We Are Everywhere, International Collection, 1975-1981, bulk Bulk, 1978-1979

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Summary

Title:
We Are Everywhere, International Collection
Dates:
1975-1981, bulk Bulk, 1978-1979
Creators:
We Are Everywhere International.
Abstract:
Flyers, correspondence, annual reports, press releases, position statements, articles, meeting notes, meeting minutes, and bylaws documenting activities of the gay human rights organization, We Are Everywhere, International (WAEI), 1975-1981. WAEI invoked Article II of the United Nations' 1946 Convention on Genocide (which specified victims as "multi-national communities universally distributed which clearly suffer from genocide") as a legal basis for organized international opposition to the oppression of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (GLBT) people.
Containers:
Box: 1
Extent:
0.4 linear foot. [7 folders]
Language:
Preferred citation:

We Are Everywhere, International Collection, Coll2011-100, ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, Los Angeles, California

Background

Scope and content:

Flyers, correspondence, annual reports, press releases, position statements, articles, meeting notes, meeting minutes, and bylaws documenting activities of the Los Angeles-based gay human rights organization We Are Everywhere, International (WAEI), 1975-1981. WAEI's founders identified homophobia "an international problem" that might be addressed "by joining with others to offset the horrors of oppression/repression/exploitation of us [as] an international community." WAEI invoked Article II of the United Nations' 1946 Convention on Genocide (which specified victims as "multi-national communities universally distributed which clearly suffer from genocide") as a legal basis for organized international opposition to the oppression of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (GLBT) people. The collection documents both international and domestic (immigration policy and prisoner advocacy) efforts of WAEI.

Biographical / historical:

We Are Everywhere, International (WAEI) was founded in Los Angeles in 1978 by gay and lesbian rights activists reacting to news reports of police brutality against the gay community in Sydney, Australia. WAEI sought to establish cooperative links between gay rights organizations worldwide by applying Article II of the United Nations' 1946 Convention on Genocide (which specified victims as "multi-national communities universally distributed which clearly suffer from genocide") as a legal basis for organized international opposition to the oppression of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (GLBT) people.

Processing information:

Processing this collection has been funded by a generous grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

In order to provide access to this collection, minimal processing on this collection was expedited in 2011. Date spans were given wherever possible, but do not reflect the most accurate inclusive dates.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Finding aid prepared by Marc LaRocque
Date Prepared:
(c) 2011
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2012-04-05T08:47-0700

Access and use

Restrictions:

Contact ONE archivist regarding access restrictions.

Terms of access:

Contact ONE archivist regarding publication and use restrictions.

Preferred citation:

We Are Everywhere, International Collection, Coll2011-100, ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, Los Angeles, California

Location of this collection:
909 West Adams Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90007, US
Contact:
(213) 821-2771
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