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Race, Class and Gender Workshop
Call Number: JG/ 105Format: CassetteProgram: National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Policy InstituteCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
This is a recording is of a workshop and moderated discussion about the intersections of class, race, and gender in LGBT movements. The workshop is held at a 1993 conference sponsored by the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Policy Institute. Several critiques on the direction that the mainstream LGBT movement is going in are made, including: The movement catering to the image of the affluent white gay male, problematic assumptions about and comparisons to the Civil Rights movement, the closet as a classist construction, and the lack of dialogue on the impact of economic policy. Other issues addressed are: gays in the military, strategies on dealing with the Right, and the spectacle of queerness in the media.
Shasta Woman: The Story of Norma Jean Croy
Date: 1/1/1993Call Number: V 572Format: VHSProducers: Bo BrownCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
About imprisonment of Native American woman for murder of a police officer. Chronicles events of the night of the murder and ensuing legal proceedings. Norma Jean Croy was released in 1997 on the basis of constitutional violations in her original trial and inadequate legal counsel. Includes extensive interview with Yvonne (Wanrow) Swan.
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