Please note: These are general programming instructions. Please review programming instructions specific to your vehicle.The ONE Archives at USC Libraries, overseen by USC Professor Joseph Hawkins, is the largest LGBT archive in the world. When Joseph Hawkins was growing up, being gay could get you hurt. Gay bars at the time weren’t the kind of places with front doors, he said. “You had to go through an alley, and there could be a person waiting to beat you to death just for being there,” Hawkins said. Those kinds of experiences weren’t uncommon — they just weren’t talked about. For much of American history, queer life was lived behind closed doors, and those willing to step out of the shadows were rewarded with persecution and sometimes state surveillance. For Hawkins, a professor of anthropology at the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, it’s crucial to remember those kinds of experiences. As director of the ONE Archives at USC Libraries, Hawkins oversees the largest LGBT archive in the world.
Located in a former fraternity house just north of the University Park Campus, its halls are stacked with cartons full of once-forbidden history. There are discreetly labeled travel books to gay-friendly businesses; illustrated sheet music for gay vaudeville acts from the 1890s (“My Regular Girl Is a Fella, and I’m Her Regular Beau”); and the personal effects of countless LGBT Americans who loved and struggled to love, both privately and as acts of protest. There are names that have been rescued from the dust. Lynn Edward Harris, for example, a self-proclaimed “true hermaphrodite” who lived most of his life as a woman — he was Junior Miss Costa Mesa in 1962 — before reverting to become a man. Or Sidney Bronstein, a gay veteran who kept an extensive diary of whom he slept with during World War II. He illustrated many of these men as well and gave the material to the renowned sex researcher Alfred Kinsey for study. Then there’s Esther Herbert, a 92-year-old woman from Twentynine Palms.
Hawkins tears up talking about her. She had shared 50 years together with her partner and saved all the letters they had sent one another while in the women’s army corps. She had them tucked away in old turkey boxes collected over many Thanksgivings. Hawkins still remembers feeling moved as she unpacked a life’s romance in front of him. “Even during these horrible times of oppression, people found ways to live together,” Hawkins said. The fact that ONE Archives exists is a testament to the progress made by the gay rights movement. At the same time, Hawkins still has students who come to him struggling with their sexuality — some even suicidal over it. Unearthing the past in this way works both to end the isolation of queer youth as well as challenge persisting assumptions about queer culture. When the phrase “traditional marriage” gets carted out in every debate over gay marriage, Hawkins said, it overlooks the vast diversity of romantic arrangements that have escaped cultural memory.
“That’s a political action, to dig up that history and show people that what they believe is real is so radically different from the reality,” Hawkins said. The archive’s role in activism has been a complicated one. It emerged from the ONE Inc. organization, itself the natural outgrowth of ONE Magazine, the first widely distributed gay rights publication in the country. When Hawkins became president of the archive’s nonprofit board in 2003, he found many of its stewards still had a protest mindset. But developing an archive takes a different set of skills, such as organizing materials, acquiring new collections and applying for grants. “We needed to spend less time talking about raising hell and more on how to bring the collection under control,” Hawkins said. The collections were about 3 percent controlled at the time; Hawkins estimates they’re about 95 percent controlled today. He said that from 2006 to the present, ONE Archives has been awarded about $1.6 million in grants.
In 2010, it became part of USC. USC Libraries Dean Catherine Quinlan recognized the value of the collections, Hawkins said, and was critical in its acquisition, securing the archive’s permanence. “She has been a great champion for us,” Hawkins said. “We were low-hanging fruit — no pun intended — in terms of getting this place into the library.” More recently, ONE has been providing materials and training for LGBT-specific history lessons that will be provided as curricula throughout the Los Angeles Unified School District this year. In sharing the stories of queer pioneers, the archive still plays an active role in furthering the values of the original ONE organization. Rescuing items from garage sales and basements, it serves as our culture’s memory of queer America. “I think for this organization to do its job, that’s what we do — we put the gay back in history,” Hawkins said. More stories about: Gender Studies, LibrariesJohn MartinMaine House of Representatives, District 151IncumbentTenure December 3, 2014 - PresentTerm endsDecember 4, 2018Years in position 3PartyDemocraticLeadershipSpeaker of the House, Maine State House1975 - 1994House Minority Floor Leader, Maine State House1971 - 1974Report an officeholder changeCompensationBase salary$14,074/year (first regular session) $9,982/year (second regular session)Per diem$38/day, plus $32/day for mealsElections and appointmentsTerm limits4 terms (8 years)Prior officesMaine House of Representatives
, District 12008 - 2012Maine State Senate2000 - 2008Maine House of Representatives, District 11964 - 1994EducationBachelor'sUniversity of Maine OronoPersonalDate of birthJune 5, 1941Place of birthEagle Lake, MaineProfessionProfessorWebsitesOffice websiteHave you heard of The Tap?Click here to read the latest edition of Ballotpedia's weekly newsletter. (b. June 5, 1941) is a member of the , representing . He was first elected to the chamber in 2014. Martin served two previous tenures in the House, representing District 1 from 1964 to 1994 and from 2008 to 2012. Martin also served in the Maine State Senate from 2000 to 2008. to notify us of updates to this biography. Martin is an assistant professor of political science and government at the University of Maine at Fort Kent. He is a member of the American Academy of Political Science, New England Political Science Association, President of Ambulance Services, Incorporated, and Treasurer of the Northern Maine General Hospital.
At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Martin served on the following committees: In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Martin served on the following committees: In the 2009-2010 legislative session, Martin served on the following committees: The following table lists bills sponsored by this legislator. Bills are monitored by BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Elections for the office of Maine House of Representatives took place in 2016. The primary election took place on June 14, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was March 15, 2016. Incumbent ran unopposed in the Maine House of Representatives District 151 general election. Maine House of Representatives, District 151 General Election, 2016 Candidate Democratic John L. Martin Incumbent (unopposed) Source: Maine Secretary of State Incumbent ran unopposed in the Maine House of Representatives District 151 Democratic primary.
Maine House of Representatives, District 151 Democratic Primary, 2016 Elections for the office of Maine House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election took place on June 10, 2014, and a general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for party candidates wishing to run in this election was March 17, 2014. The deadline for write-in candidates to run in the primary election was April 28, 2014, and the deadline for non-party candidates to run in the general election was June 2, 2014. The deadline for write-in candidates to run in the general election was September 22, 2014. John L. Martin was unopposed in the Democratic primary. District 1 incumbent Allen Nadeau was unopposed in the Republican primary. Martin defeated Nadeau in the general election. Martin ran for re-election in the 2012 election for Maine House of Representatives District 1. Martin ran unopposed in the Democratic primary on June 12, 2012 and was defeated by Allen Nadeau (R) in the general election on November 6, 2012.
Martin won re-election to the 1st District seat in the November 2nd general election. On November 4, 2008, John Martin ran unopposed for District 1 of the Maine House of Representatives. John Martin raised $2,170 for his campaign. In 2010, Martin received $1,878 in campaign donations. The only contributor was the Public Fund. In 2008, John Martin collected $2,170 in donations. His contributor in 2008 was: Legislative scorecards are used to evaluate elected public officials based on voting record. Some scorecards are created by political advocacy groups with a focus on specific issues; others are developed by newspapers and are broad in scope. Scorecards are meant to be used as a tool for voters to have a quick picture of whether their views align with a particular legislator's record. Because scorecards can be specific to particular issues or general to a state’s legislative term, each report should be considered on its own merits. Each entity that publishes these reports uses different methodologies and definitions for the terms used.
An overview for scorecards in all 50 states can be found on this page. In 2015, the Maine State Legislature was in session from December 3, 2014, through July 16, 2015. This section displays the most recent stories in a Google news search for the term John + Martin + Maine + Legislature ↑ Project Vote Smart - Rep. Martin ↑ , "Maine," archived December 31, 2015 ↑ Maine Secretary of State, "2016 Election Results," accessed December 20, 2016 ↑ Maine Secretary of State, "List of Candidates who have filed for the June 14, 2016 Primary Election," accessed March 20, 2016 ↑ Maine Secretary of State, "Tabulations for Primary Elections held on June 14, 2016," accessed August 11, 2016 ↑ Bureau of Corporations, Elections & Commissions, "List of Primary Candidates," accessed May 8, 2014 ↑ Bureau of Corporations, Elections & Commissions, "List of Non-Party Candidates," accessed June 2, 2014 ↑ Bureau of Corporations, Elections & Commissions, "Primary Election - June 10, 2014," accessed December 5, 2014