The Gay Switchboard of New York, Inc. was founded in New York City in 1971 to provide a free telephone information service for the homosexual community. The switchboard provided information on medical, legal, and social services available to the...
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The Gay Switchboard of New York, Inc. was founded in New York City in 1971 to provide a free telephone information service for the homosexual community. The switchboard provided information on medical, legal, and social services available to the gay community, and also maintained listings of gay bars, bathhouses, etc. Although generally apolitical, the switchboard did maintain close ties with other gay organizations ans periodicals in New York City and around the country. The records cover the period 1972-1983, although the switchboard remained in operation after that time. Administrative records, telephone logs, and internal and external ephemera generated by the Gay Switchboard of New York, Inc., for the period between March 1972 and July 1983. The logs reveal the social, political, and recreational concerns of the New York gay community before the impact of AIDS.
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