Boycott! Unocal 76
A yellowing poster with large black font that reads, “Boycott! Unocal 76.”
Publication date: 7 November 2022
File metadata
Metadata Object Description - Record Information
Record Identifier:
Q0118-back
Record Origin:
Queer Nation boycott of the Unocal 76 gas station at 6th and Robinson in Hillcrest, San Diego
Record Creation Date:
2021-01-26
Description Standard:
MODS
Metadata Object Description
Title:
Boycott! Unocal 76
Name:
Queer Nation
Role:
Creator
Type of Resource:
Flat file
Date Created:
1992
Date Accumulated:
2006
Language:
en_US
Extent and Media:
28 x 11 inches; 1 poster back and front
Physical Form:
Poster
Conditions Governing Access:
Open for research
Conditions Governing Reproduction:
Lambda Archives of San Diego does not hold copyright to this item. It is incumbent upon the researcher to procure permission to publish information from this item from the owner of copyright.
Scope and Content:
A protest sign from the 1992 Queer Nation boycott of the Unocal 76 gas station on 6th and Robinson in the Hillcrest neighborhood of San Diego.
Location of Originals:
Lambda Archives of San Diego
Alternative Form Available:
TIFF available upon request (info@lambdaarchives.org)
Metadata Object Description - Notes
Biography or History:
In August of 1992, the LGBT activist group Queer Nation held a boycott and multiple protests of the Unocal 76 gas station on 6th and Robinson in the Hillcrest neighborhood of San Diego, a historically Gay neighborhood. The protest was organized by Queer Nation member Allan Ross and after his roommate, Tom Delp, after Delp alleged he had been violently attacked for being Gay by a homophobic co-worker at the Unocal 76 gas station. The protests took place between August 7 - August 14 until the owners of the station reached a settlement. The owners of the gas station fired the alleged attacker and required all employees take sensitivity training classes at the San Diego Lesbian and Gay Men's Community Center, to which they made a $1,000 donation. On October 12, 1992 the station manager, Bill Lushbaugh held a flag raising ceremony at the station for a rainbow flag that would signal to the San Diego Lesbian and Gay community that the gas station was "now a gay-friendly business." Tom Delp, Keith Ramsay, Allan Ross and others from Queer Nation attended the ceremony and gave the station copies of local Lesbian and Gay newspapers for the station (Conlan, 1992).
Acquisition Information:
Donated to Lambda Archives by Keith Ramsey in 2006.
Bibliography:
Conlan, M. G. (1992, October 15). Gay Flag Raised at Unocal Station. Gay and Lesbian Times, (251), 15. https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/BGBTST586781141/AHSI?u=lambda&sid=bookmark-AHSI&xid=042486d0
Other descriptive data:
Politics; Boycotts; LGBTQ activism