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Title: Dignity
Date: 1974
Description: Flier introducing the Dignity organization's statement of purpose as of 1974. Dignity believes that gay Catholics are people of God and that gay sexuality can be expressed in a manner consistent with Christ's teachings. Dignity promotes the cause of the gay community and aims to work with the Church for the development of sexual theology that excepts the gay community; to work for the justice and social acceptance through legal reform and education; and to reinforce the gay communities and gay individual's self-acceptance. Dignity aims to unite gay Catholics and to developed instruments through with gay Catholics can be accepted by the Church and society through spiritual development, education, social involvement, and social events.
Subject: Gay liberation movement; Gay rights -- United States; Homosexuality -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church
Country: United States
Local Identifier: SC_Frazier_F_0099
Type: fliers (printed matter)
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:70944
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this item is available from the American University Library -- Archives and Special Collections.

Title: Mark Armstrong Interview, December 3, 2019
Date: December 3, 2019
Creator: Mark Armstrong; Sarah Canfield
Description: Mark Anthony Armstrong speaks about stigmas around HIV and Joseph’s House in D.C., as well as his homosexuality in his family. He also speaks about the effects of contracting HIV had on his past, current, and future relationships with romantic partners and friends. He speaks of working through such issues in weekly therapy sessions, and why he thinks his story is an important example of how people grow in unlikely circumstances.
Subject: Washington, DC; HIV/AIDS; World AIDS Day; community; Joseph’s House; dance; depression; spirituality; Shiva Entertainment; domestic abuse; homosexuality; therapy; relationships; friendships; disability
Country: United States
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:2199
Rights statement: This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights, under the terms of Public Domain.

Title: Mark Armstrong Interview, October 19, 2019
Date: October 19, 2019
Creator: Mark Armstrong; Sarah Canfield
Description: Mark Anthony Armstrong recalls contracting HIV in the early 1990s, and the impact it has had on his life thereafter. Mark tells the story of his first partner and the traumas he experienced in the relationship. He also remembers growing up in D.C., traveling as a young man, working in a department store, working as a dancer, gymnast, and entertainer, and finding his place within various support groups in D.C.
Subject: Washington, DC; HIV/AIDS; Joseph’s House; Whitman Walker; Homes for Hope; Kaiser Health Center; dance; ballet; depression; spirituality; Job Corps; Shiva Entertainment; Soul Train; domestic abuse; abuse; homosexuality; activism
Country: United States
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:2203
Rights statement: This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights, under the terms of Public Domain.

Title: WPFW Radio Show "500 Years of Struggle and Resistance" script
Date: 1992-09-01
Creator: Gomez, Letitia; Santiago, Yolanda
Description: Script from the radio show "500 Years of Struggle and Resistance" that Letitia Gomez and Yolanda Santiago were guests on. The topic of the program was to discuss Latina lesbians as they have been perceived in Hispano/Latino culture.
Subject: Gay activists -- Washington (D.C.); Hispanic American lesbians -- Washington (D.C.); Homosexuality on radio; Lesbian activists -- Washington (D.C.); LGBTQ+ Latinx; Hispanic LGBTQ+ people; LGBTQ+ radio
Local Identifier: SC_ENLACE_programming_0004
Type: transcripts
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:98732
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this item is available from the American University Library -- Archives and Special Collections.