Tobin, Kay, b. 1930
Person
Found in 2 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
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