Keep Your Laws Off My Body
AIDS (Disease)
Documentaries
Law
Black and white recorded documentary video exploring themes of Lesbian relationships, the AIDS pandemic and the criminalization of LGBTQ+ media.
Catherine Saalfield, Zoe Leonard
1990
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English
keep_your_laws_off_my_body
Cindy and Joan
Discrimination
Lesbian bars
Lesbian and gay experience
Lesbian-identity
Lesbianism--History
Lesbianism
Cindy or Joan (speaker unclear) discusses her experience of growing up in a working class family. She also discusses going to bars as she got older, and her relationships with women. She describes lesbians being harassed by police officers in the past. She also describes how her car was vandalized once, which she thinks was because she is a lesbian.
Speakers' identities are unclear throughout. Recording label identifies Cindy and Joan but it is hard to tell if there are actually two separate speakers.
Sound quality is poor. Tape cuts off abruptly at the end.
Cindy
Joan
Lesbian Herstory Archives
Pratt Institute, School of Information and Library Science, 665 Projects in Digital Archives Students
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eng
Sound
Oral History Interview
SPW# 449
Target City Hall, 1989
AIDS (Disease) and mass media; AIDS (Disease); AIDS (Disease)--Political aspects--United States; ACT UP (Organization); Demonstrations--New York (State)--New York; Civil disobedience--New York (State)--New York; AIDS (Disease)--Political aspects; Civil disobedience; Demonstrations; New York (State)--New York; United States; AIDS (Disease)--History; AIDS (Disease)--Social aspects--United States; Police; Medical care; City Hall Park (New York, N.Y.); Arrest (Police methods); Koch, Ed, 1924-2013. Mayor;
Produced by DIVA TV, this video focuses on the ACT UP action known as Target City Hall when activists demonstrated against access to AIDS drugs and Mayor Ed Koch's response to the crisis at the New York City Hall.
This video, produced by DIVA TV, focuses on the ACT UP action known as Target City Hall when activists demonstrated against access to AIDS drugs and Ed Koch's response to the crisis at the New York City Hall. Footage includes organizing, demonstrations where activists confront the New York Police Department, and activists engaging in civil disobedience by passively resisting the address. There are also interviews with individual activists throughout the video.
DIVA TV; Donated by Maxine Wolfe in 1993
1989
Processed by Pratt School of Information LIS-668 students, Fall 2015
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English
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Target City Hall [D.I.V.A. Footage], 1989
AIDS (Disease) and mass media; AIDS (Disease); Television broadcasting--News; Television coverage of news ; Television journalism; Television news; AIDS (Disease)--Political aspects--United States; ACT UP (Organization); Demonstrations--New York (State)--New York; Civil disobedience--New York (State)--New York; AIDS (Disease)--Political aspects; Civil disobedience; Demonstrations; New York (State)--New York; United States; AIDS (Disease)--History; AIDS (Disease)--Social aspects--United States; Police; Medical care; City Hall Park (New York, N.Y.); Arrest (Police methods); Koch, Ed, 1924-2013. Mayor
Handheld video recording of the ACT UP action "Target City Hall" on March 28, 1989.
Handheld video recording of the ACT UP action "Target City Hall" on March 28, 1989. Footage includes: ACT UP members chanting "Health Care is a right," "the whole world's watching," "shame," "act up, fight back, fight aids;" protestors engaging in civil disobedience by sitting down in the street and blocking traffic; police arresting protestors and insisting that protestors stay on the sidewalk; protestors carrying signs; discussion with an ACT UP lawyer and a police officer about the arrest of Jimmy Floris (sp?) who was brought to the 7th precinct.
Donated by Maxine Wolfe in 1993
1989-03-28
Processed by Pratt School of Information LIS-668 students, Fall 2015
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English
334
Lou, October 21, 1981 (Tape 2)
Lesbians
Families
Lesbians & Motherhood
Lesbians of Color
Police Harassment
Songs
Music
Lou discusses her experience raising children as a lesbian woman, discussing at length her love of children, and wanting them to have a better life then she did. She also discusses her experience with police harassment as both a black women, and a lesbian.
Side B includes songs about lesbians, their lives and realities, and their relationships with children and their families.
Interviewee: Lou
Lesbian Herstory Archives
Pratt Institute, School of Information and Library Science, LIS 665 Projects in Digital Archives students
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Sound
Physical Object
Oral History Interview
SPW517
Julie Lee, Tape 1 of 1, 1989
Julie Lee and her partner [Ginny] are interviewed in 1989. They discuss relationships, lesbian communities, activism and the civil rights movement. Julie talks about her role as secretary of the New York chapter of DOB and her roles in United Sisters, ACLU, etc. They both talk about police harassment and how 'out' lesbians lost their jobs. Julie also mentions her pseudonym.
Interviewer: N/A, Interviewee: Jenny Lee and [Ginny]
Lesbian Herstory Archives
Pratt Institute, School of Information and Library Science, LIS 668 Moving Image and Sound Archiving students. Edited by Morgan Gwenwald, Manuela Soares, Sara Yaeger.
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en
Video Recording, Oral History
Physical: MV-65, Digital: lee_tape1of1_1989
Ruth Simpson and Ellen Povill, Tape 2 of 2, October 8, 1989
Ruth Simpson and Ellen Povill are interviewed in Woodstock, New York. They talk about various movements, including civil rights, feminism and gay and lesbian rights. They describe the day a group of feminists were arrested at a demonstration and the police brutality they experienced and later on, examples of FBI interception. Ruth discusses DOB and her leadership of the New York chapter and Ellen talks about her activities on the action committee.
Interviewer: N/A, Interviewee: Ruth Simpson, Ellen Povill
Lesbian Herstory Archives
Pratt Institute, School of Information and Library Science, LIS 668 Moving Image and Sound Archiving students. Edited by Morgan Gwenwald, Manuela Soares, Sara Yaeger.
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en
Video Recording, Oral History
Physical: MV-68, Digital: simpson_povill_tape2of2_19891008
Buff, September 23, 1979
Prostitution, Identity, Lesbian community--New York (State)--New York, Lesbian bars, Lesbians--United States--Identity, Lesbians--United States--Interviews,Oral history interview
Talks about dating a prostitute, lesbian prostitutes, lesbians and butches having sex with men, lesbian pregnancy, clothing styles,
Buff (Interviewee)
Madeline Davis (Interviewer)
SPW488_BUFF_A
SPW488_BUFF_B
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Original= Cassette Tape
WAV
MP3
English
Sound
Oral History Interview
SPW488
LHA Daughters of Bilitis Video Project: Barbara Gittings and Kay Tobin, 1988 (1 of 3)
Lesbians, Books, Bias Incidents, Activism, Butch and Femme, Police Harassment, Lesbian and Gay Civil Rights
Barbara Gittings talks about her life and her history with the Daughters of Bilitis. She served as the National Corresponding Secretary for DOB and helped run the NYC chapter when she was living in Philadelphia. Despite that, she frequently criticizes DOB positions and found herself to be more radical in her approach to activism.
Manuela Soares
http://devherstories.prattsils.org/omeka/archive/files/65720cbedf113bf948981a56e3011c18.mp4
Lesbian Herstory Archives
edited by Morgan Gwenwald, Manuela Soares, Sara Yaeger
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Preservation: .avi; Access: .mp4
English
Video; Oral history
MV-36
Philadelphia, PA
LHA Daughters of Bilitis Video Project: Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon, Tape 3 of 4, May 9, 1987
Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon discuss DOB's National Conventions. They are interviewed by Manuela Soares.
Manuela Soares
http://devherstories.prattsils.org/omeka/archive/files/3d0ee806f0b4050699bd2af2cbfb9061.mp4
Lesbian Herstory Archives
edited by Morgan Gwenwald, Manuela Soares, Sara Yaeger
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English
Video; Oral history
MV-6
San Francisco, California
Neighborhood Voices: Sonny Wainwright Interview (Tape 1)
Sonny Wainwright discusses coming out in 1948, navigating the Village bar scene as a young college student with her lover Kelly, and the social life of lesbians in the 1950s. Wainwright found support in the bars as well as her close circle of closeted friends prior to the formation of the Gay Women’s Alternative.
Neighborhood Voices
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English
VID014
Billye Talmadge, Tape 2 of 2
Activism, Counseling, Discrimination, The Ladder, Police Harassment, Political Movements and Community Struggles, Psychology, Religion, Conferences and Events, Voting, Well of Loneliness
Billye Talmadge discusses her early experiences as she came to understand her own preferences and sexuality, and the support she received from her college dean, classmate, and mother. She describes her role in the Daughters of Bilitis and the responsibilities and liabilities of being an officer in the group. She elaborates on the social and political climate of the times, and how she endeavored to help people overcome their fear of harassment and discrimination through providing education and supportive counseling and resources.
Lesbian Herstory Archive
1987
Pratt Institute, School of Information and Library Science, LIS 668 Moving Image and Sound Archiving students. Edited by Lauren Allshouse, Kim Loconto, Rachel Smiley, and Sara White.
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English
Video Recording, Oral History
Talmadge_Billye_Tape2of2
Lois Beeby, Tape 2 of 2, May 9, 1987
Butch and Femme, Clubs, Counseling, Friendship, Gay Men, The Ladder, Police Harassment, Sailing, Social Life, Support Groups
Lois Beeby discusses her early experiences and confusion as to recognizing she was a lesbian. She speaks about her role as a member and officer in the Daughters of Bilitis, and the eventual unrest and split in the group, leading to her leaving DOB. She speaks of unrest between gay men and lesbians and the desire for the two to join together as a united front.
Lesbian Herstory Archive
Pratt Institute, School of Information and Library Science, LIS 668 Moving Image and Sound Archiving students. Edited by Lauren Allshouse, Kim Loconto, Rachel Smiley, and Sara White.
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English
Video Recording, Oral History
Beeby_Lois_Tape(1)_1987May9
Arcus Flynn, Tape 1 of 1, November 1, 1987
Bars, Butch and Femme, Catholic Lesbians, Demonstrations, Feminism, Healing, Health Care, International Women's Day, Irish American Lesbians, Museums, Nuns, Nurses, Self-Hatred, Social Life, Spirituality, Stonewall, Suicide, Police harassment
Arcus Flynn discusses her early life and her struggle with isolation and depression, her eventual discovery of the Daughters of Bilitis meetings and the community and friendships she found there. Arcus talks about the early importance of roles assumed by lesbians in the community (butch/femme), her involvement with the Women’s Rights movement, her evolution from Catholicism to born-again pagan spirituality (the Irish triad: truth, knowledge, and nature), and her discovery of herbology and natural healing.
Lesbian Herstory Archive
1986-11-01
Pratt Institute, School of Information and Library Science, LIS 668 Moving Image and Sound Archiving students. Edited by Lauren Allshouse, Kim Loconto, Rachel Smiley, and Sara White.
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English
Video Recording, Oral History
Flynn_Arcus_tape1of1_1987nov1
Nikki Nichols, Tape 1 of 2, May 14, 1987
Nikki Nichols describes her coming out process, and experiences with older lesbian women as a teenager. Discusses changing views on butch/fem issue. Laments the lack of lesbian groups in Sacramento, as well as describing issues with and fears of gay bars. Talks about how the discovery of DOB saved her life – socially and otherwise. Describes first DOB convention in 1960. Discusses her research into Native American attitudes towards homosexuality, as well as Native American rights movement.
Lesbian Herstory Archive
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Video Recording, Oral History
Stella Rush & Helen Sandoz, Tape 3 of 3, May 15, 1987
women, bars, discrimination, domestic partnerships, families, Gay Liberation Movement, Government, hate crimes, homosexuality, incest, intergenerational relationships, job discrimination, The Ladder, Lesbian and Gay Civil Rights, mailing lists, mental health, mothers, older lesbians, parents of lesbians and gays, photography, police harassment, radical lesbians, rape, religion, Christianity, rumors, violence
Stella Rush and Helen Sandoz are interviewed in 1987. The interview mostly concerns Stella Rush, who talks about her childhood; specifically her encounters with incest and molestation. She also talks about her experiences with police discrimination in the 1950s and 1960s in L.A. Helen and Stella both talk about being editors of the Ladder and being a part of the DOB. Stella talks about workplace harassment, and fear of loser her job. They show photographs from the 1960s, including some of their cat. The video closes with the two discussing their wedding rings.
Lesbian Herstory Archive
Pratt Institute, School of Information and Library Science, LIS 668 Moving Image and Sound Archiving students. Edited by Lauren Allshouse, Kim Loconto, Rachel Smiley, and Sara White.
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English
Video Recording, Oral History
Rush_Stella_&_Sandoz_Helen_tape3of3_1987May15
Billye Talmadge, Tape 1 of 2
Activism, Counseling, Discrimination, The Ladder, Police Harassment, Political Movements and Community Struggles, Psychology, Religion, Conferences and Events, Voting, Well of Loneliness
Billye Talmadge discusses her early experiences as she came to understand her own preferences and sexuality, and the support she received from her college dean, classmate, and mother. She describes her role in the Daughters of Bilitis and the responsibilities and liabilities of being an officer in the group. She elaborates on the social and political climate of the times, and how she endeavored to help people overcome their fear of harassment and discrimination through providing education and supportive counseling and resources.
Lesbian Herstory Archive
Pratt Institute, School of Information and Library Science, LIS 668 Moving Image and Sound Archiving students. Edited by Lauren Allshouse, Kim Loconto, Rachel Smiley, and Sara White.
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English
Video Recording, Oral History
Talmadge_Billye_tape1of2
Lois Beeby, Tape 2 of 2, May 9, 1987
Butch and Femme, Clubs, Counseling, Friendship, Gay Men, The Ladder, Police Harassment, Sailing, Social Life, Support Groups
Lois Beeby discusses her early experiences and confusion as to recognizing she was a lesbian. She speaks about her role as a member and officer in the Daughters of Bilitis, and the eventual unrest and split in the group, leading to her leaving DOB. She speaks of unrest between gay men and lesbians and the desire for the two to join together as a united front.
Lesbian Herstory Archive
Pratt Institute, School of Information and Library Science, LIS 668 Moving Image and Sound Archiving students. Edited by Lauren Allshouse, Kim Loconto, Rachel Smiley, and Sara White.
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English
Video Recording, Oral History
Beeby_Lois_Tape2of2
Lesbian Nation, September 8, 1972
Police Brutality, Environment, Pollution, Riots/Protests, Publishing
Martha Shelley interviews lesbian students from Southern Illinois University in Carbondale about a number of topics including lesbian publishing, local environmental concerns, and student activism. Mary Flowerpot opens the show with another funny segment before Shelley comes on to address more serious topics. The students discuss a recent incident involving unwarranted police brutality against a local student group (trigger warning).
9/8/1972
English
T81_1_42
Anti-Lesbian Violence Lesbian HERstory Archives 10-30-82 #1 Cutaways #1 of 6
This is a recording of assorted clippings regarding women's safety.
Note: No Audio.
10/30/82
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video/mp4
MSTR 14