Gay demands!.

Bibliographic Details
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	[New York, New York] : [Gay Liberation Front?], [1970?]
Subjects:	Homophobia in higher education > New York (State) > New York. Gay students > Political activity > New York (State) > New York. Gay and lesbian studies > New York (State) > New York. New York University > Students > Social conditions > 20th century.

Description
Item Description:	Caption title. Reproduced from typewriting. NYU's homophobic policies and the violent actions of the city police after a sit-in protest on September 20, 1970 staged at Weinstein Hall after the administration cancelled 3 planned gay dances led to a series of demonstrations against the university. Including at NYU's Bellevue Hospital, which practiced shock therapy treatment on homosexual psychiatry patients and at the NYU Student Center, where protesters presented the university with a list of demands. Included in the demands: the use of university facilities by the gay community, open admissions and free tuition for gay people and all other oppressed communities, the discussion of homosexuality in relevant courses and the end of oppressive treatment of gay patients at Bellevue Hospital. The Cushing Library/Women & Gender Studies copy was acquired as part of The Don Kelly Research Collection of Gay Literature and Culture. Purchased for the Cushing Library/Women & Gender Studies collection by The Cushing Library.
Physical Description:	1 sheet ; 28 cm