29 20 2500 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Shower of Stoles Description An account of the resource Items (stoles) for the Shower of Stoles exhibit Stole A stole in the Shower of Stoles exhibit Honoree The person honored by the creation of thestole. Congregational Church of Needham Stole Text THE CONGREGATIONAL <?xml:namespace prefix = ns0 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />CHURCH OF NEEDHAM<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> United Church of Christ Needham, MA …gives this stole in celebration of the 5th anniversary of our vote to become an Open and Affirming congregation. We dedicate this stole to those in our midst and elsewhere who have lived and served openly or in silence, those who have suffered because of church or society and those who have been healed, those who have lost family or safety and those who have found them. May we be a place where all people find safety, healing, affirmation, fulfillment, and God’s grace. Open and Affirming Statement As a covenant community, we are committed to the belief that all people are created equal before God. In affirmation of the inclusive love of Christ Jesus, we welcome persons of any race, gender, age, sexual orientation, ability, and economic circumstance to full participation in our community life and ministry. We strive to reflect these beliefs in the language and content of our worship and in our lives together. Adopted February 2000 Denomination United Church of Christ Contribution Date 2007 Contribution Story The stole arrived in the mail. 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Title A name given to the resource Queer Religion Boston Description An account of the resource Items for the Boston Queer Religious History exhibit Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Connexion United Methodist Church Description An account of the resource Location of Connexion United Methodist Church in Somerville https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/c5323d533a5852d3e79def14ac72eca1.pdf 48e9488261029b86f0cf73d31f212356 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document Page 1: Constitution of the Washington Area Council on Religion and the Homosexual Adopted: December 6, 1965 Address: Post Office Box 5618 Washington, D.C. 20016 Page 2: Article I Name This organization shall be known as The Washington Area Council on Religion and the Homosexual. Article II Purpose It is the purpose of this organization to provide communication, mutual understanding, and appropriate action between homosexuals and organized religion, in order: A. To effect the integration of the individual homosexual into the religious life of the community be alleviation of the estrangement and alienation which now exist between the homosexual and the religious community. B. To work to establish the homosexual as a member of the community-at-large, with his full dignity as a human being, and his full rights as a citizen. C. To foster mutually beneficial communication between organized religion and the homosexual community. Article III Membership Section 1. A. Members from the clergy shall be duly ordained clergymen who are sympathetic to the purposes of the Council, with inter-faith representation encouraged. B. New members from the clergy shall be approved or disapproved by the clergymen on the Council, after attending two meetings. Section 2. Members from the homosexual community shall be provided by The Mattachine Society of Washington through procedures instituted by the Society. Article IV Officers Section 1. There shall be two Co-Chairman, one from the clergy and one from the homosexual community; a Secretary; and a Treasurer. Section 2. A. Each officer shall serve for a term of two years. B. 1. The Co-Chairmen may not succeed themselves in office. 2. The Co-Chairmen from the clergy shall be elected near the time of adoption of this Constitution, and in even-number years thereafter. 3. The Co-Chairmen from the homosexual community shall be elected in odd-numbered years. Page 3: Section 3. Officers shall be elected in October, and shall serve from November 1 until October 31, two years later. Section 4. Special elections shall be held to fill vacancies in office. Such elections shall be held at the next regular meeting of the Council after the vacancy occurs. An officer so elected shall serve out the unexpired term of his predecessor. If it be necessary, temporary officers to fill vacancies in office for the period between the occurrence of the vacancy and the next regular meeting of the Council. Section 5. The Co-Chairman shall be responsible, jointly, for the general administration of the Council. Section 6. The Secretary shall keep formal minutes of all meetings of the Council, copies to be distributed to the members, between meetings; shall maintain all other records of the organization except those specifically assigned to others; in coordination with the other officers and with the Council itself, shall conduct the correspondence of the organization; shall send out notices and otherwise handle notification of meetings; and shall perform such other duties as the Council or the Co-Chairman may assign to him. Section 7. A. The Treasurer shall be responsible for the safekeeping of the funds of the organization shall keep necessary financial records; shall collect dues; and shall make disbursements. B. The Treasurer shall make written financial reports at the first meeting of the Council after December and after June, and at whatever other times the Council may direct, but upon not less than 14 days' notice. Article V Meetings Section 1. Regular meetings shall take place not less often than once in two months. Section 2. Special meetings may be called by the two Co-Chairmen, or by one Co-Chairman and one other officer, or by any four members. The notice of a special meeting shall be made to every member not less than three days in advance, and shall state the purpose of the meeting. No action which does not pertain to the stated purpose shall be taken at the meeting. Section 3. A. A quorum for a meeting shall consist of all of: (1) At least one Co-Chairmen; (2) Not less than five representatives of the clergy; and (3) Not less than three representatives of the homosexual community. B. If a quorum is not present at a meeting, action may be taken subject to ratification at the next meeting. C. 1. Unless otherwise stipulated, action at any meeting shall be by a majority vote of the members voting as individuals. Page 4: 2. (a) Either the representatives of the clergy, or the representatives of the homosexual community, as a group, can exercise veto power. (b) As necessary, caucusing of the the two groups shall be in order. Article VI Dues and Finances Section 1. A. Dues shall be established by By-Law. B. 1. Notification shall be given to any member whose dues are three months in arrears. 2. Following final notification, any member more than six months in arrears in payment of due or of any assessment, shall be dropped from membership, and shall be notified of this fact. C. Any other assessment of the members shall be decided by a two-thirds vote of those voting. Section 2. The Treasurer shall attend to the orderly collection of dues and notification to members who are incipiently and actually in arrears. Section 3. Disbursements of funds shall be made only upon authority of the Council. Section 4. All checks of the organization shall be signed by one Co-Chairman and by the Treasurer. Article VII Parliamentary Authority Robert's Rules of Order Revised shall be the parliamentary authority for this organization, except that we here it differs from, or conflicts with the Constitution or a By-Law, the Constitution shall prevail. Article VIII By-Laws Section 1. The Constitution shall be supplemented by By-Laws, except that no By-Law shall have force or effect insofar as it conflicts with this Constitution. Section 2. A. A By-Law or an amendment to a By-Law shall be proposed at a meeting of the Council; if passed by a majority of the Council present and voting at the meeting, it shall be submitted to the entire Council by a mail referendum ballot, and shall be adopted by a two-thirds vote of the members voting. B. Either group, acting explicitly as a group, may, by a two-thirds vote of its members voting, exercise veto power over the adoption of any By-Law or amendment thereto. Page 5: Article IX Amendment Section 1. An amendment to this Constitution shall be proposed at a meeting of the Council, if passed by a majority of the Council present and voting at the meeting, it shall be submitted to the entire Council by a mail referendum ballot, and shall be adopted by a three-fourths vote of the members voting, except that amendments proposed within the first three months after the ratification of this Constitution shall be adopted by a three-fifths vote of those voting at a meeting, and amendments proposed within the second three months after ratification of this Constitution shall be adopted by a three-fifths vote of those voting by a mail referendum ballot. Section 2. Either group, noting explicitly as a group, may, by a two-thirds vote of its members voting, exercise veto power over the adoption of any amendment to this Constitution. By-Laws 1. Dues Dues shall be $2.00 per year per member. 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Text Any textual data included in the document New Orleans toll 32; arson evidence cited NEW ORLEANS - With the death toll in the Up Stairs bar fire up to 32, new evidence of arson ha been unofficially reported here, but authorities continue to be tight –lipped. Several persons have been questioned in connection with the fire, but there were no suspects in custody as of July 12. General community reaction to the tragedy has continued to range from mild hostility to total apathy, but on a more positive note, a new gay activist group has been formed. The latest deaths in the blaze were those of Larry Stratton 24, and Luther Boggs, 47. Both died in Charity Hospital. Stratton July 12 and Boggs July 10. The other 29 perished at the time of the blaze. Four bodies remained unidentified as of July 12. Among the confirmed dead was that of George C. “Mitch” Mitchell, 36, a Metropolitan Community Church exhorter and former assistant pastor, who escaped from the burning building and then fought off firemen to re-enter it in an effort to rescue his lover, Horace Broussard, 26. His body was found over Broussard’s. Eight persons remained hospitalized, five in “grave” condition, two in “critical” condition, and one in serious condition. The arson evidence came from sources to the management of the Up Stairs, who now say that a can of Ronson lighter fluid was found in the stairway of the bar after the fire. The report would seem to back up eyewitness accounts of the fire being seen on the bottom three steps of the stairway moments before the building erupted in flames. Fire department spokesmen expressed initial surprise at the report, saying that evidence of that nature had not been officially determined. It is possible that some evidence in the case is being kept confidential, however, and a spokesman insisted that as large or larger an effort is being devoted to this case than the Ralt Center fire disaster which preceded it. High-Level Silence Meanwhile, there was a strange silence on the part of the city’s leadership. At City Hall, the Human Relations Committee said it had sent a private note to the chief of police deploring public remarks attributed by the press to Maj. Henry Morris, chief of detectives of the New Orleans Police Department. Morris was quoted as calling the Up Stairs a “hangout for thieves and homosexuals.” A police spokesman later said that the attribution was false, but apologized to gay leaders anyway. No plans for a public statement have been made, said a spokesman for the rights unit, and no representatives had been sent to either of two memorial services held for the victims of the fire the week before. Churches Also Silent The local Roman Catholic archdiocesan human relations committee said they had seen no reason to issue any statement on the matter and they had no plans to issue one now. The Roman Catholic archbishop of New Orleans also had issued no statement and had no explanation to offer. The priest who answered the chancellory office’s telephone let long pauses of silence separate our questions and made no real reply to any of them – all this despite the fact that at least one Catholic – an ex-Jesuit scholastic from New Orleans’ Loyola University – had been one of he 32 people now dead as a result of the fire. Only one spokesman from the Protestant clergy stepped forward to join the mourners. That was Rev. Finis Crutchfield, the Methodist bishop of Louisiana, who personally authorized memorial services at St. Mark’s Methodist Community Center on North Ramparts Street the Sunday following the blaze (July 1) and stayed there to attend services with the pastor of the church. Services were held at St. Mark’s after several churches refused to permit us of their facilities. The Metropolitan Community Church of Greater New Orleans declined to identify the refusing churches to newsman and would only praise Bishop Crutchfield. There were other reports, however, that the Episcopal bishop of Louisiana had ordered the services not to be held in any of the Episcopal churches approached. Other public officials reacting – or not reacting –to the blaze included the governor’s office, which declined to make a statement, and New Orleans Mayor Moon Landrieu. Just back in town from Europe and holding his first press conference July 1, Landrieu said that he considered any loss of life a problem for the city. As for the subdued nature of community reaction to the “homosexual” angle of the tragedy, Landrieu said, “I’m just as much concerned about that life as any other life. “ and “ I’m not aware of any lack of concern in this community over the loss of those lives.” Individual Expressions of Concern Despite the silence, however, a number of positive, largely individual expressions of concern have begun to surface. Visitors to New Orleans’ Charity Hospital the night of the fire were greeted by an entire emergency wing cleared out for their convenience. The social worker at the hospital who arranged for the space also persuaded the dietary department to provide coffee. The police officers and staff involved in the “dispassionate” handling of the emergency were absolutely “noncondemnatory” she said. The principal problems came from hysterical parents suffering from poor communications with reclusive (per)sons, whom the parents feared might be among the victims of the blaze. The coroner’s office had 12 “possibilities’ still left July 12 on the list of “candidates” for bodies number 13, 18, 23, and 28, most of them phoned in from wives and parents as far away as California and Michigan. One of the largest floral arrangements sent to St. Mark’s for the service had been hand-wired by French Quarter flowers vendor Jo Ann Clevenger, who also operates several “straight” bars in the quarter. The Young Democrats at Louisiana State University branch in New Orleans issued a statement supporting the national day of mourning called by gay leaders July 1 and urged “complete rewriting and enforcement of state and local fire codes.” The Up Stairs Players, a group of actors who had been meeting and performing at the Up Stairs prior to the tragedy, have been invited by the Salt and Pepper Lounge to present a Crippled Children’s Hospital benefit show originally schedule for June 30 at the Up Stairs. Perhaps the most significant development has been the founding of a Gay People’s Coalition (GPC), with its second meeting July 10. Several committees, contact persons, and telephone numbers for gay services have been announced. A listing in the New Orleans telephone directory under the title “Gay Switchboard” has been approved by South Central Bell Telephone Co. and will be announced shortly. Committees are also being formed to work with city agencies, media, legal problems, gay parents, and other problems, and full committee reports will be published in a French Quarter community newsletter. Yet, there remains considerable paranoia on the streets, fed by the following ugly incidents: Almost as soon as some people began placing flowers at the door of the Up Stairs the Monday after the blaze, some other people began removing them. One man, seeing this, didn’t like it and stood guard by the door, telling people to leave the flowers alone. The first Saturday night in the French Quarter after the fire, uniformed and plainclothes police officers were placed outside three gay bars that had received threatening phone calls. The calls materialized in the aftermath of crank calls phoned in to local television stations and reported to the public on only one of them. Patrons of the guarded bars subsequently reported that the police harassed them. The crowds in the bars were generally one-third to one-half their usual Saturday night size. Meanwhile, in front of the candle and flower strewn “People’s Shrine” at the Up Stairs entrance, a woman watering the flowers was arrested by the police for “obscenity against a police officer” after failure to move on. The following Monday afternoon, her case came before Civil District Court and was dismissed because arresting officials failed to appear. No Moral Arrests Police have made no arrests on any “homosexual” or other “morals” charges in New Orleans in the last two years, and none of their records comment on alleged clientele of night spots where arrests are made. Sgt. Frank Hayward, police information officer, says the department has no record of any arrests at the Up Stairs – for thievery or anything else. Community trust in the police department, however, has not been aided by the Up Stairs incident and the subsequent lack of any new official developments in its quietly proceeding investigations. Some complaints have been made, for instance, about a group of “thugs” from the 100 block of Royal Street, near the Up Stairs, led by a man who identified as “Chucky,” who reportedly went through the Quarter collecting “donations” for the fire victims, and then pocketing the proceeds. Those reports were not being forwarded to the police because of fear of reprisal from the thugs and for fear of inaction on the matter by the police, complainants said. But the worst case of paranoia of all came from initial reports that there later determined to be untrue that four of the 32 dead had been secretly buried in a local pauper’s cemetery. The New Orleans Parish coroner’s office produced the names of the four paupers buried in the cemetery and the bodies of the victims remaining in order in order to disprove the reports. Bar’s funky décor, clutter created instant firestorm NEW ORLEANS - The speed with which fire swept the Up Stairs bar remains hard to grasp. One minute, the victims were laughing and singing; the next minute, they were screaming human torches, groping frantically for a way out of a sea of flame. Descriptions of the bar by those who knew it offer an explanation – and an object lesson for patrons and operators of dozens, perhaps hundreds of cluttered, funky, home places like it all over the nation. This is how the Up Stairs looked the day of the fire, as described by Bill Rushton, managing editor of the Vieux Carre Courier. “The arched opening between the bar and the second room was festooned with Fourth of July decorations, in place to publicize the forthcoming festivities. The bar was its usual clutter of leftover Mardi Gras Streamers and Christmas decorations, oriental lanterns and cardboard-plastic whiskey advertising displays. Burt Reynolds posters and campy fountains gurgling in several corners – all of it in a big dimly-lit room muffled with red-flocked wallpaper and carpets – with a white baby rand piano-bar commanding one corner where the Marriott Hotel’s featured pianist, David Gary, was guesting for fun. Gary died in the fire. When the steel fire door was opened, admitting flames from the burning stairway, there was a few seconds’ grace during which Buddy Rasmussen was able to shoo 15 to 20 patrons through the backroom toward safety. As they filed out, the lights went out. Rushton gave this vivid image of what happened next: The stools were still standing in the orange glow gathering around the stairwell. A window by the piano bar had been pried open, admitting light and the promise of a safe escape out the three windows facing Chartres Street for those who still remained. But suddenly, the ceiling, the decorations, and the carpet exploded. Those still in the first bar, many of them tipsy from two hours of the afternoon’s beer bust, panicked and rushed to the Chartres Street windows chasing the light, some of them spilling out into the street, but, most of them crushed against each other in 16 minutes of plastic-fed firestorm. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Continued Coverage in Gay Press Description An account of the resource The August 1st edition of The Advocate continues analyzing what happened at the Upstairs Lounge and the responses from the gay community as well as city officials. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The Advocate, August 1, 1973. https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/b7ad18750f30c8511a80d35a7e126341.jpg 9521bd01a3f30ee598effff7afd301de Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Upstairs Lounge Fire Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Corner Building Location Description An account of the resource Early picture of the building on the corner of Chartres and Iberville where the Upstairs Lounge was later located. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="http://www.jimanibar.com">www.jimanibar.com</a> https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/77bb6f5ed8aaae998acdcd06af1a2a65.jpg 4cf243e0830aa6822b9dc838f47a7f20 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Upstairs Lounge Fire Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Corner of Disaster Description An account of the resource Firemen peer from the charred windows of a second story bar in the New Orleans French Quarter that [was] gutted by a flash fire Sunday night leaving 29 dead and 15 injured. The bar is located at the corner of Iberville and Chartes just a block off Canal Street. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived AP wirephoto https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/ddeee957d282a4c64c3c953690b931e6.pdf 8d38e245453851ded25632b9b0cb2b41 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document Young Friends Central Committee Young Quaker 16-8-1960 Dear Keith Wedmore, Wanting a follow-up article of that on "Towards a Quaker View of Sex" in The Friend. It wrote to Mary Rowntree as one involved with this at an early stage, and she suggested that I ask you for an article, as you were on the committee which made the report. What I am particularly interested to know is the future work of the committee, and anything useful which has been obtained on a practical level, though I gather that the main purpose of the committee was simply to draw the attention of Friends to the problem. I should be very grateful if you could give us a personal account and opinion of the work in which you have been involved. I do know know enough to direct the article towards a particular slant, or to suggest the just boundaries of words and compass. So I leave you free as to the length and plan of the article. But I shall be very grateful if you could produce one for us, as this is a new venture about which we ought to know more. Yours sincerely, Michael J. Tolley Michael Tolley 9, Warner Road, Pogmoor, Barnsley, Yorks. 20th August, 1960 Dear Michael Tolley, I shall be glad to let you have an article, although not at once, as I am away on holiday; I will let you have something within three weeks. You will appreciate that the Committee was particularly interested in homosexuality, although it found it necessary to deal with sexual problems generally and I shall, therefore, do the same in whatever I send you. Yours sent 3/11/60 KW 17th October 1960 Dear Michael Tolley, I am sorry for the delay in dealing with your article; you will have it within two weeks positively! Yours sincerely, Michael Tolley 9, Warner Road Pogmoor Barnsley, Yorks. Young Friends Central Committee Young Quaker 14-11-1960 Dear Keith Wedmore, Many thanks for your excellent and informative article, which I am glad to say is just what I wanted. The article will appear as soon as I can fit it in; I cannot problem when, as there are a great many articles etc to cope with, but I shall arrange for 3 copies to be sent you when the issue appears. Mary Rowntree, apparently, was only engaged in an early discussion group or something, and was not on the committee at any time. Thank you again! It is a pleasure to edit work which is so splendidly presented in triple-spaced type. Yours ever, Michael J. Tolley 14th November 1960 Dear Michael Tolley, With reference to the article I sent you some two weeks ago, could you be to find as to let me know whether you received it, it is suitable for your purpose, and that you will be able to let me have three copies of the issue in which it appears? Yours sincerely, Michael Tolley, 9 Warner Road, Pogmoor, Barnsley, Yorks. Young Friends Central Committee Young Quaker 18-11-1960 Dear Keith Wedmore, As I sent my letter to you on the same day as you wrote to me, I trust that you have now received the answer to your three questions, which are (a) Yes, I have received it, (b) the article is most suitable, and I'm very grateful for it, (c) I shall make arrangements to let you have three copies of the issue in which the article appears. I am very sorry that I kept you waiting so long for a reply; my only defence can be that (a) I have a lot of correspondence to deal with; (b) I was away for five days. I shall endeavor to be more efficient (and courteous) in future. I hope my negligence does not too much mar my gratitude for what you have so well done. Yours sincerely, Michael J. Tolley 20th November, 1960 Dear Michael Tolley, Don't fret, I was quite happy with your last letter which I took as being the answer to mine. You were not in the least discourteous. Your sincerely, Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Correspondence between Keith Wedmore and Michael Tolley 1960 Description An account of the resource Letters between Michael Tolley of the Young Friends Central Committee and Keith Wedmore (August-November 1960) that arranged for an article on TQVOS to be published in Young Quaker magazine. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Keith Wedmore Papers https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/b5bedf96ac9d781f583fe102587146a9.pdf 86f82243e48efcb430ba82f377103508 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Historical Development of BIPOC Trans-spiritual Leadership Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document Lou Sullivan writes Nicholas Ghosh Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Subject The topic of the resource 1979 Lou Sullivan writes his introductory note to Nicholas Ghosh (Rupert Raj, pen-name). Title A name given to the resource Correspondence from Lou Sullivan to Nicholas Ghosh (June 2, 1979) Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Sullivan, Lou. "Correspondence from Lou Sullivan to Nicholas Ghosh (June 2, 1979)." Correspondence. 1979. Digital Transgender Archive, https://www.digitaltransgenderarchive.net/files/6395w7263 (accessed March 22, 2023). The Canadian Encyclopedia https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/rupert-raj Description An account of the resource Nicholas Ghosh is a transman of Canadian of East Indian descent. He inspired Lou Sullivan to create and publish FTMI Newsletter. Sullivan admired Ghosh's model. Ghosh used the pen name of Rupert Raj. Raj established the Foundation for the Advancement of Canadian Transsexuals (FACT) in 1978. It was a registered non-profit corporation that lobbied for and educated trans people. https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/918ed5dfdbe6c803874fb6a80b7e9f19.pdf 12371e376d34221989471f9a67cb672a Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Correspondence re: Rowntree Trust Funding Description An account of the resource Letters between Keith Wedmore, Lotte Rosenberg and Eric Cleaver of the Trust (March-May 1960) confirming £100 in funding and arranging for the Friends Temperance & Moral Welfare Union to serve as the fiscal agent. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Keith Wedmore Papers https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/de247ed4cd5737c9450e3eb10766ae77.png e2d5b720bf6e8c2e811621ff91eef1cb Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Couple Approaching Entrance to California Hall Description An account of the resource San Francisco Examiner photographer Ray “Scotty” Morris, January 1, 1965. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Repository: <a href="http://www.glbthistory.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener">GLBT Historical Society</a> https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/060bc17b74bb6363d5bc774e2b64784e.pdf e3fa7bc79c479b3ec6f3fd5781cc3fa4 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document CRH The Council on Religion and the Homosexual Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Cover of CRH Brochure Description An account of the resource Published by CRH in the late 1960s. Donald S. Lucas Papers. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Repository: <a href="http://www.glbthistory.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener">GLBT Historical Society</a> https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/5de9602754fbaeab2d5843101f7e67f8.pdf 98afd9de7981d792e2b827197f607565 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document Page 1: What is Smut? Citizens News America's Leading Homosexual Publication Vol 4 #4 Mardi Gras in Jan. The Council on Religion and the Homosexual (CRH) has announced plans for a dance to be given on January 1st, 1965. The CRH is an organization of the various homophile organizations and ministers of various denominations in San Francisco. The CRH has had a number of open meetings here starting with a three day meeting at the White Memorial Retreat in Marin County. One of the primary objects of the CRH is to promote a continuing dialogue between the churches and the homosexual. This is being accomplished most effectively thru the association of the ministers with various problems of the Community. The New Year's Mardi Gras Ball will be held at California Hall, 625 Polk Street, San Francisco, starting at 9pm. Naturally no minors will be admitted due to the serving of alcoholic beverages. No tickets will be sold at the door and only 1500 tickets are available at $5 per ticket. The tickets are available thru the various bars associated with the Tavern Guild, from members of The Coits, The Daughters of Bilitis, The Mattachine Society, Society for Individual Rights, and from Strait and Associates. All of the above organizations are cooperating in this effort to raise funds for the CRH and the various homophile organizations. Persons ordering tickets by mail from Strait and Ass. should make checks payable to either Guy Strait or the CRH. The orchestra for the affair will be the same as has previous played for the big dances given at this location. Some confusion has been shown regarding the date of this soiree. It is on New Year's Day at 9pm, and not on New Year's Eve. Plans for costume for the affair have the flavors of a real New Orleans type evening. (continued on page 2) Page 2: Mardi Gras The ministers involved in the CRH are of a new breed, and have earned the respect of the homophile community in no uncertain terms. They have started investigations into the persecution of the homosexual by the local police departments and the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control; They have been into the various establishments in San Francisco and have found out the truth for themselves; They have found a growing need for down-to-earth conversation with the community. This affair marks the beginning of the open relationship between the church and the homosexual. Again, tickets are limited to 1500 and no tickets are to be available at the door under any circumstances, so get your order in the mail to any of the organizations listed or to Strait and Associates or drop by any of the places where the tickets are now on sale. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource CRH Dance Promoted in Citizens News Description An account of the resource Citizen News, vol, 4, no. 4, page 1; published by Strait and Associates. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Repository: <a href="http://www.glbthistory.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener">GLBT Historical Society</a> https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/08211462e57ff303d17ad95728cbafa7.pdf 4a5e423717dfee438766e6d3f3f7a3d4 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document Page 1: This is one of 2500 copies in San Francisco... Town Talk No. 7 December 1964 in San Francisco - Take this copy home—It's free! Soirée on New Year's Day Will Benefit Church Council How to turn a money-raising problem into a spectacular fun event will be demonstrated on New Year's Day evening when six San Francisco organizations jointly stage a benefit for the Council on Religion and the Homosexual, and technically under the latter's sponsorship. It is to be a "New Year's Mardi Gras Costume Ball," a dance with costumes and informal dress, with two bands and two floors of California Hall at 625 Polk St. Refreshments will be provided. There's a $5 donation required to get in. Time is from 9 P.M. on. But be certain of the date—it is NOT New Year's Eve, but the evening of New Year's Day. That's a long, long weekend anyway. Clergymen representatives of the council have been busy making arrangements, and it goes without saying that one hotel after another turned them down—none seemed to want anything like a repeat of Halloween at the Hilton. Thus some citizens outside of the community learned first hand the pressures which vague but powerful forces apply against some of the minority groups. One hotel, in fact, couldn't permit the ball to go on there even after they had consented to rent space for it, because "we forgot we are re-finishing our ballroom floors on that day." On New Year's Day at triple time pay? Please. Anyway the place, date and time are set. Once again "kindred spirits" will gather for fun and purpose and it will be something not to miss. A small army of ticket sellers will be at work now up to New Year's Day to help make the ball a success. Members of The Coits, Daughters of Bilitis, Mattachine Society, Society for Individual Rights, Strait & Associates, and Tavern Guild of San Francisco will be ready to exchange your donation for a ducat. Representatives earn a dollar for their respective organizations for each ticket sold. So there it is––another private party for adults only for a public benefit. Play it cool and have fun! Because of a lot of confusion and questions about photographs arose at previous costume balls, the sponsors have agreed on the policy that cameras will not be permitted except by persons specifically authorized to take photographs. One or more "official photographers" will be assigned to this task. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource CRH Dance Promoted in Town Talk Description An account of the resource Town Talk, number 7, December 1964, page 3; published by Pan-Graphic Press. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Repository: <a href="http://www.glbthistory.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener">GLBT Historical Society</a> https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/130b2d53b096527e53bc2d0abde02ca2.pdf a12ed227bb03f884bed7f3bb2c134914 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document Page 1: Gay Bar? Citizens News Volume IV Number 5 New Years Ball The New Year's Day Mardi Gras Ball sponsored by the Council on Religion and the Homosexual is foremost in the social scene in San Francisco. There is to be a multitude of smaller affairs on the 31st, these to usher in the New Year and the one on the 1st to get the New Year off to a roaring start. The costume ball is being held at the California Hall, 625 Polk. About 1500 persons are expect to participate in this soiree. Costumes of all types are expected to be seen. Some persons who have not appeared publicly before in this dress are expected to be in the parade. Tickets are for sale in many of the bars of San Francisco, plus many of the organizations. The donation for the affair is $5.00. This is a private affair and to keep it this way no tickets are to be available at the door or on the day of the ball. The various organizations, including Strait and Associates have tickets available and will have them thru the 31st of December, but since the fire department has put a 1500 person limit on this dance hall there will not be any more than 1500 tickets sold. Those planning to attend must get their tickets early. Many will be disappointed to find that the "no tickee, no dancee' is a hard and fast rule with this affair. Page 2: New Years Mardi Gras Ball January 1st California Hall, 625 Polk Street, San Francisco No Minors - Donation $5.00 Tickets available from Strait and Associates - No ticket sales at door or day of ball. Sponsored by the Council on Religion & the Homosexual Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource CRH Dance Promoted in Next Issue of Citizen News Description An account of the resource Citizen News, vol, 4, no. 5, page 1; published by Strait and Associates. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Repository: <a href="http://www.glbthistory.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener">GLBT Historical Society</a> https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/0a9b99b3c86db47e65d1e535b2c665b1.jpg bbd3e4ee6c1bb48d6e4076d1ac8190ff YouTube Video A video hosted on YouTube. YouTube ID Eleven-character ID assigned by YouTube fJwGmbEDxQw Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource CRH Founder Ted McIlvenna Reminisces at GLHS 1998 Dinner Description An account of the resource From videorecording of Gay & Lesbian (now GLBT) Historical Society 9th annual dinner on October 14, 1998; produced by Paul Gabriel. https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/19d2f581d55d67fdaf653f8ca45794c8.mp3 8ce86762e672a11844032a3d0bc1f949 Sound A resource primarily intended to be heard. Examples include a music playback file format, an audio compact disc, and recorded speech or sounds. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource CRH Leader Chuck Lewis Describes Police Raid and Arrests Description An account of the resource Taped interview with James Waller on October 2, 1994. https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/830eac69e8f06f27caa942cf8a588984.mp3 52ebcd753993ca7dd3191bcb2ee50e06 Sound A resource primarily intended to be heard. Examples include a music playback file format, an audio compact disc, and recorded speech or sounds. Transcription Any written text transcribed from a sound The dance was actually held on the evening of January 1, 1965, New Year's Day eve, and was held at California Hall. My involvement was because I was a member of the Council on Religion and the Homosexual, the original constituting board. I had been with our coordinator, our director Parrish Light[?], from the North Beach Mission where I was the pastor, and we had been to dinner and at ten o'clock that night we intended to go to the dance. The dance actually began at nine o'clock. As I understand it at 9:15 a squad of police offers came in to make a fire inspection. At 9:45 another squad of officers came in to make a liquor license inspection. Prior to this, Ted and Clay had gone down to talk to the chief of police to essentially announce to him that there would be a dance attended by at least five hundred gay men and lesbians, at least ten clergy, their wives, spouses, girlfriends, whoever. And when they got to the police department they were instead directed to the vice squad, and the vice squad asked the questions such as "I see you're a married man by the ring on your finger. What does your wife think of this? What does the Bible have to say about this, pastor?" They never did get the chance to see the chief of police. Two weeks before the dance was actually held they were meeting in a storefront somewhere in the Tenderloin, as I understand, and two vice squad officers came in. Obviously they had been either followed or they were under surveillance. And they were holding their last meeting about the dance and the two vice squad officers said if this dance is held, anyone who shows up in drag on the street will be arrested. I think the threat here was the fact that, for the first time in history, five hundred gay men, openly identified gay men and lesbians, were going to be in one spot. And the real threat came from the ten clergy who were there, because it looked as though the church was approving this dance as well. And this just blew the police department right out of the water, which at that time had a heavy Roman-Catholic background. The result was that they did come to an understanding with the police department that as long as people drove to the front of California Hall, got out of a limousine or car, went directly up the stairs and into the dance, no-one would be arrested, even if they were in drag. But anyone on the street would still be arrested. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource CRH Leader Chuck Lewis Describes Preparations for the Dance Description An account of the resource Taped interview with James Waller on October 2, 1994. https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/a05f13c55d3534adf7bfdeca0cbe7fff.mp3 9385d457543595155444a280c3074ce1 Sound A resource primarily intended to be heard. Examples include a music playback file format, an audio compact disc, and recorded speech or sounds. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource CRH Leader Chuck Lewis Describes the Organization of the Symposia Description An account of the resource Taped interview with James Waller on October 2, 1994. https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/ef26b4626c7854ad4abe284da51bb83e.mp3 fd1a1fd5d27d0c6923409d4413f72ffa Sound A resource primarily intended to be heard. Examples include a music playback file format, an audio compact disc, and recorded speech or sounds. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource CRH Leader Chuck Lewis Recounts the Multi-Media Presentation on Sexuality That Was Part of the Symposium Description An account of the resource Taped interview with James Waller on October 2, 1994. https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/91c31bf1167a552d45fbba5aa3be5060.mp3 730da1446a2f655d6522c3847d4159ff Sound A resource primarily intended to be heard. Examples include a music playback file format, an audio compact disc, and recorded speech or sounds. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource CRH Leader Chuck Lewis Relates the Emergence of Feminist Perspectives in the Symposia Description An account of the resource Taped interview with James Waller on October 2, 1994.