Awardees (by year)
Our 2012 Awards
ACT-UP Oral History Project
A collection of interviews with surviving members of the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power, New York.
ACT-UP Oral History Project
ACT-UP Oral History Project, New York – The ACT-UP Oral History Project is a collection of interviews with surviving members of the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power, New York. The purpose of this project is to present comprehensive, complex, human, collective, and individual pictures of the people who have made up ACT-UP/New York. These men and women of all races and classes have transformed entrenched cultural ideas about homosexuality, sexuality, illness, health care, civil rights, art, media, and the rights of patients. They have achieved concrete changes in medical and scientific research, insurance, law, health care delivery, graphic design, and introduced new and effective methods for political organizing. These interviews reveal what has motivated them to action and how they have organized complex endeavors. Perhaps this information will de-mystify the process of making social change, remind us that change can be made, and help us understand how to do it. ACT-UP continues to fight to end the AIDS epidemic. https://www.actuporalhistory.org/ [f]
GayChinese.net, China
Information Clearinghouse for Chinese Gays and Lesbians.
GayChinese.net
GayChinese.net and Information Clearinghouse for Chinese Gays and Lesbians. GayChinese.net makes it possible for Chinese speaking gays and lesbians from all over the world to post questions regarding a wide range of topics: HIV / AIDS, coming out issues, how to face social and familial pressures, how to handle relationship problems. For many Chinese GLBT people, especially those in rural areas, GayChinese.net is an essential link. GayChinese.net also offers a legal advice column to help people resolve legal issues under the Chinese system. Cases addressed include privacy violations and extortion, and harassment by law enforcement officials. GayChinese.net also provides a platform for the fledgling Chinese GLBT literary movement. They have been active participants of many GLBT activities, and co-sponsored several nationwide conferences on HIV / AIDS education and on other GLBT topics. For many young GLBT, it provides a glimpse on what life could be.
SMUG, Uganda
A grass roots NGO working toward full legal and social equality for LGBT people in Uganda.
SMUG, Uganda
Sexual Minorities Uganda is a grass roots NGO working toward full legal and social equality for LGBT people in Uganda. It is Uganda’s queer umbrella organization. Founded in 2004, SMUG educates Ugandan authorities, the public, and the international community about the scope of harassment LGBT people face, and provides support to the LGBT community to cope with the atmosphere of repression, social stigma, and prejudice. SMUG documents cases of abuse and arbitrary detention and provides legal and psychosocial counseling to LGBT people. SMUG has partnered with radio and television stations to produce programs on LGBT issues, the first time these media presented LGBT issues in a positive light. SMUG’s executive director Frank Mugisha, was the recipient of the 2011 Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award. In March 2012 a lawsuit was filed in New York on behalf of SMUG against Scott Lively, president of Abiding Truth Ministries, alleging Lively’s involvement in anti-homosexuality efforts in Uganda, including his active participation in the formulation of anti-gay legislation and policies aimed at revoking fundamental rights from LGBT people. http://www.smug.4t.com
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Paul Monette papers, 1945-1995
UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library