In many activist movements, key groups or individual leaders write statements which define and explain their purpose and goals. Here is a sample of manifestos in our collection, in chronological order:
We have material from dozens of LGBTQ+ organizations, including those listed below.
Searching these by keyword will retrieve items where the organization is the subject or author. The most relevant hits will be at the top. Please note that you may get false hits where the requested terms appear in a different order.
Materials in the LGBTQ+ vertical file collection originate from a large collection of subject files collected by Special Collections staff with the purpose of providing answers to reference questions. The collection of these materials began in the late 1960s or early 1970s and continued into the 2020s. It includes event flyers, programs, correspondence, brochures, pamphlets, and other documentation of local, regional, and national LGBTQ+ organizations, and in some cases anti-LGBTQ+ organizations or rhetoric. The collection also contains clippings documenting topics such as homophobia, the gay liberation movement, LGBTQ+ people in the military, and same-sex marriage.
An example of some of the organizations and subjects covered in the collection include: