Subject Headings List

(Revised: 12-19-2007)

The Lambda Archives Clippings Project has Newspaper articles clipped from primarily San Diego based newspapers. Articles are photocopied onto acid free paper and organized into the following Subject Headings and arranged chronologically therein. 

Binder 1

• Arts, Performing

  • dance

  • funding

  • movies

  • music performance art

  • television (see Media)

  • theatre

Binder 2

• Arts, Visual

  • architecture

  • painting

  • photography (still only) sculpture

• Business  -  Create subheadings by type of business (bars, florists, lawyers, etc.) as needed.  List by name of business alphabetically within each type.

  • gay consumers

  • investments

  • lawyers

  • online services

  • seminars

• California  -  Use for non-local (outside San Diego County) material from California.

• Culture Trends 

• Differently Abled

Binder 3

• Economics

• Education

  • curricula

  • school groups

  • sex education

• Fashion

• Government, Federal  -  Can be sub headed by category or specific organization.

  • Public Service (funding, Center for Disease Control, Food and Drug Administration, etc.)

  • Legal (contracts, legislation, civil rights, insurance, censorship, etc.)

• Government, State  -  Can be sub headed by category or specific organization (Public Service, Legal.)

• Government, Local  -  Can be sub headed by category or specific organization (City, County.)

• Health

• History

  • Gay Liberation Movement (historical periods-identify.)

  • research

• Holocaust

Binder 4

• Homophobia

  • closet discrimination

  • harassment

  • oppression

  • hate crime

•  Labor

  • discrimination

  • domestic partnerships

  • employment

  • non discrimination policies

  • occupations

  • unions

  • workplace

•  Language

Binder 5a

• Legal

  • AIDS

  • boy scouts

  • family

Binder 5b

• Legal (cont.)

  • gay rights

Binder 5c

• Legal (cont.)

  • hate crimes (see also homophobia-violence.)

  • law enforcement

  • military

  • prison

  • same sex marriage (Prop 22)

  • sex laws

  • vice-bar raids

Binder 6

• Life Transitions

  • coming out

  • death (suicide, euthanasia, hospice)

  • marriage (gay weddings)

  • sex change (see Transgender)

Binder 7

• Literature

  • fiction

  • humor

  • media

  • non-fiction

  • poetry

• Media

  • advice columns

  • journalism (newspapers, magazines, etc.) letters to the editor

Binder 8

• Media (cont.)

  • radio

  • television

•  Medical/Science

  • funding benefits research

Binder 9

• Military

  • army

  • marines

  • navy

  • policy regulations

  • prejudice against gays/lesbians

  • ROTC

  • wars (History.)

  • Veterans

Binder 10

• Mythology

• Organizations  -  Sub headings by type of organization (athletic, business, social, etc.); create as needed.  List by name alphabetically within each type.

  • education

  • lesbian

  • religious

  • social security

  • youth

• People, Individuals  - List alphabetically (includes autobiographies, biographies, obituaries, oral histories, photographs, etc., relating to an individual person.)

• People, Miscellaneous

  • “Mr., Miss, & Ms. “contests, etc.

Binder 11

• Politics  -  Under sub headings, specific activities, campaigns, etc., can be added

  • anti gay issues

  • campaigns

  • gay endorsements

  • gay & lesbian politics

  • political parties

  • protests (boycotts, pickets, etc.)

  • special interests-outing

  • special interests-religious anti-gay

  • voting

Binder 12

• Pride  -  Sub headed by year, events, or issues

  • San Diego

  • Other than San Diego

• Psychology

• Recreation

• Relationships

  • gay/lesbian couples

  • parent/child

Binder 13

• Religion   -  Sub headings by type of religious believe (Atheism, Christianity, Judaism, Paganism, spirituality, etc.) created as needed.  List by name of specific church (if there is one) in each type (see also Organizations, Religious)

  • Non-San Diego News

Binder 14

• Sexual Behavior

  • meeting

  • places

  • prostitution

  • sex acts

  • sexual devices

  • sexual responses

• States  -  Materials outside California primarily identified by state

  • Georgia

  • Massachusetts

  • New Jersey

  • New York

  • Ohio

  • Utah

• Substance Abuse

• Transgender

• Women  -  See also Health and other subject headings

  • abortion

  • feminism

  • lesbians

  • separatism

  • women’s movement (sub headed as needed)

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