Awardees (by year)
Our 2002 Awards
Jon W. Davidson
Senior counsel, Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc.
Jon W. Davidson
Jon W. Davidson is senior counsel, Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc., Los Angeles, and as a gay public interest attorney and activist has reached out to non-gay audiences to educate them about LGBT issues. He has been an adjunct professor / instructor at the University of Southern California (USC) Law Center, the Loyola Law School, and the UCLA School of Law. He is the author of many articles, including Gender Neutral (2001), Why is the Right to Marry Wrong for Some? (1999), and Scouting for Justice (1999). https://lambdalegal.org/ [f]
Linda Garnets, Ph.D
Licensed clinical psychologist and organizational consultant, Los Angeles, and adjunct professor of psychology, women’s studies, and LGBT Studies, UCLA.
Linda Garnets, Ph.D
Linda Garnets, Ph.D, is a licensed clinical psychologist and organizational consultant, Los Angeles, and adjunct professor of psychology, women’s studies, and LGBT Studies, UCLA. She has been involved in LGBT advocacy through scholarship, research, teaching, professional leadership, and community activism. Among her many publications as writer and editor are Psychological Perspectives on Lesbian, Gay Male, and Bisexual Experiences (with D.C. Kimmel, revised 2002), What a Light It Shed: The Life of Evelyn Hooker (With D.C. Kimmel, 2000), and Violence and Victimization of Lesbians and Gay Men: Mental Health Consequences (with G.M. Herek and B. Levy, 1990).
ONE Institute and Archives
World’s largest known LGBT collection of resources.
ONE Institute and Archives
ONE Institute and Archives, Los Angeles, is more than fifty years old and has become the world’s largest known LGBT collection through tenacious grassroots and activist support. It is affiliated with but not governed or funded by the University of Southern California. Its collections unite those of ONE Inc., founded by W. Dorr Legg and others, the Jim Kepner Collection begun in 1946, the Homosexual Information Center Collection dating from the early 1950s, and the Lesbian Legacy Collection. It houses and catalogs these collections and supports community activities and related programs. www.oneinstitute.org
Barbara Smith
Author and independent scholar of race, class, sexuality, and gender.
Barbara Smith
Barbara Smith is an author and independent scholar, Albany, New York, whose groundbreaking work has helped to open up a cultural and political dialogue about the intersections of race, class, sexuality, and gender. She is co-founder and publisher of Kitchen Table: Women of Color Press, Albany, New York, 1980 – 1995. She has been visiting professor at Mount Holyoke College, Hobart William Smith College, and the University of Minnesota. Her publications include The History of African American Lesbians and Gays (1997), Black Lesbian Organizing (1995), and Home Girls: A Black Feminist Anthology (ed., 1983).
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Paul Monette papers, 1945-1995
UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library