Box 2

Content Description From the Collection: This collection consists of personal papers collected or created by Robert (Bob) Dardano (Jr.), who was an active member of the Gay Alliance of the Genesee Valley and participant in its Rochester Lesbian and Gay Political Caucus in the early- and mid-1980s. Dardano also participated in the Tim Mains Rochester City Council political campaign and successful election in 1985, and other New York LGBTQ rights organizations, as well as being a staff writer, editor, and business manager for ...

Content Description From the Collection: This collection consists of personal papers collected or created by Robert (Bob) Dardano (Jr.), who was an active member of the Gay Alliance of the Genesee Valley and participant in its Rochester Lesbian and Gay Political Caucus in the early- and mid-1980s. Dardano also participated in the Tim Mains Rochester City Council political campaign and successful election in 1985, and other New York LGBTQ rights organizations, as well as being a staff writer, editor, and business manager for ...

Abstract Robert (Bob) Dardano (Jr.) was active in several gay and lesbian civil rights organizations in Rochester, NY in the 1980s, including the Gay Alliance of the Genesee Valley and in writing and publishing The Empty Closet magazine. Dardano also contributed volunteer efforts to the first political campaign of Rochester City Councilman Tim Mains in 1985. This collection consists of personal papers collected or created by Dardano in the course of these activities,...