Ann Arbor District Library's LGBTQ+ Walking Tour
The Ann Arbor District Library’s LGBTQ+ Walking Tour documents historical locations important to the queer community, pulling from interviews with community members in podcasts like AADL’S Gayest Generation, LGBTQ+ Washtenaw oral histories, and other archival collections. We heard from community members about their favorite hangouts over the decades, including bars, bookstores, and sites of political advancement for LGBTQ+ rights. This tour walks you through important locations, some of which have changed over the years and may no longer exist.
1960s: Ann Arbor's Gay Bars
Back in the 1960s, as to where I spent the most time, outside of the bars our band played music in, it was
FBI Once Spied On Gay Front
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Gay Group Declined to Pay for Police Aid
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ROTC Office Sit-In Continuing At U-M
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Community Resource Directory
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AADL Talks To Jim Toy and Jackie Simpson
November 18, 2011 marked the 40th anniversary of the University of Michigan’s Spectrum Center, making it the oldest LGBT student organization in the country. AADL spoke with Jackie Simpson, the director of the Spectrum Center, and Jim Toy, one of the two people who founded the organization in 1971. Jackie and Jim talked about the beginning of the organization, its history and ongoing development, and the challenges and joys of the center today.
Group Suggests Methods To Combat Use Of Drugs
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'underground' Plans Anti-drug Fight
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AADL Productions Podcast: Bring It Back, Take It Forward Conference
Bring It Back, Take It Forward (BIBTIF), a 3-day conference celebrating 50 years of activism in southeast Michigan, will take place March 12-14, 2010. In this podcast, we talk with two of the conference organizers, Elizabeth Gonzalez and Jim Toy. Gonzalez, a graduate student in the UM School of Social Work, and Toy, a veteran activist and founding member of the University's Lesbian-Gay Male Programs Office in 1971, reflect on the achievements and challenges of activism in the late 1960s and early 1970s, as well as their hopes for the conference and the future of the progressive movement.