109. RI LGBTQ+ Community Archives

Scope and Contents The AIDS Project Rhode Island collection includes materials documenting the work of the organization from 1985-2020. The bulk of the collection is photographs, however organizational records, newsletters and ephemera are included. The photographs document fundraising events, such as the annual Walk for Life, Gay Bingo, and Heart to Heart, as well as staff and volunteers (or “Buddies”) in the office and at retreats. The collection also contains a selection of pins and buttons, as well as a...

Scope and Contents The collection contains administrative and organizational records, papers, newspaper clippings and photographs. Photographs show a range of individual AIDS Quilt panels as well as displays of the panels throughout New England. Additional photos show quilt panels displayed at regional and national conferences. Papers in the collection primarily include administrative records of NAMES Project RI and materials relating to displays of AIDS Quilt panels in Rhode Island and regionally....

Scope and Contents This collection documents the Kings & Queen Bar in Woonsocket, R.I. as well as the LGBT community in Rhode Island from the 1970s-early 2000s. The bulk of the collection includes photographs and videos, but additional clippings, event calendars and ephemera are included. Materials represent the bar as a gay social space and include events such as holiday parties, drag shows and fundraisers as well as events for the LGBT community sponsored by the bar including bi-annual picnics, roller...

Scope and Contents This collection contains materials and ephemera created and collected by R. Tripp Evans and Edward B. Cabral related to the fight for marriage equality in the state of Rhode Island, including but not limited to photographs, newspapers, promotional video, t-shirts, and protest signage. Items from the nonprofit organizations Marriage Equality Rhode Island (MERI) and Rhode Islanders United for Marriage are represented here as well. This collection also features photographs, stationery, and...

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Collection contains materials related to Interweave at Channing Memorial Church in Newport, Rhode Island including organizational reports, clippings and records related to advocacy for marriage equality and events organizing.

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This documentary video documents the cultural attitudes of teenagers in the 1990s related to homosexuality and LGBTQ civil rights. Content warning - this video does include hate speech and derogatory language.

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The collection includes the 2020 Rhode Island driver's license belonging to Rex Lebeau as well as an article published by the Newport Daily News on July 13, 2020 about the new non-binary gender marker available on state identification cards and Lebeau as one of the first recipient of the new card.

Scope and Contents The Lionel Pires collection includes personal accounts and narratives of Lionel Pires’ experiences in the LGBTQ+ community in both Rhode Island and the United States from the late 1970s to early 2000s. The bulk of the collection is photographs, however it also includes ephemera, newspaper articles, and correspondence. Materials document Pires' personal travels across the United States, including significant LGBTQ+ historical events such as Gay Games, Boston Pride, Hotlanta, and March on...

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The collection includes oral history recordings of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex and asexual people in Rhode Island. The interviews document experiences related to identity including sexuality, gender identity and expression, race and ethnicity as well as art & creative expression, dating, marriage and families, activism, religious faith, social life and occupations.

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The collection includes oral history recordings of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex and asexual people in Rhode Island. The interviews document experiences related to identity including sexuality, gender identity and expression, race and ethnicity as well as art & creative expression, dating, marriage and families, activism, religious faith, social life and occupations.