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What’s Past is Prologue - April 21, 2010 / 7:30 p.m.

— Dr. Joseph R. Hawkins describes how LGBT history shapes today’s challenges

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Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays

For centuries, particularly in the West, LGBT men and women have had to live separate, secret lives. Today, we can call ourselves a community thanks to the brave actions of committed men and women who claimed the right to live their lives openly. It is their legacy that Dr. Joseph R. Hawkins is charged with preserving in the ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives.

Whatever your affiliations with the LGBT community--as a GSA member, a PFLAG parent, a Pop-Luck Club Dad, a participant in activities at the Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Center, a contributor to Equality California, a TransYouth family Allies member or any other--Hawks will be talking about your story.

The mission statement of the archives describes the importance of this work eloquently: “The ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives honors the past, celebrates the present, and enriches the future of all lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people. We foster acceptance of sexual and gender diversity by supporting education and research about our heritage and experience worldwide. ONE is dedicated to collecting, preserving, documenting, studying, and communicating our history, our challenges, and our aspirations.”

Joseph R. Hawkins is the perfect person to lead this enormous and vital endeavor. Having earned his doctoral degree in anthropology from USC in 1999, he has produced an enormous body of work on historical issues of discrimination and cross-cultural comparisons of same sex expression, political struggles and identity construction. In addition to a book (Queer Voices from Japan) and numerous articles, he has designed and taught more than 12 courses. His resume of professional activities, conference presentations, grants, and community service runs to more than seven pages.

Join us on April 21 to hear this engaging man speak about how our collective past can empower us in the present and lead to a future of equality.

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