Gay liberation papers

AZ 349
Gay Women's Consciousness Raising Meeting Flyer, circa 1971

Excerpt from Gay Women's Consciousness Raising meeting Flyer, circa 1971.

Collection area: Arizona Queer Archives

Collection dates: 1970-1978

About this collection

This collection includes correspondence, clippings, tapes, periodicals, and other material concerning the gay liberation movement in Arizona and on the West Coast, and related issues. Includes issues of the newspaper Gay Sunshine , 1970-1973. This collection is part of the Arizona Queer Archives (AQA), a community focused archive through the Institute for LGBT Studies at the University of Arizona.

Historical background

Gay Liberation Arizona Desert (GLAD II) was local affiliation of the national Gay Liberation Front. Their purpose in meeting was to educate the public and to raise the level of awareness about gays in the Tucson Community.

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