Ralph Navarro Papers, 1983-1999

Scope and Content Note

The bulk of the collection concerns Gay Information and Services (GIS), an information and referral service coordinated by Navarro from 1987 until his death in 2001. This documentation consists mainly of Navarro's efforts to secure funding to support GIS. The collection also includes information about the Citizen Commission on Police-Community Relations, established by Mayor John O. Norquist following the revelation of Jeffrey Dahmer's serial killings of gay men and Milwaukee police department insensitivity to gay issues. Finally, the collection includes correspondence from Navarro, mainly in his capacity as president of the Cream City Foundation in 1983, with the Gay Peoples Union.