subj7. LGBT-related Holdings

Scope and Contents This collection is made up of 3/4" U-matic videotapes of the television program Just for the Record - A T.V. Series for Gay People. Just for the Record was a weekly program produced on Cox Cable Channels 42 and 49 in New Orleans from 1987 to 1993, and was the city’s first LGBT+ television show. It covered both local and national topics of interest to the gay and lesbian community. It was produced by Valda Goodwin Lewis...

Content Description The bulk of the collection contains materials documenting the work Rawls did for a lesbian client discharged from the United States Navy because of her sexual orientation. These materials includes legal research and citations (circa 1990-1993) for court cases dating from 1842 to 1993; non-legal research (circa 1984-1990) on gays in the military, sexual orientation, and the budgetary considerations of separating gays and lesbians from military service; freedom of information requests, as well...