Series IV: Audiovisual Materials, 1980, 1983

This collection consists of the personal papers of Tim Sally, a grassroots LGBTQ+ and human rights activist originally from Rochester, New York. The materials in this collection cover Sally's activism for LGBTQ+ rights in the 1980s and 1990s, including his work with Dignity-Integrity, Family and Friends of Gays in Rochester (FFG/R), AIDS Health Project in San Francisco, California, and multiple National Marches for Lesbian and Gay Rights, including his volunteer work for the Inaugural Display of the Names Project AIDS Quilt on the Washington Mall and his arrest for an act of civil disobedience outside the Supreme Court Building in 1987. The collection also covers Sally and his husband Bernd Vey's decade-long struggle for legal recognition of same-sex marriage and LGBTQ+ immigration rights. A smaller portion of the collection includes personal papers, academic papers, and conference presentations covering Sally's work for the National Organization to Halt the Abuse and Routine Mutilation of Males (NOHARMM) under his alias Tim Hammond. Sally is the recipient of an AIDS Rochester service award, an AIDS Rochester plaque, a Vinny Cup tropy, and a Dignity/San Francisco Co-Chairs Award. The materials date between 1956 and 2022, with the bulk of the materials dated between 1979 and 2016.

Audiovisual materials in the collection include audio recordings of Tim Sally discussing his work with Dignity-Integrity Rochester and local HIV/AIDS patients in the 1980s and a video recording of Tim Sally and Sue Cowell on the television program AM Rochester on June 30, 1980, discussing a recent episode of the Phil Donohue Show featuring two gay men who wanted to attend their senior high school prom as a couple. Digital materials include digitized files of the audio recordings and photographs. Newspaper clippings and periodicals in the collection include articles featuring Sally's activism work (Series I) and a substantial grouping of newspaper clippings relating to the campaign for marriage equality in San Francisco and California between 2004 and 2008.

Warning: This collection includes materials that contain homophobic and sexually graphic discriminatory language against LGTBQ+ individuals in Series II (Folder 1:12). Additional materials may contain slurs and negative stereotypes relating to sexuality. Papers relating to circumcision may contain images containing non-sexualized nudity of adult and infant males.

Language/Terminology note: This finding aid uses creator-supplied language throughout the collection that may be outdated, inappropriate, or derogatory to viewers. The processor has retained the original description of the materials so viewers may understand the full historical context of the materials' creation.