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.