Gender and Sexuality
This collection features materials from a number of sources focusing on struggles revolving around gender and sexuality. These struggles are not separate from larger struggles for liberation but specifically incorporate unique voices and perspectives.
Subcollections
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Connexions
Connexions is the collective product of feminists of diverse nationalities and political perspectives committed to contributing to an international women\'s movement. -
Feminist and Lesbian Politics: Monographs-Periodicals-Articles
This collection contains materials focusing on radical feminist and lesbian politics. While diverse in medium and subject matter, this collection contextualizes women’s liberation highlighting issues of class, race, sexuality and imperialism. -
Materials shot and collected in the making of The Forest for the Trees
Raw materials from the documentary "The Forest for the Trees" which details the amazing story of the fight to clear Earth First! activist Judi Bari's name after her car was bombed and she was arrested as a terrorist. -
Out of Control: Lesbian Committee to Support Women Prisoners
Out of Control (OOC) was a self-supporting committee formed in 1987 to organize resistance to the Lexington Control Unit for women. -
Prisons - Women
This collection contains materials relating to the specific conditions, challenges and struggles facing women in prison. Topics are varied but materials include conference papers, informational materials, legal perspectives and audio recordings. -
Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
This collection contains grassroots radio programming produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms. This programming primarily occurred during the 1980s and 1990s. -
Sterilization
This collection contains materials focusing on the sterilization of women and efforts to resist this practice. -
Violence Against Women
This collection contains materials focusing on violence against women. Specific topics covered include women who fight back against their abusers, rape, pornography, sexism and self-defense. -
Women Against Imperialism
Women Against Imperialism was a grassroots, feminist, anti-imperialist solidarity organization formed in San Francisco in 1981. Women Against Imperialism’s work primarily consisted of direct action organizing and political education activities.
Documents
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![Focus on the Americas with Blase Bonpane, Ph.D. “It’s time to stop US aid to Israel”](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 7/17/1991Call Number: JG/ 083BFormat: Cass BProgram: Focus on the AmericasCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
Bonpane calls for need to coerce Israel to change its policy. We as US citizens must call upon our government to stop giving aid of $3.5 billion USD per year. Prominent Israeli Jews (military and nonmilitary) have also called for a stop of US aid in order to change Israeli policy. Discusses George Bush, Sr.'s crime bill that calls for secret trials, secret charges and secret evidence for non-US citizens labeled terrorists. Terrorists are defined as those giving financial assistance and support to international resistance movements including FMLN, PLO, and ANC. Material supporters would receive 10 years in prison (both US and non-US citizens). It allows youth records to be treated as adult and expands the death penalty to include Native Americans living in Indian Territories. It also permits the use of illegally seized evidence.
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