<p ><img width=288 height=187 hspace=6 align=right alt= src=http://www.dignityusa.org/sites/default/files/images/archives.jpg />Begun in 1969& in San Diego under the leadership of&nbsp;<a target=_blank href=http://www.dignityusa.org/nidorf>Fr. Patrick Nidorf OSA</a> first as a counseling group and then a support group in Los Angeles DignityUSA has been a national organization since 1973.</p> <p>This Archives section outlines DignityUSA's long and proud history as a progressive national lay movement of lesbian gay bisexual and transgender (GLBT) Catholics our families and our friends.&nbsp;</p> <hr /> <ul> <li><a href=http://www.dignityusa.org/nidorf>Greeting from Dr. Pax Nidorf DignityUSA's Founder</a></li> <li><a href=http://www.dignityusa.org/presidents>Chronology of DignityUSA Leadership</a></li> <li><a href=http://www.dignityusa.org/newzletters>Early DignityUSA Newsletters</a></li> <li><a href=http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt638nd4bn>DignityUSA archives at the Online Archive of California</a>&nbsp;</li> </ul> <p>See also:</p> <ul> <li><a href=http://www.dignityusa.org/news>Archives Press Releases and News 1996-present</a></li> <li><a href=http://www.dignityusa.org/dateline>Back issues of DignityUSA's Dateline newsletters 1996-present</a></li> <li><a href=http://www.dignityusa.org/qv>Back Issues of DignityUSA's QV quarterly publication 2006-present</a></li> <li><a href=http://www.dignityusa.org/pastcalendar>Archived DignityUSA's calendars 2000-present</a>&nbsp;</li> <li><a href=http://www.dignityusa.org/crisis2002>DignityUSA and the Crisis of the Church 2002</a></li> <li><a href=http://www.dignityusa.org/right2marry>DignityUSA and the Right to Marry 2003-present</a></li> </ul>