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LGBTQ+ Resources in Special Collections

Manifestos

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:

Organizations

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.

  • ACT UP
  • Affirmation: LGBT Mormons, Families & Friends
  • Against Equality
  • Brother to Brother
  • Children of Lesbians and Gays Everywhere
  • Coalition of Vietnamese Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Network
  • Daughters of Bilitis
  • Dignity
  • Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders
  • Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD)
  • Gay and Lesbian Medical Association
  • Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network
  • Gay Liberation Front
  • Gay Men of African Descent
  • Gay Rights National Lobby
  • Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation
  • GSA Network
  • Human Rights Campaign
  • Integrity Inc. (may also be referred to as Integrity USA)
  • International Foundation for Gender Education
  • International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission
  • Intersex Society of North America
  • Lambda Legal
  • Lansing Area AIDS Network
  • Lansing Association for Human Rights (LAHR)
  • Lesbian and Gay Community Network of Western Michigan
  • Lesbian and Gay Labor Network
  • Lesbian and Gay Parents Coalition International
  • Lesbian Agenda for Action
  • Lesbian Avengers
  • Mattachine Society
  • Michigan Gender Equity Team
  • Michigan Organization for Human Rights
  • National Association of Black and White Men Together
  • National Center for Lesbian Rights
  • National Coalition of Black Lesbians and Gays
  • National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
  • National Gay Rights Advocates
  • National Organization of Gay & Lesbian Scientists and Technical Professionals, Inc.
  • National Stonewall Democrats
  • New York State Black Gay Network
  • Out & Equal
  • Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG)
  • Point Foundation
  • Queer Nation
  • Sister of Perpetual Indulgence
  • Southeastern Michigan Gay & Lesbian Association
  • Trans Oral History Project
  • Transgender Network of PFLAG (Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays)
  • The Triangle Foundation Inc.

Vertical files

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:

  • ACT UP
  • Affirmations Lesbian and Gay Community Center
  • American Library Association. Task Force on Gay Liberation
  • Crossroads (Royal Oak, Mich.)
  • Detroit Area Gay-Lesbian Council
  • Dignity, Inc.
  • Dykes Against Racism Everywhere
  • Equality Michigan
  • Exodus International
  • Gay Games
  • Gay Pride Week in Michigan
  • Integrity Episcopal Gay Society
  • Lansing Equal Rights Task Force
  • Leather community
  • Leaven Center
  • Lesbian Alliance (East Lansing)
  • LGBTQ+ conferences
  • LGBTQ+ film festivals
  • LGBTQ+ people in the military
  • LGBTQ+ tourism
  • Log Cabin Republicans
  • Michigan Lesbian/Gay Democratic Caucus
  • Michigan Organization for Human Rights
  • Michigan State University. Lesbian/Gay Council
  • Michigan State University. Gay and Lesbian Staff Association
  • Michigan State University. Gay Liberation Movement 
  • March on Washington for Lesbian, Gay, and Bi Equal Rights and Liberation (1993 : Washington, D.C.)
  • Mattachine Society
  • National Stonewall Democrats
  • NAMES Project
  • Statewide Lesbian Political Action Committee (1979)