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Creator
Gay Youth (Organization)
Call number
MssCol 22803
Physical description
.1 linear feet (1 folder)
Preferred Citation

Gay Youth records, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library

Repository
Manuscripts and Archives Division
Access to materials
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Gay Youth was founded ca.1966 in New York City by Marc Segal for the purpose of supporting gay rights legislation, and providing young gays with an alternative to bars and bath houses in which to meet and socialize. It was affiliated with the National Gay Youth Committee of Philadelphia. It held weekly meetings at the Church of the Beloved Disciple, and also for a time shared office space with the Mattachine Society of New York. The records consist of one folder of correspondence of secretary Douglas Rodriguez, along with minutes, memoranda, and related ephemera.

Scope and arrangement

Gay Youth was founded ca.1966 in New York City by Marc Segal for the purpose of supporting gay rights legislation, and providing young gays with an alternative to bars and bath houses in which to meet and socialize. It was affiliated with the National Gay Youth Committee of Philadelphia. It held weekly meetings at the Church of the Beloved Disciple, and also for a time shared office space with the Mattachine Society of New York. The records consist of one folder of correspondence of secretary Douglas Rodriguez, along with minutes, memoranda, and related ephemera.

Administrative information

Source of acquisition

Gift of the International Gay Information Center, 1988.

Processing information

Compiled by Kit Messick, 2014

Related Material

Forms part of International Gay Information Center (IGIC) Collection

Using the collection

Location

Manuscripts and Archives Division
Stephen A. Schwarzman Building
Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788
Brooke Russell Astor Reading Room, Third Floor, Room 328