1980 BADGES & LIT. INDIANA DEL SOUTHERN CA HARVEY MILK LGBT CONVENTION, GAY INT

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1980 BADGES & LIT. INDIANA DEL SOUTHERN CA HARVEY MILK LGBT CONVENTION, GAY INT
1980 BADGES & LIT. INDIANA DEL SOUTHERN CA HARVEY MILK LGBT CONVENTION, GAY INT
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CIRCA 1980 BADGES AND BROCHURE FOR THE INDIANA DELEGATE TO THE “SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA HARVEY MILK LESBIAN & GAY DEMOCRATIC CLUB” CONVENTIONS
.  ONE TRIFOLD BROCHURE (UNDATED) DESCRIBES THE BELIEFS AND PLATFORM FOR THE ORGANIZATION WHILE INCLUDING A MEMBERSHIP SUBSCRIPTION AND FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTIONS FORM.  ALSO INCLUDED ARE FOUR INDIANA DELEGATE NAME TAGS FOR THE SAME REPRESENTATIVE (OF WHICH TWO INCLUDE DELEGATE RIBBONS).  THE SAN FRANCISCO BADGE NOTES THAT IT WAS THE “1
ST
ANNUAL MEETING”.  THE REMAINING BADGES WERE FOR CONVENTIONS HELD IN THE CALIFORNIA CITIES OF SACRAMENTO, SAN JOSE AND LOS ANGELES.  ALTHOUGH THE BROCHURE IS SCARCE, THE NAME BADGES WOULD BE UNIQUE TO ONLY THOSE WHO ATTENDED!
AS A MEMBER OF THE SAN FRANCISCO BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, LGBTQ ICON AND MARTYR “HARVEY BERNARD MILK” WAS THE FIRST OPENLY GAY, ELECTED OFFICIAL IN CALIFORNIA.  DURING HIS 11 MONTHS AS A CITY SUPERVISOR, MILK SPONSORED A BILL BANNING DISCRIMINATION IN PUBLIC ACCOMODATIONS, HOUSING AND EMPLOYMENT ON THE BASIS OF SEXUAL ORIENTATION.  HE WAS ASSASSINATED, ALONG WITH MAYOR GEORGE MOSCONE, ON NOVEMBER 27, 1978 BY A DISGRUNTLED CITY SUPERVISOR.  FOUNDED IN 1976 AS THE
“SAN FRANCISCO GAY DEMOCRATIC CLUB”, IT EXISTS TODAY UNDER THE TITLE OF “HARVEY MILK LGBTQ DEMOCRATIC CLUB”.  THE CLUB WAS RENAMED IN HONOR OF MILK AFTER HIS ASSASSINATION IN 1978.
APPROXIMATE DIMENSIONS OF BROCHURE WHEN FOLDED ARE 8-1/2” X 3-3/4”.  APPROXIMATE DIMENSIONS OF NAME TAGS ARE 3-3/4” X 2-1/2”.  CONDITION: EDGE BUMPS, SOILING, SCUFFS, OCCASIONAL PIN HOLES.
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