Content warning: some sexually explicit material is discussed during this interview.
Tim Retzloff interviewed Rodger Keller in Key West, Florida about his involvement in the 1972 Christopher Street Detroit celebration, experiences of gay life, and quarrels with other founding members of the Green Carnation Community Center.
Flyer urging members of the Ann Arbor, Michigan community with knowledge of police harassment of gay people to provide testimony before the city’s Human Rights Commission on July 25, 1974.
Article regarding the complaint Jean Hasler filed to the Ann Arbor Human Rights Department which alleged the Ann Arbor Public Library was discriminating against a group of lesbian artists because the library refused to display a collage they created.
A group of protestors were demonstrating the firing of Brian McNaught, a columnist at the Michigan Catholic who came out as gay and found the Detroit chapter of the gay Catholic organization Dignity.
One circular button that measures 2 inches diameter. It is composed of a metal disc covered in a protective layer of celluloid, and a pin backing. The face is white with an inverted pink triangle and black text that reads, "It's a library issue It's a civil rights issue."
A podcast episode describing the 1973 campaign of Gary Kapanowski, the first openly gay president of the United Autoworkers Union. The episode also discusses several LGBTQ+ autoworkers, including Joni Christian, who underwent gender-affirming surgery and got her job saved thanks to her union's leadership. These pioneers led to the development of the UAW's accepting policies toward LGBTQ+ autoworkers.
A newsletter featuring a reprinted article about a US Court of Appeals case in Washington D.C. that bans the discharge of LGBTQ+ service members on the basis of sexual orientation alone.
A message for a Friday night demonstration in Detroit to protest police harassment and oppressive bar practices, and and a Sunday Gay Pride Fair celebration (commemorating 6 years since Stonewall) in Highland Park, MI.
