Committee for Homosexual Freedom (San Francisco, Calif.)

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Historical Note

The Committee for Homosexual Freedom (CHF) was a radical gay and lesbian rights organization founded in San Francisco in April 1969 by gay activists Leo E. Laurence and Gayle Whittington. Both were fired by their employers (respectively, a radio station and a freight company, State Steamship Line) after a photo of them embracing was published by the countercultural newspaper the Berkeley Barb . The CHF organized public protests in San Francisco against State Steamship Line, then went on to introduce a "declaration of policy concerning sexual freedom and homosexual employment rights" as a San Francisco municipal ballot measure that, if passed, would have banned discrimination in employment on the basis of sexual orientation.

From the guide to the Committee for Homosexual Freedom (San Francisco) Collection, Bulk, 1969-1971, 1969-1980, (ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives)

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referencedIn Thorpe, Charles. Charles Thorpe papers, 1968-1970. San Francisco Public Library, Main Library
creatorOf Committee for Homosexual Freedom (San Francisco) Collection, Bulk, 1969-1971, 1969-1980 ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives.
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associatedWith Thorpe, Charles. person
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Demonstrations
Discrimination in employment
Gay and lesbian rights
Homosexuality
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