We are thrilled to announce that we have just launched a year of new innovative programming and provocative exhibits in celebration of the upcoming 60th Anniversary of ONE Archives, making this is a very prolific and exciting time to be involved with ONE!   

 

Since 1952, ONE has worked tirelessly to gather and preserve our community's unique history. We hope you will join us in making this momentous 60th year a success with a donation to support our upcoming Anniversary programming as well as the continual collection and conservation of LGBT History for generations to come. 

Carolyn Weathers has a story to tell. She, along with her sister Brenda-- daughters of a Southern Baptist preacher, moved to Los Angeles not long after Brenda was expelled from a Texas University when it was discovered she was lesbian (and she refused to deny it.) With great admiration for her sister, Carolyn, a lesbian herself, became an outspoken activist in the early gay liberation movement. She appeared openly lesbian guest on a Regis Philbin talk show in 1970. She was a member of the Gay Liberation Front and was present when the group protested at the Biltmore Hotel against a conference on behavioral modification of LGBT individuals. And she was an instrumental figure in the founding of the Alcoholism Center for Women, founded by her sister Brenda at the Gay Community Services Center in 1973.

ONE is extremely proud to announce that Carolyn has graciously donated her collection of papers to ONE Archives, which includes materials documenting her involvement in ACW and GLF and other movements in the GLBT community, administrative records from Clothespin Fever Press, and several audio-and videotapes.  

 

To read the full story about the Carolyn Weathers Collection please go to our BLOG. 

 

A sample of images from ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives has recently been digitized and can be viewed HERE. The 669 photographs across 39 archival collections document LGBTQ history from World War I through the turn of the 21st century. The photographs cover everything from private parties and intimate moments to public protests and historic events and reflect the great diversity and achievements of the LGBTQ community. This digitization project has been made possible by generous funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

JULY 2012

 

From the Archives

Saturday, July 28, 5-8pm

 

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ONE Gallery  

626 N. Robertson Blvd. West Hollywood

Enter gallery on El Tovar Place. Parking is free for the first hour before 6pm at a parking garage located at the end of El Tovar Place.

Sunday, August 19, 2012, 2-4pm

Community activist Dottie Wine will share her first-hand experiences spanning 35 plus years in some lesser-known LGBTQ organizations, such as the Whitman Brooks Foundation, South Bay LGBT Center or the "Facing Our Fears About Coming Out" workshops, that had a significant impact on individuals and communities throughout Southern California.