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The website on lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and, yes, heterosexual U.S. history that anyone with data and sources can edit

History of the Community, for the Community, by the Community

OutHistory.org: It's About Time!

What's NEW on OutHistory.org?

The best way to search OutHistory? Use the search box & try different terms. A future site redesign will improve the searches.

Search OutHistory.org by Century and by Decade

Search OutHistory.org by U.S. States and by U.S. Counties

Search OutHistory.org by Topic, Resource Type, or in Other Interesting Ways

Rich Wilson: Aspects of Queer Existence in 19th-Century America

A collector offers nineteenth-century LGBT images from his collection. Items in this on-line exhibit are more than just old prints, photographs, and books. They are artifacts telling us about our past.

CLAGS: Radically Gay, The Life & Visionary Legacy of Harry Hay, September 27-30, 2012

Celebrating Harry Hay on the 100th Anniversary of his birth.

Harry Hay: Founding the Mattachine Society, 1948-1953

Harry Hay: The House Un-American Committee, 1955

Photos of Harry Hay at Jonathan Ned Katz's: early 1983

Jim Steakley: Harry Hay, 1982

LGBT Identities, Communities, and Resistance in North Carolina, 1945-2012

Outhistory is grateful to 33 students from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and their teacher David Palmer, for creating this multi-part entry on a state underrepresented in LGBT scholarship.

Press Release: Frank Millet, Archie Butt, and the Titanic at 100

Stories of two men who died on the Titanic. See also: Marie Grice Young and Ella Holmes White: Same-Sex Intimacy on the Titanic, 1912

Winners and All the Entries in OutHistory's Local Histories Contest

View the winners and all the entries in the contest sponsored by OutHistory.org to research and write the local LGBTQ history of your village, town, city, county, or state since Stonewall in 1969.

Exhibits

Explore some of the major historical exhibits on OutHistory.org. For example, look at Postcards: Masculine Women, Feminine Men; early-20th c.

Visualizing the Man-Monster: 1836

Historians Jonathan Ned Katz and Tavia Nyong’o present "Visualizing the Man-Monster," an original on-line exhibit created for the debut of Pop-Up Soho, a production of the Pop-Up Museum of Queer History.

Rob Frydlewicz: Vatican Scapegoats Gay Seminarians, November 29, 2005

OutHistory initiates a blog, the personal take of Rob Frydlewicz on people and events in the past as seen through one man's rose-hued lenses. Who is Rob? See: Rob Frydlewicz: History Through My Pink-Colored Glasses: Main Page

Scoops: History First Published on OutHistory.org

Some of the original, community-created historical entries appearing on this website.

Mysteries to Solve: Historical Detective Work You Can Do

Research these clues and add your findings to OutHistory.org

Content Under Construction

See a list of some of the major content on OutHistory in the process of being created -- and see if you can help!

Participate: Help OutHistory.org Make History

You have a right to a past! Help OutHistory.org fight against forgetting

OutHistory.org encourages members of the LGBTQ community and their friends to create content on the site. We use MediaWiki software (like Wikipedia) to promote the public's participation in five easy steps.

1 Just log in.

2 Then click on "CREATE" on the top yellow bar and carefully add your title in the box.

3 Click again and you will be in EDIT mode and you can type your text under your page title.

4 Preview your document to see what it looks by clicking on "Show Preview" at the very bottom of the screen.

5 Then be sure to save your entry by clicking on "Save Page", also at the bottom of the screen.

You can also upload images via UPLOAD near the bottom of the left red bar. If you have any questions, please contact the OutHistory.org Co-Director Jonathan Ned Katz at jnk123@mac.com

OutHistory.org is unique in providing a freely accessible, non-profit, MediaWiki-based forum for LGBTQ community members and their friends to write and publish the documented history of the LGBT community. The focus for now is on the U.S. and its international relations.

Liberating the LGBTQ Past to Understand the Present & Inspire the Future

OutHistory.org: Making Up for Lost Time!

OutHistory.org is a freely accessible, community created, educational, non-profit website on lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and, yes, heterosexual history.

Since September 2011 OutHistory is being directed by historians John D'Emilio at the University of Illinois, Chicago, in consultation with Jonathan Ned Katz, the independent scholar and founder of the site. Claire Bond Potter as a co-director in July 2013.

In its first four years, OutHistory was produced by the Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies directed, first, by Paisley Currah, then by Sarah Chinn, and most recently by James Wilson.

During its four founding years OutHistory was supported by a generous grant from the Arcus Foundation which ended December 31, 2010.

OutHistory was awarded the 2010 Allan Berube Prize in Public History by the Committee on LGBT History of the American Historical Association.

OutHistory.org Staff

'Co-Directors

Jonathan Ned Katz, Founder and Independent Scholar, New York City; John D'Emilio, Professor of History, Gender and Women's Studies, University of Illinois, Chicago, and Claire Bond Potter, Professor of History, The New School for Public Engagement, New York City.

CONTACT: Founder, Co-Director: Jonathan Ned Katz, Independent Scholar and Author: jnk134@mac.com

For more about OutHistory see About.

A new way to donate to OutHistory.org is under construction

If you require immediate information about donating to OutHistory.org, please contact John D'Emilio at: Demilioj@aol.com

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+<h4>[[:Category:Places| Search OutHistory.org by U.S. States and by U.S. Counties]]</h4>
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-*[[Postcards: Masculine Women, Feminine Men; early-20th c.|Postcards: Masculine Women, Feminine Men; <span>early-20th c.</span>]]
+<h4>[[Photos of Harry Hay at Jonathan Ned Katz's: early 1983]]</h4>
+<h4>[[Jim Steakley: Harry Hay, 1982]]</h4>
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+<h4>[[LGBT Identities, Communities, and Resistance in North Carolina, 1945-2012]]</h4>
+Outhistory is grateful to 33 students from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and their teacher David Palmer, for creating this multi-part entry on a state underrepresented in LGBT scholarship.
+|}
+----
-*[[Queer Youth: On Campus and in the Media, 1947-2007|Queer Youth: On Campus, in the Media, <span>1947-2007<span>]]
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+<h4>[[Press Release: Frank Millet, Archie Butt, and the Titanic at 100]]</h4>
+Stories of two men who died on the Titanic. See also: [[Marie Grice Young and Ella Holmes White: Same-Sex Intimacy on the Titanic, 1912]]
+|}
+----
-*[[Out and Elected in the USA: 1974-2004|Out and Elected in the USA: <span>1974-2004<span>]]
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+|[[Image:Stonewall1-3.jpg|150px]]
+|
+<h4>[[Exhibit Entries|Winners and All the Entries in OutHistory's Local Histories Contest]]</h4>
+View the winners and all the entries in the contest sponsored by OutHistory.org to research and write the local LGBTQ history of your village, town, city, county, or state since Stonewall in 1969.
+|}
+----
+{|
+|-valign="top"
+|[[Image:Clagsweekspost27.jpg|150px]]
+|
+<h4>[[Exhibits | Exhibits]]</h4>
+Explore some of the major historical exhibits on OutHistory.org. For example, look at [[Postcards: Masculine Women, Feminine Men; early-20th c.]]
+|}
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+<h4>[[Visualizing the Man-Monster: Peter Sewally/Mary Jones, New York City, 1836|Visualizing the Man-Monster: 1836]]</h4>
+Historians Jonathan Ned Katz and Tavia Nyong’o present "Visualizing the Man-Monster," an original on-line exhibit created for the debut of Pop-Up Soho, a production of the Pop-Up Museum of Queer History.
+|}
+----
+{|
+|-valign="top"
+|[[Image:Rob.Face.jpeg|150px]]
+|
+<h4>[[Rob Frydlewicz: Vatican Scapegoats Gay Seminarians, November 29, 2005]]</h4>
-*[[Lesbians in the Twentieth Century: 1900-1999|Lesbians in the Twentieth Century: <span>1900-1999</span>]]
+OutHistory initiates a blog, the personal take of Rob Frydlewicz on people and events in the past as seen through one man's rose-hued lenses. Who is Rob? See: '''[[Rob Frydlewicz: History Through My Pink-Colored Glasses: Main Page]]'''
+|}
+----
+{|
+|-valign="top"
+|[[File:Scoops2.jpeg|150px]]
+|
+<h4>[[Scoops: History First Published on OutHistory.org]]</h4>
+Some of the original, community-created historical entries appearing on this website.
+|}
+----
+{|
+|-valign="top"
+|[[File:History Detective.jpg|150px]]
+|
+<h4>[[Mysteries to Solve: Historical Detective Work You Can Do]]</h4>
+Research these clues and add your findings to OutHistory.org
+|}
+----
+{|
+|-valign="top"
+|[[File:Under.jpeg|150px]]
+|
+<h4>[[Content Under Construction]]</h4>
+See a list of some of the major content on OutHistory in the process of being created -- and see if you can help!
+|}
+----
+{|
+|-valign="top"
+|[[Image:Demonstration3.jpg|right|150px]]
+|
+<h4>[[Participate| Participate: Help OutHistory.org Make History]]</h4>
-*[[The Pre-Gay Era in the USA|The Pre-Gay Era, USA: <span>1950-1969</span>]]
+You have a right to a past! '''Help OutHistory.org fight against forgetting'''
-*[[WOW Festival: New York City; October 2-19, 1980-present|WOW Festival: NYC, <span>1980-present</span>]]
+OutHistory.org encourages members of the LGBTQ community and their friends to create content on the site. We use MediaWiki software (like Wikipedia) to promote the public's participation in five easy steps.
+:1 Just log in.
+:2 Then click on "CREATE" on the top yellow bar and carefully add your title in the box.
+:3 Click again and you will be in EDIT mode and you can type your text under your page title.
+:4 Preview your document to see what it looks by clicking on "Show Preview" at the very bottom of the screen.
+:5 Then be sure to save your entry by clicking on "Save Page", also at the bottom of the screen.
-*[[Colonial America: The Age of Sodomitical Sin|Colonial America: The Age of Sodomitical Sin: <span>1607-1776</span>]]
+You can also upload images via UPLOAD near the bottom of the left red bar. If you have any questions, please contact the OutHistory.org Co-Director Jonathan Ned Katz at jnk123@mac.com
-=Help OutHistory Make History=
+OutHistory.org is unique in providing a freely accessible, non-profit, MediaWiki-based forum for LGBTQ community members and their friends to write and publish the documented history of the LGBT community. The focus for now is on the U.S. and its international relations.
+|}
+----
+==Liberating the LGBTQ Past to Understand the Present & Inspire the Future==
+=OutHistory.org: Making Up for Lost Time!=
+OutHistory.org is a freely accessible, community created, educational, non-profit website on lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and, yes, heterosexual history.
-This is a prototype of OutHistory.org, a website in development on lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and, yes, heterosexual history. It presents a sampling of many different types of content to suggest what this site can one day become. '''Here's how to use the site and to help create OutHistory:'''
-{|
+Since September 2011 OutHistory is being directed by historians John D'Emilio at the University of Illinois, Chicago, in consultation with Jonathan Ned Katz, the independent scholar and founder of the site. Claire Bond Potter as a co-director in July 2013.
-|-
-|style="vertical-align:top; padding-right:10px;"|'''Explore Content'''
-To date, OutHistory has {{NUMBEROFARTICLES}} entries. Users can "Search" keywords, search [[Special:Search|by month, day, and year]], [[:Category:Time|by century or decade]], or [[Special:Search|by time era]], or view featured [[Exhibits|Exhibits]], survey [[Contents]], or browse a [[Special:Random|Random Page]].
-'''Provide Content'''
+In its first four years, OutHistory was produced by the Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies directed, first, by Paisley Currah, then by Sarah Chinn, and most recently by James Wilson.
-As an experiment in history by the people, all logged on users with data, documents, citations, or skills to share can create entries, or edit, add to, and improve any entry except those with a named creator, or those closed to protect their content. Practice editing in the [[OutHistory:Sandbox|Sandbox]].
-For how to create entries, volunteer data, documents, citations, and edits, and to help with research, fact-checking, copyediting, administration, technical matters, graphic design, fundraising, publicity, and any other aspect of the site see [[OutHistory:Participate|Participate]].
+During its four founding years OutHistory was supported by a generous grant from the Arcus Foundation which ended December 31, 2010.
-|style="vertical-align:top;width:50%; padding-right:10px;"|'''Discuss Content'''
-All users can comment on the site and network with others via the [[Talk:Main_Page|Discuss]] option on the Main Page top bar. All users can comment on a particular entry and network about it via the "Discuss” section of that entry.
-'''Fill in Stubs and Research Requests'''
+OutHistory was awarded the 2010 Allan Berube Prize in Public History by the Committee on LGBT History of the American Historical Association.
-Users can search [[:Category:Stub|Stub Articles]], and begin to fill in missing data and citations. Users can also view the category [[:Category:Research Requests|Research Requests]] to fill in missing information. All users can also create new stub entries for topics they would like to see filled in.
+===OutHistory.org Staff===
+'''Co-Directors''
-'''Donate'''
+Jonathan Ned Katz, Founder and Independent Scholar, New York City; John D'Emilio, Professor of History, Gender and Women's Studies, University of Illinois, Chicago, and Claire Bond Potter, Professor of History, The New School for Public Engagement, New York City.
-The funding of OutHistory.org ends January 1, 2009. To help fund the continued development life of this important site see [[Donate]].
+CONTACT: ''Founder, Co-Director:'' Jonathan Ned Katz, Independent Scholar and Author:  jnk134@mac.com
+For more about OutHistory see [[About]].
+----
+{|
+|-valign="top"
+|[[Image:Piggy-bank6.jpg|150px]]
+|
+<h4>A new way to donate to OutHistory.org is under construction</h4>
+If you require immediate information about donating to OutHistory.org, please contact John D'Emilio at: Demilioj@aol.com
 |}
+-----
-=Two Sources of OutHistory Content=
+__noTOC__
+__NOEDITSECTION__
-(1) Content provided by named creators or site administrators, which can only be edited by those creators and site administrators, is marked by a gray box and "Protected Entry" text. Here is an example: {{Protected}}
-(2) Content provided by any logged on user and open to public collaboration is marked by a yellow box and "Open Entry" text. Here is an example: {{Unprotected}}
-=OutHistory.org:=
-=Recalling the Past to Comprehend the Present=
-OutHistory.org is produced by The Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies (CLAGS), located at the City University of New York Graduate Center. The site is directed by Jonathan Ned Katz and the OutHistory Project Director for CLAGS is Lauren Gutterman. The site was designed by Cidamon.com. The Arcus Foundation funded the site's coordination, design, and maintenance in 2007-2008. The content of OutHistory.org is provided by volunteers. For more about OutHistory.org, see [[OutHistory:About|About]].
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