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LGBT 200: Introduction to LGBT Studies: Home

How to use this guide

Welcome!
This guide is intended to support your LGBT 200 research.
 

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

1. Home
- This is the page you're on now. Contact an archivist for help under the picture of Pounce.
2. AIDS Activism-This page of the guide lists the four archival collections you can choose from for assignments responding to the question: "How did Milwaukee respond to the AIDS crisis?” Read descriptions of each collection and find links to the finding aids that you need to find sources for your project.
3. Gender Diversity-This page of the guide lists seven publications you can choose from and a link to the Milwaukee Transgender Oral History Project. Start from this page of the guide if your paper responds to the question: “Consider, an issue faced by trans/gender queer identified individuals; how has the Milwaukee's LGBT community respond to this issue?”. For your project you'll select one oral history interview and one publication.
4. Research Tips- This page contains useful tips for conducting primary source research and how to prepare for a visit to either the Archives (floor 2) or Special Collections (floor 4).

Safe sex brochure

Safe sex brochure from The Brady East STD Clinic Collection found in the UWM Archives

Examples from the UWM Archives' LGBT Button and Pin Collection

Examples from the UWM Archives' LGBT Button and Pin Collection

ACT UP flyer from the UWM Archives

ACT UP flyer from the UWM Archives

Cover of

Cover of "Gemini Gender Group Journal", found in UWM Libraries Special Collections

Page from

Page from "Girlfriends" a zine for trans and gender queer youth found in Special Collections

ACT UP Flyer for HIV/AIDS activism from the UWM Archives

ACT UP Flyer for HIV/AIDS activism from the UWM Archives

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