Kalendar, May 12, 1972, Volume 1, Issue 8

Issue 8 of Kalendar, published May 12, 1972, is a San Francisco-based independent gay newspaper featuring news, editorials, event listings, opinion columns, and community resources. This issue covers the Christopher Street West Parade, activism for gay rights, religious and legal challenges faced by the LGBTQ+ community, and social service organizations. It includes national and local news briefs, interviews, reader letters, poetry, classifieds, reviews of films and books, and a calendar of social events. Visual content includes photographs, advertisements for local businesses and bars, and features such as 'A Touch of Britain.' The publication documents the diversity, challenges, and solidarity of the gay community in early 1970s America.

Title

Variant Title

Free kalendar.

Published

1972-05-12

Full Collection Name

Kalendar

Project Name

San Francisco Bay Area gay and lesbian serial collection

Subject (Topic)

Gay rights
Gay press
LGBT activism
Social services
Letters to the editor
Editorials
San Francisco Bay Area (Calif.)

Keyword

LGBTQ+ rights ; gay activism ; Christopher Street West Parade ; San Francisco ; community services ; editorials ; religion and homosexuality ; social events ; classifieds ; film reviews ; book reviews ; letters to the editor ; A Touch of Britain ; advertisements ; gay social organizations ; prison outreach

Type

Text

Extent

1 online resource (v. : ill.)

Archive

The Library

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Kalendar

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