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LGBT calendars

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Held at: John J. Wilcox, Jr. LGBT Archives, William Way LGBT Community Center [Contact Us]1315 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107

This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held at the John J. Wilcox, Jr. LGBT Archives, William Way LGBT Community Center. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in their reading room, and not digitally available through the web.

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Decorative calendars have a long and varied history. Those marketed to the LGBT community began to flourish in the 1970s with the advent of the gay liberation movement. Pin-up or nude calendars, once the province of an underground press, became more wide-spread with the loosening of laws related to the production, distribution, purchase, or possession of pornography.

The LGBT calendar collection contains various sorts of historic calendars with an LGBT theme. Most frequent are those aimed at gay men which feature nude or nearly nude male models. Some of these fetishize a particular racial or ethnic group, including Black, Latino, or Asian men, and others focus on physical characteristics such as youth, hairiness, or endowment, or on subcultures such as the Levis and leather scene or drag. Many of the producers of these calendars are in fact publishers of pornography magazines and videos marketed to gay men.

There are also calendars that celebrate or commemorate other aspects the LGBT community, such as Pride or the AIDS crisis, or feature the visual work of LGBT artists, such as Keith Haring. Only a few of the calendars in this collection feature or are targeted specifically at women, but include some featuring the popular lesbian cartoon "Dykes to Watch Out For" as well as a calendar/journal that features lesbian "herstory." None in this collection are directly marketed to the transgender community.

The calendars range from 1971 to 2017. Some of the earliest calendars from the 1970s are quite rare. Some of the calendars have been "used" before being donated and include handwritten appointments and other inscriptions throughout. Others are in mint condition. Some have undergone water damage in the past.

The calendars are arranged physically by size but appear in the finding aid in alphabetical order by title.

Multiple individual gifts.

Publisher
John J. Wilcox, Jr. LGBT Archives, William Way LGBT Community Center
Finding Aid Author
John Anderies
Finding Aid Date
January 18, 2018
Access Restrictions

This collection is open for research use.

Use Restrictions

Copyright restrictions may exist. It is the responsibility of the requester to seek permission from the holder of the copyright to reproduce material from the John J. Wilcox, Jr. LGBT Archives of the William Way LGBT Community Center.

Collection Inventory

The Advocate, 1981.
Box 1 Folder 1
The Annual Man, 1985.
Box 1 Folder 2
Biceps and Buns, 1985.
Box 4 Folder 1
Blueboy, 1979-1980.
Box 1 Folder 3
The Body Black, 1991.
Box 1 Folder 4
Brothers: The Men of Sierra Domino, undated.
Box 4 Folder 2
Chi Chi LaRue's Smut, 2008.
Box 1 Folder 5
The Christopher Collection, 1992.
Box 1 Folder 6
Collection of Innocence, 2003.
Box 4 Folder 3
The COLOURS Organization, Safe Sex Is…, 1997.
Box 1 Folder 7
Colt, 1976-1980.
Box 1 Folder 8
Colt, 1981-1989, 1993.
Box 1 Folder 9
Colt Leather, 1986, 1989.
Box 1 Folder 10
Dykes to Watch Out For, 1993, 1996.
Box 4 Folder 4
Extreme Male Endowments, 1999.
Box 1 Folder 11
Falcon, 1978-1979.
Box 1 Folder 12
Fire Island Men, 1980.
Box 1 Folder 13
Flavamen, 2008.
Box 1 Folder 14
Fox Studio, 1978, 1988-1996.
Box 1 Folder 15
Freshmen, 2001.
Box 2 Folder 1
The Gay and Lesbian Quote A Day Calendar, 1995.
Box 4 Item 1
Gay Bingo, 2002.
Box 2 Folder 2
Gay Chicago Magazine, 1990.
Box 2 Folder 3
Gay Desk Calendar, 1990.
Box 2 Folder 4
The Gay Engagement Calendar, 1985.
Box 4 Item 2
A Gay Gallery, 1990.
Box 4 Folder 5
Gay Is Angry, 1971-1972.
Box 4 Folder 6
Griffin, 1976.
Box 2 Folder 5
Honcho, 1979-1980.
Box 2 Folder 6
In Touch, 1978-1979.
Box 2 Folder 7
The Incredible Men of Rockshots, 1992.
Box 4 Folder 7
The James Dean Calendar, 1982.
Box 4 Folder 8
Keith Haring, 1996-2000, 2002, 2004, 2011.
Box 5 Folder 1
Keith Haring (small), 1996, 2005.
Box 2 Folder 8
Keith Haring (weekly), 2011.
Box 5 Item 1
Kingdome 19/Henning Von Berg, Universal, 2005.
Box 2 Folder 9
Kristen Bjorn, 2007-2009.
Box 2 Folder 10
Latino Fan Club, 1999-2004, 2007.
Box 2 Folder 11
Latino Men Naked, 2008, 2010.
Box 2 Folder 12
Lesbian Calendar, 1986.
Box 2 Folder 13
Male Nudes (weekly), 1998.
Box 5 Item 2
Mandate, 1975, 1977-1978.
Box 2 Folder 14
Men Magazine, 2000-2001, 2004.
Box 2 Folder 15
Men of Color, 1994-1995.
Box 2 Folder 16
The Men of San Francisco, 1979.
Box 2 Folder 17
Naked Asian Youth, 2004.
Box 2 Folder 18
Naked Black Men, 1998-2000, 2002-2003, 2007, 2009.
Box 3 Folder 1
Naked Men: Brazil, 1997.
Box 3 Folder 2
The Names Project Foundation: AIDS Memorial Quilt, 2006.
Box 3 Folder 3
Our Brothers Keeper, 1994.
Box 3 Folder 4
Our Community Calendar (New York City), 2005, 2006.
Box 5 Folder 2
Philadelphia LGBTQ Icons, 2017.
Box 3 Folder 5
Playgirl, 1976-1977, 1979-1982, 1984, 1986.
Box 3 Folder 6
Pride Engagement Calendar, 1995.
Box 3 Folder 7
RFD: "The Dear Love of Comrades", 1990.
Box 3 Folder 8
Richard de Chazal Luxe, 2003.
Box 3 Folder 9
Roy Dean Calendar, 1981.
Box 3 Folder 10
A Shady Day Wall Calendar, 2003.
Box 5 Folder 4
Sierra Domino Visions, Ebony Iron, Decade 80, 1977, 1979, 1980.
Box 5 Folder 3
Sierra Domino's Machismo, 1978.
Box 3 Folder 11
Sierra Domino's Soul Spirit '76, 1976.
Box 3 Folder 12
South Seas Island Men, 1986.
Box 3 Folder 13
Target Leather/Levi Calendar, 1976.
Box 3 Folder 14
Titan Men, 2008.
Box 3 Folder 15
Torch '96, 1996.
Box 5 Folder 5
Tracking Our Way Through Time: A Lesbian Herstory Calendar/Journal, undated.
Box 5 Item 3
Up Front, 1985, 1986.
Box 5 Folder 6
VIP Super Guys of San Francisco, 1976.
Box 5 Folder 7
We Should Care, 1999.
Box 3 Folder 16
William Higgins' Class Calendar, 1984.
Box 3 Folder 17

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