Items

• An Updated History of Gender Identity Conversations and Related Efforts at the University of Michigan
  A timeline, as of October 2002, of conversations, events, and initiatives at the University of Michigan concerning gender identity. Many of the updates since the 2001 file are focused around the Gender Identity Working Group.
• LGBT Affairs Office name change (2 pages), 2007
  A digital scan of a page of the Michigan Daily from September 17th, 2007, featuring two halves of an article about the search for a more inclusive name for the University's Office of Lesbian Gay and Bisexual Affairs—the future Spectrum Center. There was growing support for a name that would be more inclusive for transgender and other queer students. Some decried the initiative as taking inclusiveness too far.
• Listing for talk "Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation" (2/28/1990)
  Zoomed-in screenshot of a digital scan of a page of the Michigan Daily from February 28th, 1990 featuring a listing for an on-campus discussion called "Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation." The talk was advertised as an event that would feature "transsexual, transvestite, Lesbian and Gay male speakers."
• City of Ann Arbor, City of Ypsilanti, and University of Michigan Accomplishments Concerning Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
  A timeline, as of June 1999, of Ann Arbor and the University of Michigan's accomplishments concerning gender identity and sexual orientation. The resource is not transgender-specific, but does include transgender-specific accomplishments.
• LILA Logo and Summary
  A sheet of paper stating the name of the organization it represents: Lavender Information and Library Association, or LILA for short. The organization’s logo is present in the middle of the page.
• Sexual Daring in the Academy
  This is a flier that was handed out by the Lavender Information and Library Association to spread the word about a new exhibit coming to the University of Michigan in 1999: “Articfacts and Disclosures: Michigan’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Heritage.” It was the first exhibit of its kind to show off transgender history specific to Michigan.
• ONE: The Homosexual Viewpoint
  The September 1961 issue of ONE: The Homosexual Viewpoint, a magazine written by and for members of the LGBTQ+ community. A digitized copy of the magazine is hosted on the JSTOR website.
• Peron in seaweed skirt
  Black and white photo of Earl Peron wearing a seaweed skirt.
• Letter to Earl Peron from Unknown
  This is a very romantic letter from an unknown man to his male lover, Earl Peron. In it, the anonymous man professes his deep love and trust in his partner, and expresses the wish that they would have a lasting relationship.
• Letter to a G.I.
  This letter from WWII veteran Brian Keith to his lover and fellow soldier Dave was published in the September 1961 issue of ONE Magazine. Keith reminisces about their relationship, but the tone of the letter is bittersweet because the couple were not able to stay together. It is implied that Dave died during the war, and Keith has been missing him ever since.
• Max Gundy and Jack Bloch
  Black and white photograph, Jack Bloch (left) and Max Gundy (right) pose with their car outside their new house in Eastchester, New York.
• “Arrabal Supports Ann Arbor Gays”
  Handmade poster, cardboard backing, 10”x12”
• “Demonstrate Against ‘Windows’”
  Flyer announcing demonstration against homophobic movie “Windows” at Michigan Union
• “Rally, 12 noon, Thursday April 14th, Diag”
  Flyer announcing rally on Diag
• “Imagine the University as WCBN’s General Manager...”
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• “Administration Control: Get It Out of Your Life!”
  Flyer announcing rally against discriminative administration
• “Act Up! Protest a Bigoted Court!”
  Flyer announcing protest next to Michigan Union
• “Harvard The Non-Homophobic Michigan of the East”
  Flyer announcing protest of UM Regents’ anti-gay definition of family
• “Speak Up against Police Harassment of Gay People!”
  Flyer announcing meeting at City Hall to speak with police about harassment
• “Unwelcome William Rehnquist!”
  Flyer announcing protest at the Law Quad
• “GET OVER IT” rally flyer
  Flyer announcing rally to protest UM Regents’ definition of family.
• “co-opers locked in”
  Flyer announcing protest in the Bates Room at the Michigan Union
• “Gay Rights Protest”
  LGBTQ protestors wear paper bags over their heads to protect identities.
• “Gay Rights Protest”
  “GAY RIGHTS PROTEST: Student protestors covered their heads with grocery bags Friday, as they marched around campus to demonstrate for gay rights. Their hour-long protest was silent, but slogans on their bags proclaimed, ‘Let me out of the closet.’ The 12-member group briefly occupied the office of U-M President Harold T. Shapiro. Shapiro was out of town, but the protestors left a message: ‘We won't be silent anymore and we will be back.’ For more than a year, gay men and lesbians on campus have been pressuring U-M for a policy to prohibit discrimination against homosexuals” (Caption).
• “Gay Rights Protest”
  LGBTQ protestors wear paper bags over their heads to protect identities.