Gittings, Barbara, 1932-2007
Person
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Barbara Gittings and Kay Tobin Lahusen collection
Collection
Identifier: Ms-Coll-3
Abstract
Barbara Gittings (1932-2007) was an active member of the LGBT rights movement from the 1960s until her death. She worked as editor of The Ladder: A Lesbian Review. In the early 1970s, she was instrumental in lobbying the American Psychiatric Association to declassify homosexuality as a mental illness. Kay Tobin Lahusen (b. 1930) is a photojournalist, editor, author of The Gay Crusaders, and an active member of the gay and...
Dates:
1950 - 2009; Majority of material found within 1964 - 1975
Barbara Gittings personal papers
Collection
Identifier: Ms-Coll-135
Abstract
This collection houses the personal papers of Barbara Gittings (1932-2007) and her family. Sometimes referred to as the "mother of gay rights," Gittings was a prolific activist in the movement for LGBT civil rights in the United States in the latter half of the 20th Century.The collection spans 1867 to 2010 and documents Gittings's personal life as well as that of her family, both the Gittings (paternal) and Brooks (maternal). The collection also includes materials related to...
Dates:
1867 - 2010; Majority of material found in 1900-1950; 1985-2006
Kay Lahusen papers
Collection
Identifier: Ms-Coll-122
Abstract
Katherine “Kay” Lahusen (1930–2021) was a photojournalist, author, activist, and longtime partner of Barbara Gittings (1961–2007), considered by many to be the mother of the LGBT movement in the United States. Lahusen’s photography and activism was integral to the organizing work of Gittings and fellow activist Frank Kameny. The Kay Lahusen papers are comprised primarily of content Lahusen retained, created, or consumed in the fourteen years following Barbara Gittings’ death in 2007 until...
Dates:
1961 - 2021
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- Older lesbians 2
- Sexual minorities 2
- Christian Science 1
- Correspondence 1
- Finance, personal 1
- Gay activists 1
- Gay activists -- United States -- History 1
- Gay liberation movement 1
- Gay liberation movement -- United States 1
- Gay rights -- History 1
- Gay rights -- United States 1
- Gays 1
- Genealogy 1
- Homosexuality 1
- Homosexuality -- United States -- History -- 20th century 1
- Investments 1
- Journalists 1
- LGBTQ+ archives 1
- LGBTQ+ older people 1
- Legal documents 1
- Lesbians 1
- Lesbians -- United States 1
- Nineteenth century 1
- Photograph albums 1
- Photojournalists 1
- Political activists 1
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