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This article focuses on the efforts of gay and lesbian archivists in the U.S. in preserving LGBT history, as of November 2005. Jean Tretter, founder of the Tretter Collection in LGBT Studies, and his fellow LGBT archivists across the country are in a frantic race to preserve the ongoing history before it disappears forever. Complicating matters is the fact that unlike countries such as Canada and Australia, the U.S. has no definitive national LGBT archive, instead there is a mixed bag of far-flung freestanding repositories and university-based special collections. That may begin to change in May 2006, which is when Tretter plans to cohost the first international conference for gay history collections on the University of Minnesota campus. Expected speakers include gay rights icons Barbara Gittings and Frank Kameny, and Tretter hopes the conference will bring more cohesion to the country's-if not the world's--gay archives. INSET: Archives "R" us.

Focuses on the discussions in the 73rd annual meeting of American Anthropological Association held in Mexico City, Mexico on gay culture. Topics discussed in the meeting; Proceedings of the conference; Benefits of these symposiums for homosexual community; Periodicals likely to publish the summary of papers presented in the conference; List of persons who presented papers in the conference.

Announces the annual meeting of the Gay Research Caucus of the American Anthropological Association to be held in Mexico City, Mexico in November 1974. Presentation of scientific papers on homosexuality; Participation of writer Margaret Mead; Titles of scientific papers to be presented.

Focuses on a contingent of openly gay delegates to the Democratic National Convention, which will be held August 14-17, 2000 in Los Angeles, California. Convention officials' decision to ask states to beef up the number of gay delegates; Differences between Democrats and Republicans.

Highlights the 2nd International Conference on AIDS, held in Paris, France. Papers presented in the conference; Development of therapies that might benefit people with AIDS or ARC, and those exposed to HIV.

Reports that discrimination in bars will be a major thrust in the next year for affiliated chapters of the International Association for Black and White Men Together (IABWMT), decided at the organization's third annual conference held from August 16 to 21, 1983 in Columbus, Ohio. Attendance at the annual conference; Officers elected for the coming year; Encouragement of a more active political stance; Adoption of papers on bar discrimination and racism in the U.S.; Workshops and activities at the conference; Adoption of a set of by-laws providing guidelines for future growth.

Reports on the `Sex and Language' conference at the Plaza Hotel in New York City, sponsored by the Movimento Freudiano Internazionale, an Italian psychoanalytic group. Conference participants; Failure of the conference to address the issue of gay enlightenment; Overview on several research papers presented at the conference.

This paper presents an update on news related to the gay community as of April 11, 1979. International College in Santa Monica, California offers bachelor's degrees in gay studies and other liberal arts fields. State representatives in Richmond, Virginia rejected a proposed amendment to state rape laws that would have legalized consensual sex acts between adults of the same sex. The House of Delegates did agree, however, to legalize consensual oral and anal sex between persons of the opposite sex. A district court jury in Dallas, Texas refused to grant a divorce to a doctor on grounds of his homosexuality. The jury found in favor of the physician's wife, who contested the divorce on religious grounds. A bill to protect public employees in the exercise of their rights to freedom of speech, religious conviction and association has been introduced in the Texas House of Representatives by Representative Ron Waters of Houston. The Libertarian Party of California held its convention in San Jose on February 16-19, 1979, despite the fact that three other groups had boycotted the city because of its lack of support for gay rights. Dignity, the gay Catholic organization, celebrated its tenth anniversary on January 20, 1979.

Focuses on the committee of single and gay historians that was convened in Atlanta, Georgia, to discuss gay problems as of February 1976. Historical bibliography of homosexuality; Submission of various papers concerning homosexuality at the convention.

Reports on the conference slated in January 1975 in New York focusing on the problems of gay people in traditional professions. Sponsorship of the conference by the Homosexual Community Counseling Center and the Horizons Ministry of the Riverside Church; Panel discussion; Presentation of a related paper.

The article reports on the emergency meeting, held by a new board elected to run the Whitman-Radclyff Foundation and almost immediately rejected by the foundation's interim directors, in Los Angeles, California in February 4, 1973. The group elected the Reverend Freda Smith, assistant pastor of Sacramento Metropolitan Community Church, as Chairwoman. It was decided in the meeting that the board would obtain the foundation's papers of incorporation and published minutes from Sacramento to determine its legal status.

Highlights the 14th International AIDS Conference in Barcelona, Spain. Aim of the activity; Venue of the event; Presenters on the activity.

Presents health and science news of relevance to gas and lesbians in the United States. `American Journal of Epidemiology' report on HIV transmission among gay and bisexual men; Holding of the 1999 Gay Men's Health Summit in Boulder, Colorado; Court ruling in favor of the Christian Coalition.