Found 3 collections related to Christopher Street Liberation Day Committee

Randy Wicker was a leader of the homophile movement in New York in the 1960's and a gay rights activist during the early days of the gay liberation movement. As public relations director of the Homosexual League of New York (an organizational title apparently invented for publicity purposes) he was instrumental in breaking down the taboo against the discussion of homosexuality by the mainstream media. His papers, dated 1958 to 1993, consist of correspondence, miscellaneous papers and printed ephemera, reflecting Mr. Wicker's efforts as a gay activist in New York to focus public attention upon the status of gay men and lesbians in America, and to win understanding and support for their cause. less

The Christopher Street Liberation Day Committee, formed in 1970 with the purpose of planning an event for the anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, effectively invented the gay pride march. The Committee continued planning gay pride events through 1984. The Christopher Street Liberation Day Committee records primarily consist of organizational correspondence and minutes of meetings spanning the years 1977-1982, reflecting the Committee's relationship to city officials and other civic organizations. less

The collection relates to Guillermo González Herrera's activities as a member of the COHLA Collective (Comité Homosexual Latinoamericano), a Latin American gay rights organization formed in the early 1970s. It contains some biographical material on González, correspondence, printed material, meeting agendas, notes, and printed matter from the March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights 1979, the Christopher Street Liberation Day Committee, and other gay and lesbian rights organizations. The collection also contains a paper entitled A Class Analysis of the Question of Homosexuality in Capitalist Patriarchy by Martin Land and Naomi Brussel. less