The bulk of this material relates to Womin Energy, a Lexington-based lesbian newsletter published from April 1977 to June 1979. There are also materials from other local lesbian groups, like Amber Moon Productions, as well as national lesbian groups and publications.

The materials gifted in this collection come from Daniel Desrochers, a reporter at the time at the Herald Leader, and consist of clippings of articles about Henry Faulkner and the topic of homosexuality.

Now known at the Lexington Pride Center, this collection contains materials spanning decades about PCSO. It is organized by subject and based on the major activities of the PCSO, also known as the Gay Services Organization (GSO) and the Gay and Lesbian Services Organization (GLSO).

JP Johnson is a librarian at the Lexington Public Library Kentucky Room, and has shared information about Lexington’s gay history from materials in the library.

Edwin Hackney was a social worker and lifelong gay activist. In the early 1980s, he implemented the Gay Services Organization Gay Line which later became GLSO Pride Center. He was a founding member of AVOL Kentucky, which in the early days was a volunteer mobilization effort to do whatever it took to care for those suffering from HIV disease when resources were scarce. He gave mental health help to the volunteers who were aiding the sick. He also served as an officer for NALGAP (National Association of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Addiction Professionals and their allies).