The History of the Alice B. Toklas LGBT Democratic Club, San Francisco, California, 1971-2004, by Nathan Purkiss
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Title
The History of the Alice B. Toklas LGBT Democratic Club, San Francisco, California, 1971-2004, by Nathan Purkiss
Subject
Movements and Activism
Organizations
Politics, Government, and Law
Social Life and Community
Biography
Identities
Science, Medicine, and Health
Sexuality / Sexual Behaviors
Description
This is a short history of the Alice B. Toklas Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Democratic Club, published originally on OutHistory in 2013. This history explains how the club got started in San Francisco, California as the first registered LGBT Democratic Club in the nation. The history recounts the decades-long struggle of the LGBT community to influence public policy at the local, state and national level by making inroads within the Democratic Party in one of the nation's most important Democratic strongholds. Unless otherwise noted, all source material for this history came from the Alice Reports newsletter, interviews with longtime Alice members, and the Gay Vote Newsletters of the Harvey Milk Democratic Club. The 1971 section on Jim Foster establishing Alice is sourced from Out for Good: The Struggle to Build a Gay Rights Movement in America by Dudley Clendinen and Adam Nagourney.
Time Period
1970s
1980s
1990s
2000s
1960s
Person
Milk, Harvey
Toklas, Alice B.
Feinstein, Dianne
Clinton, Bill
Brown, Willie
Foster, Jim
Purkiss, Nathan
Morrison, Jack
Masonek, Jeff
Stein, Gertrude
von Beroldingan, Dorothy
Place
California
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Feature Exhibit Item Type Metadata
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alice-b-toklas-lgbt-democratic
exhibit type
Oral History