GLBT-RT

Chicago Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame
The Chicago Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame is both a historic event and an exhibit. Through the Hall of Fame, residents of Chicago and the world are made aware of the contributions of Chicago's lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender communities and the communities' efforts to eradicate homophobic bias and discrimination.
http://www.glhalloffame.org/

Chicago Gay History Project
An overview of people, events, and organizations that helped the Windy City become a beacon of gay progress. This Web site was conceived by Tracy Baim and is a companion to the book Out and Proud in Chicago (2008).
http://www.chicagogayhistory.org/

Chicago's GLBT History Resources
This bibliography is a great starting point for research on Chicago’s GLBT history.
http://www.chicagogayhistory.org/resources.html

Gay Press Archives
Both full text archives and PDF files of Chicago’s GLBT newspapers, current and past, are maintained here. With a little effort, you can track down John D’Emilio’s articles on Chicago GLBT history.
http://www.chicagogayhistory.org/archives.html

CWLU Herstory Project
The online archive of the Chicago Women's Liberation Union, a group of Windy City women determined to challenge male supremacy through many organizing projects from 1969-1977.
http://cwluherstory.org/

Blazing Star
Among the CWLU projects was a movement for lesbian liberation, often known as Blazing Star, after the title of its newsletter.
http://www.cwluherstory.org/blazing-star.html

Gerber/Hart Library
As a library, Gerber/Hart Library is committed to acquiring, preserving, and disseminating materials that embody the culture and history of gay men, lesbians, bisexuals, and transgender people. As archives, Gerber/Hart Library is the repository for the records, papers, and other realia of GLBT life, focusing primarily in the Chicago metropolitan area and the Midwest.
http://www.gerberhart.org

Leather Archives & Museum
The Leather Archives & Museum is a library, museum and archives pertaining to Leather, fetishism, sadomasochism, and alternative sexual practices - and includes all sexual orientations and genders. While the geographic collection scope is worldwide, significant Chicago resources are held.
http://www.leatherarchives.org

Kris Studios of Chicago
Kris Studios, founded in 1950, was a Chicago physique pictorial photography business. Studio founder Chuck Renslow successfully defended himself against a pornography charge brought by the Postal Service, making it easier for GLBT magazines, newspapers, photosets, and films to be sent through the mail.
http://www.leatherarchives.org/kris/krisindex.htm

Online Video and Film
Films from Kris Studios and videos of Chicago leather events make up about a third of the clips available.
http://www.leatherarchives.org/collections/video-fi.htm

Queer Bronzeville : The History of African American Gays and Lesbians on Chicago’s South Side
Learn about the development (1885-1985) of queer communities in Bronzeville, an African-American neighborhood on Chicago's South Side. This exhibit was created by 2008 OutHistory.org Fellowship winner Tristan Cabello.
http://outhistory.org/wiki/Queer_Bronzeville_:_An_Overview

If you are in town for ALA on Thursday, July 9, you can catch Max Smith discussing his forthcoming book African America's Third Rail: SGL (Same Gender Loving) . He'll be speaking at 7 pm at the Gerber-Hart Library, 1127 West Granville, just west of the Granville stop on the Red Line.

John Bradford

With the recent prominence of GLBT issues in the press the need for toolkit development to serve the Round Table's constituents has great importance. Rather than trying to have a committee produce large documents, we hope to have small groups of 2-3 people to work on smaller documents, with the aim of compiling a larger document in the future. These small, focused, toolkits would be posted on ALA's Office for Literacy and Outreach Services (OLOS) toolkit web page, linked from the GLBTRT web site, and elsewhere as appropriate.

The GLBTRT Toolkit Development List page on ALA Connect lists toolkit topics our community feels should be addressed. People who have voiced interest in being involved are listed.

Contact Nancy & David if:

• you can think of other toolkits you would like to create and/or;
• if you would like to sign up for a group.

Best,
Nancy Silverrod & David S. Vess
Co-Chairs, GLBTRT

nsilverrod@sfpl.org
vess@illinois.edu

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ACLU GLBT Project
10 Couples - a joint project of Public Interest and ACLU
Freedom to Marry website

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