Box Multi-Collection Box 1

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Collection includes 35 photographs documenting drag performers and performances as well as Kings and Queens Bar in Woonsocket, Rhode Island.

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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.

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Collection includes ephemera related to a variety of individuals and organizations related to LGBTQ+ history in Rhode Island.

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This small collection contains records, meeting notes, correspondence, and newspaper clippings featuring both press about Newport AIDS Net as well as marketing (including advertisements and support group listings).

One folder contains records of the Newport County Council of Community Services, of which Newport AIDS Net was a member.

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Includes various political campaign advertisements and leaflets related to the Providence mayoral campaign in 2002 as well as materials related to Smiley's inauguration including a program and draft of remarks.

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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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This small collection contains records, meeting notes, correspondence, and newspaper clippings featuring both press about Newport AIDS Net as well as marketing (including advertisements and support group listings).

One folder contains records of the Newport County Council of Community Services, of which Newport AIDS Net was a member.

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Includes: business card for "Rhode Island in the Gay '90s!"; South County Pride Festival program, 2022; brochure for Anna's Workshop / AIDS Quilt Rhode Island; postcards for Pride in Aging RI; flyer for L.E.A.D. peer group for LGBTQ+ youth in Newport, ca. 2020; postcard for Interweave at Channing Memorial Church in Newport; brochure for Wanderground Lesbian Archive.

Scope and Contents Includes: - letter from Mayor Cianci establishing the City of Providence Gay Rights Task Force with notes regarding LGBTQ stance of various electoral candidates, 1980- G.L.A.D. Briefs with note regarding "Landmark Federal Court Decision" in Aaron Fricke case, Summer 1980- Gay Community News (vol. 6, issue 38) with "R.I. Prom Exclusive interview with Paul Gilbert", April 1979- Black and Pink Providence (prison support for incarcerated LGBTQ+...

Scope and Contents Includes: - Black Trans Lives Matter flyer by Stages of Freedom, 2020- Gayboy Nutcracker program, circa 1995- RI Pride event postcard, undated- Queer Trans Mutual Aid fundraiser flyer, 2022- Black Light Drag Party, undated- As We Are art show at RISD Gallery, 2023- RI PrideFest flyer, 2004- Pride Hangover Brunch / Mommie Queerest postcard, undated - Providence Art Club celebrates Pride...