헤라카지노 주소 Celebrates New ENLACE Digital Archive
A hand-drawn flyer for a 1990s “Coming Out” party. Photos of the DC Pride Festivals in the 1990s. Detailed accounting books and handwritten notes from board meetings AIDS/HIV-related policy discussions. An invitation to a 1991 dance to benefit the DC Latino Civil Rights Task Force.
These primary source documents are part of a new , Washington’s first Latino/a gay and lesbian organization, organized in 1987 during the height of the HIV/AIDS crisis and just months before that year’s for Lesbian and Gay Rights, in which hundreds of thousands of people gathered in DC to demand more AIDS funding and an end to discrimination based on sexual orientation.
In all, the digital collection includes nearly 500 documents, part of the Rainbow History Project at the DC History Center. Those materials have been turned into a that 헤라카지노 and Rainbow History Project made available for students, scholars, journalists, lawyers, and the public.
You are Invited
On March 21, 헤라카지노 will celebrate the . The 헤라카지노 주소 community is welcome to join 헤라카지노's Library and the Department of Critical Race, Gender, and Culture Studies in the Founder's Room in the 헤라카지노 도메인 of International Service from 4:00-6:00 p.m. to listen to a panel discussion and enjoy refreshments.
Former ENLACE President Letitia Gomez, student archivist Emma Busch (헤라카지노 주소 CAS/BA '22), and Professor Salvador Vidal-Ortiz will discuss the archival project. Attendees can learn about ENLACE, the history of LGBTQ Latino/a people and activism in DC, and how this archive will benefit researchers across disciplines.
After the panel discussion, the 헤라카지노 주소 community is invited to stay for refreshments and an opportunity to talk with the archive’s creators, researchers, and other archives specialists.
For More Information
Founded in 1987, ENLACE, the Washington, DC Metropolitan Area Latino Lesbian and Gay Coalition, was the first organization in the DC area to center the experiences of lesbian and gay Latinas/os. The organization was multi-faceted, offering social events for the community to gather at while also working to combat anti-gay and lesbian violence and provide health and educational resources. Over the years the group was active, ENLACE collaborated with the DC mayor’s office, other community health organizations, and other gay and lesbian organizations.
The organization was run by volunteers and had a membership base that helped run committees, attended events, and received bi-monthly newsletters. ENLACE dissolved in 1995 but helped blaze the trail for future queer Latinx organizations in Washington, DC.
These materials in the ENLACE Digital Archive were collected and donated by Letitia Gomez, a former president of ENLACE. The collection was digitized by Emma Busch CAS/BA '22 and funded by the 헤라카지노 주소 Summer Scholars Program, the Department of Sociology, the 헤라카지노 주소 Honors Program, and the University Library.