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Gay newspapers -- Massachusetts -- Boston

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Nancy F. Walker papers

 Collection
Identifier: M229
Overview Nancy F. Walker (1935-1996) was a writer and a gay rights activist. Her papers contain records from the Community Homophile Association of Toronto (CHAT); correspondence; Gay Community News (GCN) files; records and writings from her undergraduate studies at Hofstra College; LGBTQA ephemera, memorabilia and serials; photographs; her resume and memorial service materials; records from the newspaper She; and writings, including drafts and final versions of her “Odyssey of a Unicorn” column and...
Dates: 1935-1996

William J. Canfield papers

 Collection
Identifier: M069
Overview William J. Canfield II was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1946. He was a gay activist in Boston and was involved in the Boston gay liberation movement between 1970 and 1975. In 1971-1972, Canfield was president of Homophile Union of Boston (HUB). The Homophile Union of Boston was founded in 1969 by Frank Morgan in order to broaden awareness of gay lifestyles and seek civil rights for gays and lesbians. Along with John C. Graves (MIT professor, psychologist, and psychotherapist at the...
Dates: 1946-2012; Majority of material found within 1970-1999