BAYMEC lobbies school board.
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File Name |
sahl_politics_009 |
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Title |
BAYMEC lobbies school board. |
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Creator |
Sahl, Ted (photographer) |
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Date |
1991-04-20 |
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Description |
BAYMEC, a gay and lesbian political pac lobbies the San Jose Unified School District on behalf of gay rights. Photograph shows Wiggsy Sivertsen at the podium. |
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Note |
The Bay Area Municipal Elections Committee (BAYMEC) is a non-partisan, political action committee serving the civil rights concerns of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals in the central coast counties of San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz and Monterey since 1984. BAYMEC was founded by Wiggsy Sivertsen and Ken Yeager. Wiggsy Sivertsen co-founded GALA, the Gay and Lesbian/Bisexual Student Alliance at SJSU, and helped organize the first indoor Gay Pride Day Celebration at SJSU in 1975. Written on verso of photograph: "4-20-91; BAYMEC, a gay and lesbian political pac; lobbies S.J. Unified School District on behalf of gay rights." Photograph shows Wiggsy Sivertsen at the podium. |
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Subject-TGM |
Activists
Gays
Gay rights
Lesbians
Meetings |
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Subject-LCSH |
Gay culture
San Jose Unified School District
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Subject-Local |
Sivertsen, Wiggsy |
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Geographic Coverage |
San Jose -- California |
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Object Type |
Photographic Prints |
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Format |
image/jpg |
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Dimensions |
7 X 8.5 in. |
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Relation-Is Part Of |
Series III, Box 8, Folder 14; Politics + BAYMEC |
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Rights |
For more information on copyright or permissions for this image, please contact San Jose State University Special Collections & Archives Department. http://library.sjsu.edu/sjsu-special-collections/sjsu-special-collections-and-archives |
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Collection |
Ted Sahl Collection |
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Language |
eng |
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Repository |
San José State University Special Collections & Archives |
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