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Government document, for to gay people, faggot is our 'nigger' word and
the world knows it."719
According to an article which recently appeared in The Advocate,
surveillance of suspected homosexuals, particularly wealthy men, as well as
infiltration of gay organizations and engaging in ''dirty tricks," were all
part of a major F.B.I, operation during the Fifties, Sixties, and up lo the
late Seventies.7^ Research for the article was undertaken with a grant
from the Fund for Investigative Journalism. The extent of privacy
invasions enraged in by the Federal Bureau of Investigation concerns this
Commission very much. While the justification for the surveillance
activities was ''susceptibility to blackmail," thirty years of such operations
revealed no tangible evidence of "gay security leaks" or "gay traitors,"
according to the study.
It is appropriate that the federal government reverse the tradition of
discrimination against gays by ending its discriminatory practices and by
encouraging slate and local governments to do the same. Some progress to
promote the fair treatment of lesbians and gay men, and to protect their
personal privacy, has been made within many administrative agencies
during previous administrations.
THE COMMISSION RECOMMENDS that members of the California
congressional delegation initiate a series of regional hearings throughout
the United States to determine the extent of sexual orientation discrimination, its causes, and the personal and social costs of such discrimination
for the purpose of framing appropriate remedial legislation.
A few recent examples should suffice to remind the reader about the
existence of official discrimination against lesbians and gay men in
California.
Until 1976, private homosexual conduct between consenting adults,
even in the privacy of their own bedrooms, was punishable by up to life
imprisonment in California.72J Slow dancing between persons of the same
sex was a violation of the regulations of the Los AngeJes Police Commission until the mid-Seventies.72? Until recently, Judges of the Los Angeles
Municipal Court often imposed conditions of probation on gey male
defendants restraining them from "publicly associating with known homosexuals" and "frequenting places where homosexuals congregate."723 Until
1976, there was absolutely no recourse for persons who were fired by
private employers who accused them of being homosexuals or for tenants
Object Description
| Title | The LAPD and the lesbian and gay community, 1991-05-01 |
| Description | Public session, 1991 May 1: Material from organizations, 2.1: Report - "The LAPD and the lesbian and gay community - written testimony submitted to the special Independent Commission on the Los Angeles Police Department" by Jon W. Davidson, senior staff counsel and attorney for lesbian and gay rights ACLU foundation of Southern California, 1991 May 1. PART OF A SERIES: Materials in the series fall into one of several categories related to the Independent Commission's work product: (1) Commission meeting materials, which include meeting agendas, work plans, memoranda, and articles about police misconduct that were circulated and reviewed during the Commission's internal meetings; (2) public correspondence, which includes citizen complaints against the LAPD in the form of written testimony, articles, and an audio cassette tape, as well as letters drafted by citizens in support of the LAPD; (3) summaries of interviews held with LAPD officers regarding Departmental procedures and relations; (4) public meeting materials, which include transcripts, supplementary documents, and witness statements that were reviewed at the Commission's public meetings; (5) press releases related to the formation and work product of the Commission; and (6) miscellaneous materials reviewed by the Commission during its study, including LAPD personnel and training manuals, a memorandum of understanding, and messages from the LAPD's Mobile Digital Terminal (MDT) system. |
| Coverage date | 1991-05-01 |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California |
| Date created | 1991-05-01 |
| Type | texts |
| Format | 284 p. |
| Format (aat) | reports |
| Format (imt) | application/pdf |
| Language | English |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Part of collection | Independent Commission on the Los Angeles Police Department, 1991 |
| Series | Independent Commission File List |
| File | Public Sessions |
| Box and folder | box 25, folder 1-2 |
| Provenance | The collection was given to the University of Southern California on July 31, 1991. |
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| Title | The LAPD and the lesbian and gay community, p. 37 |
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| Physical access | Contact: Special Collections, Doheny Memorial Library, Libraries, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189; specol@dots.usc.edu |
| Full text | • Government document, for to gay people, faggot is our 'nigger' word and the world knows it."719 According to an article which recently appeared in The Advocate, surveillance of suspected homosexuals, particularly wealthy men, as well as infiltration of gay organizations and engaging in ''dirty tricks," were all part of a major F.B.I, operation during the Fifties, Sixties, and up lo the late Seventies.7^ Research for the article was undertaken with a grant from the Fund for Investigative Journalism. The extent of privacy invasions enraged in by the Federal Bureau of Investigation concerns this Commission very much. While the justification for the surveillance activities was ''susceptibility to blackmail," thirty years of such operations revealed no tangible evidence of "gay security leaks" or "gay traitors," according to the study. It is appropriate that the federal government reverse the tradition of discrimination against gays by ending its discriminatory practices and by encouraging slate and local governments to do the same. Some progress to promote the fair treatment of lesbians and gay men, and to protect their personal privacy, has been made within many administrative agencies during previous administrations. THE COMMISSION RECOMMENDS that members of the California congressional delegation initiate a series of regional hearings throughout the United States to determine the extent of sexual orientation discrimination, its causes, and the personal and social costs of such discrimination for the purpose of framing appropriate remedial legislation. A few recent examples should suffice to remind the reader about the existence of official discrimination against lesbians and gay men in California. Until 1976, private homosexual conduct between consenting adults, even in the privacy of their own bedrooms, was punishable by up to life imprisonment in California.72J Slow dancing between persons of the same sex was a violation of the regulations of the Los AngeJes Police Commission until the mid-Seventies.72? Until recently, Judges of the Los Angeles Municipal Court often imposed conditions of probation on gey male defendants restraining them from "publicly associating with known homosexuals" and "frequenting places where homosexuals congregate."723 Until 1976, there was absolutely no recourse for persons who were fired by private employers who accused them of being homosexuals or for tenants |
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