Bill Todd and Art Bratt Collection

Description
This collection spans from 1978 to 2012, with the majority of materials concentrated between 1987 and 1991, highlighting the Gay and Lesbian Alliance (GALA), an organization to which Todd and Bratt were deeply committed. Of note within the collection are the images from the March on Washington in 1987 and 1993.
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LaBudde Special Collections
GLAMA
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ACT UP/KC rally on the steps of City Hall

ACT UP/KC gay pride rally on the steps of City Hall in Kansas City; seven unidentified men are seen (one African American man in white pants, the rest white men); two men in suits are holding signs that read "KC needs clean needles now" and "KC needs condoms now" and an older man is holding a sign reading "Fight AIDS! Not people with AIDS!"
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_glama_todd-bratt_photo-038.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0202
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ACT UP/KC table at the GALA picnic

Two unidentified white people (a man and a woman, both seated) staffing the ACT UP/KC table at the GALA picnic; a dog is under the table and signs read "ACT UP KC", "ACT UP KC Fight Back! Fight AIDS" and a sign advertising ACT UP t-shirts for sale; behind them other people, barrels and a stone wall are seen.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_glama_todd-bratt_photo-034.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0202
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Guitarist on stage at the GALA picnic

Unidentified white woman with a guitar playing on stage at the GALA picnic; a rainbow flag is flying nearby and there's a large banner reading "Lesbian and Gay Pride '89" at the front of the stage.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_glama_todd-bratt_photo-035.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0202
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ACT UP/KC rally on the steps of City Hall

ACT UP/KC rally on the steps of City Hall in Kansas City; chalk outlines with names have been drawn on the ground and one unidentified white man is seen lying as if dead; Art Bratt (right) and another white man (a minister) are holding a large banner with the "Silence = Death" logo although the triangle is white instead of the more usual pink.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_glama_todd-bratt_photo-039.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0202
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ACT UP/KC rally on the steps of City Hall

ACT UP/KC rally on gay pride day on the steps of City Hall; chalk outlines to symbolize and memorialize the dead from AIDS are on the ground; several signs are seen including ones reading "I'm a lesbian and I vote!", "Visible & Gay", "ACT UP KC! Fight back Fight AIDS!" and one reading in part "Deaf [unreadable] getting AIDS too!"
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_glama_todd-bratt_photo-040.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0202
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Carl Hippensteel and Mark Chaney bring down the banner

Carl Hippensteel and Mark Chaney carrying the bunched up banner that hung from City Hall in Kansas City during the ACT UP/KC rally on the front steps; several people (overwhelmingly white) are around and the ground has chalk outlines to symbolize and memorialize the dead from AIDS on the ground in front of the steps.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_glama_todd-bratt_photo-042.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0202
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Hand in hand at City Hall

Unidentified men and woman (all white) with joined and raised hands spread across the steps of City Hall in Kansas City during the ACT UP/KC rally.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_glama_todd-bratt_photo-043.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0202
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Bill Todd points something out

Bill Todd wearing a bandanna and a spaghetti strap tank top smiling and looking at the camera and pointing to something to the right of the camera while at the GALA picnic.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_glama_todd-bratt_photo-032.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0202
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Having a discussion at the GALA picnic

Two unidentified white people (a man with a mustache and a woman with her back to the camera) having a discussion by a table with a piece of sound equipment on it at the GALA picnic; a stone wall is seen behind them.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_glama_todd-bratt_photo-033.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0202
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Bill Todd with friend at the GALA picnic

Bill Todd wearing a bandanna and a spaghetti strap tank top with his arm around an unidentified white woman at the GALA picnic; the woman is facing the camera and Bill is looking the right of the camera.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_glama_todd-bratt_photo-036.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0202
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Banner atop City Hall

Photo of a large banner hanging from the roof of City Hall in Kansas City reading "Stop AIDS" as part of the ACT UP/KC rally below.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_glama_todd-bratt_photo-041.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0202
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At the National Day of Mourning

Kay Madden (right) and likely Cathy Connealy (middle) standing with an unidentified white man at the rally for the National Day of Mourning for the Right to Privacy at City Hall; both women have sunglasses on and the man is wearing a t-shirt reading "Great moments in Supreme Court history: No rights for blacks, No rights for women, No rights for the Japanese���." ; the Midwest Typewriter building is seen behind them.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_glama_todd-bratt_photo-053.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0202
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About to kiss at City Hall

Jon Barnett (right) in a Silence=Death t-shirt about to kiss an unidentified white man on the steps of City Hall as part of the National Day of Mourning for the Right to Privacy; two other men are seen behind them also kissing; the man at the back right is Mark Chaney. Two other unidentified white men are also on the stairs.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_glama_todd-bratt_photo-054.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0202
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Gene Friedman with signs for gay pride day demonstrations

Gene Friedman on the porch of a house with signs for the gay pride day ACT UP/KC demonstration; signs read "Visible & Gay", "I'm a lesbian & I vote", "We have pride We want justice!", "We are your neighbors friends & co-workers!", "One out of ten: We are everywhere!" "Someone you know is a lesbian", "I'm gay and I vote!", "My friends are gay and that's ok!"
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_glama_todd-bratt_photo-045.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0202
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David Weeda with signs for gay pride day demonstrations

David Weeda on the porch of a house with signs for the gay pride day ACT UP/KC demonstration; signs read "Visible & Gay", "I'm a lesbian & I vote", "We have pride We want justice!", "We are your neighbors friends & co-workers!", "One out of ten: We are everywhere!" "Someone you know is a lesbian", "I'm gay and I vote!", "My friends are gay and that's ok!"
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_glama_todd-bratt_photo-046.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0202