Primary Sources: The American South: Sexuality & Gender

"This collection contains materials related to and owned by Billy Jack Gaither (1960-1999), a man from Sylacauga, Alabama, murdered for his sexual orientation."

"These documents chronicle a case in the wider wave of violence that targeted people of color during Reconstruction. The first document includes Frances Thompson and Lucy Smith’s testimony about their assault, rape, and robbery in 1866. The second document, demonstrates one way that white Southerners denied these claims. In 1876, Thompson was exposed for cross-dressing. For twenty years she successfully passed as a woman. Southerners trumpeted this case as evidence that widely documented cases of violence, sexual and otherwise, were fabricated. "

"This digital collection contains early court cases photographs, negatives, correspondence, and newspaper articles related to the activities of the Dallas Gay Alliance from 1980-1988."

"The Dallas Voice newspaper has been continuously published since 1984 and is the first newspaper to represent and serve the Dallas, Texas, LGBT community."

"The mission of The Dallas Way is to gather, organize, store, and present (in a variety of media) the complete GLBT history of Dallas, Texas. Founded in 2011, The Dallas Way has led the effort to gather and preserve the untold and under-told stories of the GLBT community of Dallas, through the collection and preservation of historical archives, the capturing of video and audio recordings of personal oral histories of individuals, the collecting and publishing of the written stories of Dallas-area GLBT organizations and members of the GLBT community, and the public speaking presentations of personal stories as told by individuals from within the GLBT community and by the many dedicated allies of our community. "

"Audio recordings of oral histories with figures related to the Dallas LGBTQ community. Eight interviews relate to the Cathedral of Hope's history."

"Donald F. Baker (1947-2000) was a teacher who lost his job for coming out as a gay man during a television interview in 1977. Baker was a founder of the Dallas Gay Political Caucus along with Louise Young, Dick Peeples, Steve Wilkins, and Jerry Ward, and he was also president of the Dallas Gay Alliance. "

"The LGBTQ Digital Collection is comprised of miscellaneous materials documenting the Georgia LGBTQ community. Materials in this collection represent a wide-ranging assortment of topics and events. LGBTQ materials can also be found in a variety of other including collections, including the Atlanta Journal-Constitution Photographs Collection, the Archives for Research on Women and Gender, and the Franklin Abbott Papers."

"Interviews about LGBTQ life, community, and activism in the South from 1969 to the present. Some topics include social organizing and events, HIV/AIDS advocacy, legislature, gay vernacular, and church. Some interviews are conducted by E. Patrick Johnson, performer and author of Sweet Tea: Black Gay Men of the South published in 2008 by University of North Carolina Press."

"Legal documents, correspondence, a press release, newspaper articles, a press kit, photographs, and a video related to Mica England's anti-discrimination lawsuit against the Dallas Police Department (DPD): England v. The City of Dallas, Mack Vines, and the State of Texas. On July 10, 1989, England was denied employment with the DPD because she was a lesbian."

"The Mike Anglin Papers include materials related to the Lesbian and Gay Rights Lobby of Texas, Oak Lawn Community Services, the Lone Star Ride, as well as photographs and video of Dallas area LGBT activists. Items related to Anglin's genealogy are also included."

"The digital collection available here contains letters, speeches, poetry, and memoirs predominately dated 1971-1990 written by mother and son, Jean and Bill Nelson. The corresponding physical collection is housed in the University of North Texas Special Collections."

“Letter from Jerry Falwell on his opposition to homosexuality and asking for support in keeping his “Old-Time Gospel Hour” television program on the air. Falwell writes that the Old Time Gospel Hour “is one of the few major ministries in America crying out against militant homosexuals” (p. 1). The letter is printed on what appears to be lined yellow notepad paper.”