
Sign up to volunteer by contacting Aimee Forster, Operations Manager or call: 415-777-5455 ext. 5#.
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Historical Significance of GLBT Pride
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 Shortly before midnight on
June 27, 1969, four police
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What will be your legacy?
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 Legacy
gifts to the GLBT Historical Society provide a lasting gift of our history for
future generations, insuring that both our history and yours is preserved, honored,
and shared. When you include the GLBHS as a beneficiary of your will, trust, or
other estate plan, you not only will make a lasting contribution to the GLBT
community, but also can reduce your estate's administrative and tax
liabilities.
There
are several types of legacy gifts which
allow your estate to avoid capital gains, reduce income tax liability, and
relieve your executor of the burden of selling property. All estate planning
should be done with advice from professionals. Consult with your attorney when
preparing legal documents. For more information please click here.
For further information,
please contact Paul Boneberg, GLBTHS Executive Director, at 1-415-777-5455, ext 6# or paul@glbthistory.org.
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Passionate Struggle: Dynamics
of San Francisco's
GLBT History
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 Passionate
Struggle
explores the elements and dynamic tensions between desire and determination
that created San Francisco's
very queer 20th century. Focused through four lenses--Places, Politics,
Pleasures, and People
- it vividly presents the City's gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender
history in all its diversity.
Among
the many exhibits is a program from the ninth annual Castro Street Fair,
founded by Harvey Milk in 1974, and one of the Big Five outdoor GLBT
celebrations held annually in San Francisco that include Pride, the Up Your Alley
Fair, the Folsom Street Fair, and Halloween.
Wednesdays
through Saturdays: 12 p.m. - 8 p.m.
Sundays: 12 p.m. - 6 p.m.
499 Castro Street, San
Francisco
Admission
is $3. No charge for current members of the Historical Society.
Admission
is free the first Wednesday of every month.
Additional documents, photographs, and
ephemera of San Francisco's
yearly GLBT festivals are in the collections of the GLBTHS.
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| The GLBT Historical Society
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Research Hours:
Tuesdays - Fridays by appointment only.
Saturdays open to general public 1 p.m. - 5 p.m.
Museum Hours:
499 Castro Street
Wednesdays - Saturdays 12 p.m. - 8 p.m.
Sundays 12 p.m. - 6 p.m.
Admission is free the first Wednesday of every month.
657 Mission Street, Suite 300
Tuesdays - Saturdays 1 p.m. - 5 p.m.
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This Month in GLBT History
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June 1, 1880
The
United States Census finds 63 men in 22 states incarcerated for "crimes
against nature."
June 1, 1950 (circa)
A
group of black and white men and women, including partners Merton Bird and Dorr
Legg, form Knights of the Clock, a support group for interracial gay,
lesbian, and heterosexual couples.
June 1, 1975
Drummer magazine
debuts, spotlighting the rise of open s/m and leather subcultures within
the gay male subculture.
June 12, 1989
Because
it is afraid of losing its funding from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Corcoran Gallery of Art
cancels, "The Perfect Moment," an exhibit of 150 photos and
objects by Robert Mapplethorpe that includes 13 s/m images.
Robert Maplethorpe
June 14, 1950
After
months of controversy, the U.S. Senate authorizes a wide-ranging investigation of
homosexuals "and other moral perverts" working in national
government.
June 15, 1987
The
New York Times tells its writers that they now may use the word "gay"
as a synonym for "homosexual."
June 24
1970
Myra Breckinridge, Hollywood's
mainstream, big-budget transgender classic debuts, starring Mae West and Raquel
Welch.
June 25, 1972
The
United Church of Christ becomes the first mainstream American denomination to
ordain an openly gay man, William Johnson.
June 25, 1978
San Francisco artist Gilbert Baker debuts the first Rainbow Flag in
the City's annual Gay Freedom Day Parade.
June 26, 1964
Life magazine's pioneering article "Homosexuality in America,"
featuring photographs taken at the Jumpin' Frog and the Tool Box in San Francisco, creates
mainstream awareness of an emerging American gay and lesbian subculture.
June 27, 1994
Deborah
Batts becomes the first openly lesbian or gay U.S. federal judge.
June 28, 1969
New
York Police raid the Stonewall Inn in Greenwich Village.
Fighting back against harassment and discrimination, patrons and on-lookers
ignite the American gay liberation movement.
June 28, 1970
A "Gay-In" at Golden Gate Park attracts several thousand participants the day after thirty self-proclaimed "hair fairies" march down Polk Street to celebrate San Francisco's first Christopher Street Liberation Day.
June 30, 1986
Citing Judeo-Christian prohibitions and Anglo-American sodomy laws as precedents,
the U.S. Supreme Court rules in Bowers v. Hardwick that the U.S. Constitution gives the states the right to regulate and proscribe same-sex relations.
Birthdays
in June
June
1, 1936: Sandra Scoppettone, novelist
June
3, 1926: Allen Ginsberg, poet
June
5, 1884 or 1892: Ivy Compton-Burnett,
novelist
Ivy Compton-Brunett
June
9, 1892: Cole Porter, composer,
lyricist
June
12, 1858: Henry Scott Tuke, painter
June
13, 1926: Paul Lynde, center square
June
19, 1566: James I, king of England and chair, Bible translation committee
June
21, 1922: Judy Holliday, actor
June
24, 1850: Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener, military leader
June
28, 1942: David Kopay, San Francisco 49ers running back
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