Gay rights
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Curtis Decker collection
The collection consists of materials related to and collected by Curtis Decker, a lawyer, lobbyist, and advocate involved in LGBTQ+ rights in Baltimore, Maryland. These materials date from approximately 1982 to 1992 and include newspaper clippings, newspaper articles related to Curtis Decker, an issue of the "Baltimore Gay Paper," documents in support of an anti-discrimination bill for Baltimore, and a photograph depicting the signing of Baltimore’s gay rights bill in 1988.
Joseph Kohl photograph collection
This collection contains photographs by Joseph Kohl, a photojournalist whose career spanned the 1980s to the early 2000s.
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Mark Procopio collection
The Mark Procopio Collection consists of ephemera, newspapers, and audiovisual material related to the LGBTQ+ movement in Maryland. Much of the material relates to FreeState Justice, and its predecessor, Equality Maryland, which provide legal aid to the LGBTQ+ community.
Wilson-Welihindha marriage papers
This collection contains materials related to the marriage of Ryan Wilson and Shehan Welihindha, which was one of the first same-sex marriages to take place in the State of Maryland on January 1, 2013.