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Partial Gay Switchboard governance and policies document

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Copyright University of Illinois Board of Trustees

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Title
Partial Gay Switchboard governance and policies document
Creator
  • Gay Switchboard Governing Committee  
  • Gay Illini  
Description
On January 12th, 1976, the Gay Switchboard opened. The Switchboard remains one of the crowning achievements of the Gay Illini. An important aspect of this documentation is that it points to an understanding of and an openness to both transvestites and transexuals in the "LG" (or "GL") community was an important purpose of the Switchboard and it's policies.
Date
1979-08-25  
Keywords
  • Gender reassignment surgery  
  • Cross-dressing  
  • Janus Information Facility  
  • Traugott, Arthur M.D.  
  • Manners and customs  
  • Gay bars  
  • Transsexual people  
  • Cross-dressers  
  • Policies  
  • Governance  
  • Gay Switchboard  
Type
Text  
Genre
Records  
Repository
University of Illinois Archives
Archive Record Series Details
Office for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Concerns Records, 1942-2014. Box: 1. Folder: Gay Illini Archives, August 1978-July 1979
Archival Finding Aid Link
https://archives.library.illinois.edu/archon/index.php?p=collections/controlcard&id=5570
Collection Title
LGBT at UIUC
Rights Description
Copyright University of Illinois Board of Trustees
Bibliographic Citation
Office for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Concerns Records, 1942-2014, Box 1, Gay Illini Archives, August 1978-July 1979 Folder, University of Illinois Archives Research Center, Urbana, IL.
Collection
LGBT at UIUC
TitlePartial Gay Switchboard governance and policies document
Creator
  • Gay Switchboard Governing Committee  
  • Gay Illini  
DescriptionOn January 12th, 1976, the Gay Switchboard opened. The Switchboard remains one of the crowning achievements of the Gay Illini. An important aspect of this documentation is that it points to an understanding of and an openness to both transvestites and transexuals in the "LG" (or "GL") community was an important purpose of the Switchboard and it's policies.
Date1979-08-25  
Keywords
  • Gender reassignment surgery  
  • Cross-dressing  
  • Janus Information Facility  
  • Traugott, Arthur M.D.  
  • Manners and customs  
  • Gay bars  
  • Transsexual people  
  • Cross-dressers  
  • Policies  
  • Governance  
  • Gay Switchboard  
TypeText  
GenreRecords  
RepositoryUniversity of Illinois Archives
Archive Record Series DetailsOffice for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Concerns Records, 1942-2014. Box: 1. Folder: Gay Illini Archives, August 1978-July 1979
Archival Finding Aid Linkhttps://archives.library.illinois.edu/archon/index.php?p=collections/controlcard&id=5570
Collection TitleLGBT at UIUC
Rights DescriptionCopyright University of Illinois Board of Trustees
Bibliographic CitationOffice for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Concerns Records, 1942-2014, Box 1, Gay Illini Archives, August 1978-July 1979 Folder, University of Illinois Archives Research Center, Urbana, IL.
CollectionLGBT at UIUC

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