Illinois Lesbian and Gay Task Force Records

Collection

Identifier: 1988-2

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The collection consists of organizational records and political organizing minutes for the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force and the Illinois National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, subject files on state and municipal gay politics, report cards for many Illinois elected officials, files on specific state bills, fliers, press releases, and press clippings.

Dates

Majority of material found within 1980 - 1987
1969 - 1995

Creator

Illinois Lesbian and Gay Task Force (Organization)

Conditions Governing Access

Excepting the names of officers, board members, and committee chairs, member names may

Biographical / Historical

The Task Force was originally founded as the Gay Task Force of the Alliance to End Repression in 1974 to protest police brutality and reform law enforcement. Later becoming an autonomous organization, the Illinois Gay and Lesbian Task Force (originally called the Illinois Gay Rights Task Force) was formed to support the rights of gay and lesbians in Illinois by monitoring city and state legislative bills (including the long-running campaign to pass an anti-discrimination bill that would make sexual orientation a protected class in Illinois), protest anti-LGBT media coverage, and providing sensitivity training to law enforcement and other officials.

Extent

8 Linear Feet (8 boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Arrangement

Collection is arranged into series by topic and when possible, subdivided by topic and date.

Physical Location

C3D - (Row C, Bay 3, Shelf D – Row C, Bay 3, Shelf F)

Provenance

Boxes 1 through 7 of the collection was donated by Carol Zientok, Chairperson of the IGLTF on January 5, 1997. Box 8 was donated Arthur Schenck, Treasurer and then Secretary of the IGLTF on June 18, 1988.

Related Materials

William B. Kelley papers, mid 1955-2015; R1997-3
Carole Powell papers, 1988-1991; 1991-1
Arthur Schenck papers, 1980-1992; 1995-11
William Verick papers, 1985-1990; 1994-12
Allen C. Wardell papers, 1987-1995; 1995-8

Separated Materials

Chicago Women’s AIDS Projects, July/August 1990
Ciphrah, The Great Lakes District of the Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches, January – February 1987
Dialogue, Lambda Toastmasters Chicago 4820-30, Volume 1, Number 7, December 1982
Diplomat Magazine, Volume 1, Issue 8, 1981
Dignity Six in the Mainstream, The Newsletter of Dignity/Region Six
- Issue 3, April – May 1983
- Issue 4, June – July 1983
The Force, Volume 3, Number 1, Pride Week 1987
Fox Tales, Official Newsletter of the Fox Valley Gay Association
- Volume 7, Number 10, October 1981
- Volume 8, Number 1, January 1982
- Volume 8, Number 2, February 1982
- Volume 8, Number 4, April 1982
- Volume 8, Number 5, May 1982
- Volume 9, Number 4, May 1983
- Volume 10, Number 5, May 1984
- Volume 10, Number 6, June 1984
Ganymedia, Newsletter of Integrity/Chicago
- Number 86-10, November 1986
- Number 86-11, Mid-Winter 1986 – 1987
- Number 87-1, February 1987
- Number 87-2, March 1987
- Number 87-3, April 1987
- Number 87-4, May 1987
- Number 87-5, June 1987
Gay Community Health Network, Peoria, IL
- Volume 1, Issue 2
- Volume 1, Issue 3
- Volume 1, Issue 4
The Gay News-Telegraph
- Volume 2, Number 4, January 1983
- Volume 2, Number 8, May 1983
- Volume 3, Number 5, February 1984
- Volume 3, Number 8, May 1984
- Volume 3, Number 10, July 1984
- Volume 4, Number 5, February 1985
- Volume 4, Number 6, March 1985
- Volume 4, Number 8, June 1985
Gayzette, Gay and Lesbian People’s Union, SIU-C
- Volume 1, Number 3, November 1985
- Volume 1, Number 4, December 1985
GLPC Newsletter, Gay and Lesbian Physicians of Chicago, Volume 4, Number 1, March 1987
The Illuminator
- May/June 1985
- Issue 10, July 15, 1985
- Issue 11, September 15, 1985
- Issue 12, November 15, 1985
- Issue 13, January 15, 1986
- Issue 14, March 15, 1986
- Issue 15, May 18, 1986
- Issue 16, July 15, 1986
- Issue 17, September 3, 1986
- Minister Survey
- Issue 20, February 18, 1987
- June 16, 1987
Integrity Forum: For Gay Episcopalians and Their Friends, Volume 6, Number 2, Christmas-Epiphany 1979 – 1980
Kinheart, Volume 12, Number 4, July/August 1994
The Kinheart Quarterly
- Volume 1, Number 1, February 1983, 2 copies
- Volume 1, Number 2, May 1983
- Volume 1, Number 4, October 1983
- Volume 2, Number 2, April 1984
- Volume 2, Number 4, October 1984
- Volume 3, Number 1, January 1985, 2 copies
- Volume 3, Number 2, April, 1985, 2 copies
- Volume 3, Number 3, July 1985
- Volume 3, Number 4, October 1985
- Volume 4, Number 1, January 1986
- Volume 4, Number 2, April 1986, 2 copies
- Volume 5, Number 1, January 1987
Kinheart Womyn’s News
- Volume 1, Number 5, March 1984
- December 1984
LCC Newsletter, Lesbian Community Center
- Volume 1, Number 8, July 1980
- Volume 1, Number 9, August 1980
- Volume 1, Number 10, September/October 1980
- Volume 1, Number 11, November 1980
- Volume 2, Number 4, April 1981
- Volume 2, Number 5, May 1981
- Volume 2, Number 6, June 1981
- Volume 2, Number 7, July 1981, 2 copies
MATRO News A Publication of the Mid-American Transperson Rights Organization, Volume 1, Issue 1, May 1985
Metra, Issue 211, December 2, 1987
MOHR Information, Michigan Organization for Human Rights
- Volume 4, Number 7, June/July 1981
- Volume 5, Number 5, [October?] 1982, 2 copies
- Volume 6, Number 1, January 1983, 2 copies
- Volume 6, Number 3, April/May 1983, 2 copies
- Volume 6, Number 4, June 1983
- Volume 6, Number 5, [August?], 1983
- Volume 6, Number 8, 1983
- September/October 1984
- June/July 1985, 2 copies
- June 1987
NGLA, Northwest Gay & Lesbian Association
- January 1987
- February 1987
- March 1987
News of the Columbus Gay and Lesbian Community, Volume 9, Number 8, September 1986
No Bad News, Volume 5, Number 5, May 1984
Parents FLAG Chicago Newsletter
- October 1981
- December 1981/January 1982
- June/July 1982
- May/June 1983
- Summer 1983
- November/December 1983
- January/February 1984
- September/October 1984
- November/December 1984
- January/February 1985
- March/April 1985
- September/October 1985
- November/December 1985
- January/February 1986
- March/April 1986
- May/June 1986
- July/August 1986
- September/October 1986
- January/February 1987
- March/April 1987
- May/June 1987
Prideletter, NIU Gay/Lesbian Union
- Volume 6, Number 5, March 25, 1985
- Volume 6, Number 6, April 15, 1985
- Volume 8, Number 3, October 7, 1986
- Volume 8, Number 5, November 18, 1986
- Volume 8, Number 6, January 29, 1987
- Volume 8, Number 7, February 27, 1987
- Volume 8, Number 8, April 10, 1987
- Volume 8, Number 9, April 28, 1987
The Quad Cities Trinity, Newsletter of Metropolitan Community Church of the Quad Cities, Volume 3, Issue 3, March 1987
Shepherd’s Staff, Newsletter of Good Shepherd Parish, Metropolitan Community Church, January 1987
The Spirit Shared, A Newsletter from DIGNITY/Chicago
- Volume 11, Number 3, November/December 1982
- Volume 12, Number 3, May/June 1983
- Volume 12, Number 6, November/December 1983
TCO/Topics, Taking Care of Each Other, Peoria, IL
- August 10, [1984?]
- Volume 1, Number 11, November 10, 1984
Together, Sioux Empire Gay Coalition, Issue 44, December 1982
Update! Mattachine Midwest
- April 1983
- May 1983
- June 1983
- July 1983
- August 1983
- [December?] 1983
- January 1985
- February 1985, 2 copies
- March 1985
- April 1985
- May 1985
- June 1985
- July 1985
- November 1985
- June 1986
- July 1986