National Latino/a Lesbian and Gay Organization (LLEGO), Names Project AIDS Memorial Quilt, and other ephemera

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: 7610

Scope and content

Conference materials, programs, newsletters, official mailings, flyers, and other materials of a gay rights organization (LLEGO), and items related to the display of the Names Project AIDS Memorial Quilt display in Washington DC (October 11-13 1996); includes one piece of anti-gay literature distributed there.

Scope and content

Materials collected in 1994 from the Inqueery conference at the University of Iowa, from Purdue University in Indiana, and from Austin, Texas, as well as a program from the 1994 "Becoming Visible" exhibit at New York Public Library and a 1994 issue of the CUGALA (Cornell University Gay and Lesbian Alumni Association) newsletter.

Dates

1994-1996.

Creator

Hames-Garcia, Michael, (Collector, Organization)

Biographical / Historical

National Latino/a Lesbian and Gay Organization (LLEGO) provides advocacy, leadership, and technical assistance to local organizations; it is committed to organizing and strengthening Latina lesbian and Latino gay, bisexual and transgendered communities at local, national, and international levels by facilitating access to cultural, political, and community development resources.