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"Our Challenge is to Keep Willie's Memory Alive"

William (Willie) Velásquez founded the Southwest Voter Registration Education Project (SVREP) in 1974. The son of a butcher from San Antonio, Texas, he spent his adult life as a community organizer and political activist.  Inspired by the [...]

Poster for the Observance of LGBTQ+ Veterans

HIV is a viral disease which affects the immune system, and causes AIDS. In 1981, the HIV/AIDS epidemic hit the United States, disproportionately affecting the LGBTQ+ community. LGBTQ+ veterans, who were equally sickened by the disease, used their [...]

Military Adopts "Don't Ask, Don't Tell"

In 1994, the military adopted a new policy regarding LGBTQ+ service members: Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell. In the past, military regulations stated that homosexuality or other LGBTQ+ identites necessitated an immediate discharge from military service. [...]

Dollie B. Burwell Remembers (2022)

Dollie B. Burwell, often referred to as the “mother of the environmental justice movement,” was a central figure in protests against toxic waste dumping in North Carolina in 1982. Polychlorinated biphenyls, known as PCBs, are toxic chemical [...]

Activists Invited to ACT UP LA Meeting

On October 11, 1987, about 200,000 people participated in the March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights. Protestors criticized the inadequate response of President Ronald Reagan’s administration to the AIDS crisis and called for [...]

Organizing the ACT UP Latinx Caucus

For years, the AIDS epidemic was largely ignored by the United States government, leaving the public uneducated about the disease and how it is transmitted. People living with HIV and AIDS faced stigma, violence, and discrimination by employers, [...]

Combahee River Collective Statement

The Black feminist organization, the Combahee River Collective, formed in Boston, Massachusetts in 1974. The group's name honors Harriet Tubman and a raid she organized during the Civil War that liberated more than 700 enslaved individuals along the [...]

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BAAITS 4th Annual Two-Spirit Powwow

The Bay Area American Indian Two-Spirits (BAAITS) organization aims to support Two-Spirit people and call attention to their presence in Indigenous communities, past and present. By organizing cultural and political events, BAAITS demonstrates the [...]


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