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LGBTQ+ Pride Month
QUEER
SILICON VALLEY
Produced by the BAYMEC Community Foundation
1 What is the BAYMEC Community Foundation?
• Created by BAYMEC in 2013
• Dedicated to preserving and presenting the
LGBTQ+ history of Silicon Valley
BAYMEC
• Documented our local LGBTQ+ history in three
new mediums: Community
• Queer Silicon Valley, the digital exhibition Foundation • Coming Out, the museum/traveling exhibition
• Queer Silicon Valley, the documentary
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Queer Silicon Valley, the digital exhibition
COME UNT
QUEER Politics & Culture &
SILICON VALLEY HIV/AIDS
Activism Community
& Timeline & Timeline & Timeline
Check out the website at queersiliconvalley.org
Museum Exhibit
Coming Out: 50 Years of Queer Resistance and
Resilience in Silicon Valley tells the unique story
Which the des topics such as in Silicon Valley,
• Claiming a seat at the political table
• Personal experiences of a culturally diverse
LGBTQ+ community
• Lack to 19 barade and festival history, dating
• Historic organizations like the Billy DeFran!
•ommunity Center and Sisterspiri
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Traveling Exhibit
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The Coming Out Exhibit during its visit to Santa Clara Main Library 5 Queer Silicon Valley,
the documentary
Spanning almost 50 years, this
groundbreaking documentary showcases 22
history-making activists, as they recount the QUEER
SILICON VALLEY
struggles and discrimination that they
endured to ultimately build a local society
that was accepting and inclusive. DOCUMENTARY HILA
Istory + Activism
The film features many of the people who
helped shape the vibrant and cohesive
queer culture that exists today.
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Keep our local LGBTQ+
history alive and present
• Searching for a space for a permanent museum
• Conducting oral history interviews
• Digitizing documents relating to local LGBTQ+ political and cultural organizations and activities
Email [email protected] to learn more