Ensure your legacy for this once in a generation event!
If you would like to support this exhibition financially, sponsorship opportunities are available.
LGBTQ+ SAN DIEGO:
STORIES OF STRUGGLES + TRIUMPHS
In partnership with the Lambda Archives the San Diego History Center brought the first exhibition EVER in Balboa Park, focused on San Diego’s LGBTQ+ community. Over 250,000 visitors have experienced the exhibition which opened in July 2018.
Curation & Community Collaboration:
The exhibition curatorial team is led is by Dr. Lillian Faderman, LGBTQ+ scholar and author of the book The Gay Revolution and Harvey Milk: His Lives and Death from Yale University Press.
Exhibition Themes:
San Diego’s LGBTQ+ community has faced both tragedy and triumph. This exhibition focuses on major community themes including:
- Identity – Who we are and how we define ourselves
- Persecution
- Pioneers who have helped shape our Region’s LGBTQ+ Community
- Families we make and choose
- Where the San Diego LGBTQ+ Community is headed and the work that remains ahead
Visitors will hear from those in the LGBTQ+ region about the struggles to overcome persecution, the battle with AIDS, bullying, and intolerance, and the power of the community.
Check out the KPBS feature on the LGBTQ+ SD Exhibition
CALLING ALL LGBTQ+ FAMILIES! BE PART OF THE EXHIBITION!:
We are collecting photos for our “Families We Make and Choose” wall as part of the of the exhibition, and looking for images that showcase your concept of family–either the one you were born into, or one that you became a part of. Fun, serious, it doesn’t matter! We just want to show what family means to you.
To submit your photo, click the link below.
PRESENTING SPONSORS
The Parker H. Jackson + Joseph Blankenship Estates
to the San Diego History Center
LEADING SPONSORS
Tom + Jane Fetter
Jeffrey D. Shorn
+ Charles S. Kaminski Trust
PRINCIPAL SPONSORS
PATRONS
Barnes
& Thornburg LLP
Barona Band of
Mission Indians
Gene Burkard
Peter Cooper
+ Erik Matwijkow
Anna M. Curren
H.G. Fenton Company
International Alliance of
Theatrical Employees
(IATSE) San Diego
Patrick T. McArron
+ Glenn R. Stokes Trust
San Diego County
Building + Construction
Trades Council AFL-CIO
Sharp HealthCare
Maureen Steiner
Union Bank
UNITE HERE Local 30
United Domestic
Workers of America
SPONSORS
Hon. Christine Kehoe
+ Julie Warren
The Matys-Gleason Family
Ben + Nikki Clay
Dr. Philip Diamond
+ Kevin Tilden
Suzanne Dukes
+ Sandy Wichelecki
Imperial Court
de San Diego
Jack + Kyle McGrory
John + Liz Morrell
Duane Morris, LLP
San Diego Municipal
Employees Association
SEIU Local 221
The San Diego LGBT
Community Center
UC San Diego
Drew Woodmansee
+ Dave Kempton
FRIENDS
AVRP Skyport –
architecture, urban design
Baker Electric/
Baker Home Energy
BKM/Steelcase
Burger Construction
David Brown
+ Mark O’Brien
Candace Carroll
+ Len Simon
Kay Chandler
Randy + Michael Clark
Kay Coleman
+ Janice Montle*
Roger Cornell M.D.
Courtney Ann Coyle
+ Steven P. McDonald
Dr. Diane L. Edge
+ Ruth A. Eastwood
Iris Engstrand, Ph.D.
Loren Freestone
G|M Business Interiors
Tom Homann
LGBT Law Association
Keeney, Waite & Stevens
Nancy E. Kossan, Ph.D.
+ Deborah MacDonald
Suzanne + Bill Lawrence
Bob Lehman + Tom Felkner/
San Diego Gay Men’s Chorus
Susan Lester
+ Petra Mertens
John S. Lipsey + John A. Alexander
Family Foundation
Roy McMakin + Mike Jacobs
Mo’s Universe
Bob Nelson
Charitable Fund**
The Patio Group
Scott Peterson
+ Peter Gyorgy
Roberts Electric Service, Inc.
Allison Rossett
Safdie Rabines Architects
Jerry Sanders
+ Rana Sampson
Jeffrey + Deidre Schneider
Clifford Schireson
+ John Venekamp
Chris Sturdy
Systems Source, Inc
Nelson White
+ Dan Maccia
Scott Williford
+ Grant Reeder
Sharon Young
*San Diego
Community Foundation
**Jewish Community
Foundation San Diego
ADDITIONAL SUPPORT PROVIDED BY
George + Cynthia Driver
Tim Lockridge / Lockridge Construction, Inc.
Bob Morris
Bill Purves + Don Schmidt
David Lang + Andy Cu-Unjieng, M.D.
Michael Levinson
Darrell Netherton
+ Robert Wheeler
San Diego Equality Alliance
Mary Anderson
Mike + Regan Kelaher
Hallie Putterman
Gretchen Richardson
San Diego Regional
Chamber of Commerce
Pamela L. Wilson
+ Jeanne M. Fricot
Bruce Warren
Gregory Evans
EXHIBITION DESIGN BY
