Boulder Gay Liberation collection, 1969-1995.
The Boulder Gay Liberation Front was founded in 1970 as a student group at CU Boulder. The collection consists of materials collected by Stanley Hohnholz, a University of Colorado Boulder alumnus, including newspaper clippings, local and national gay publications, fliers and posters, and t-shirts so...
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http://archives.colorado.edu/ark:/47540/363089 View Finding Aid (via ArchiveSpace) |
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| Corporate Authors: | , |
| Format: | Kit |
| Language: | English |
| Donor: | This collection was given by Stanley Hohnholz in 2007. |
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| Summary: | The Boulder Gay Liberation Front was founded in 1970 as a student group at CU Boulder. The collection consists of materials collected by Stanley Hohnholz, a University of Colorado Boulder alumnus, including newspaper clippings, local and national gay publications, fliers and posters, and t-shirts some of which relate to activities held by the Boulder Gay Liberation. |
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| Physical Description: | 8.5 linear feet (14 standard boxes, 2 oversized boxes) |
| Access: | This collection contains sensitive and graphic material that may be upsetting or offensive. Many of the publications and newsletters discuss sex and have sexually explicit imagery. One publication with a slur in the title discusses and/or contains photographs or illustrations of illegal activities such as bestiality, incest, and pedophilia. This collection is open for research use. |
| Biographical or Historical Data: | The collection was created by Stanley Hohnholz, a Boulder native, who was a member of the organization and served on the Steering committee. He graduated from CU Boulder in 1976 and worked in the CU Bookstore until 2002, when he retired and moved to Vancouver. The Boulder Gay Liberation Front was founded in November of 1970 as a student group at CU Boulder after an article in a Boulder newspaper stated the need for a gay liberation movement. By the fall of 1972, the organization was a UCSU student group, receiving university funding and opening an office in the UMC. The Boulder Gay Liberation said that their primary function was to serve as a resource to Boulder's gay community, providing social spaces, a library on gay topics, counseling services, political activity, and housing guides among other things. It is the first known LGBTQ club in Boulder's history and formed concurrently with the first gay marches occurring nationally in New York, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. They were involved in Boulder politics both on campus and off, working with politicians and organizing protests/demonstrations. |
| Immediate Source of Acquisition Note: | This collection was given by Stanley Hohnholz in 2007. This collection was given by Stanley Hohnholz; |