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=Documenting the LGBTQ past. It's About Time!=
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*'''Featured Exhibits'''<div id="featured-exhibits" style="padding-top:10px;">
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<div style="margin-top:-10px;"> [[Image:Clagsweekspost03.jpg|300px|frame|right|From the exhibit [[Postcards: Masculine Women and Feminine Men]] ]]
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*[[Postcards: Masculine Women and Feminine Men|Postcards: Masculine Women, Feminine Men]] <br/><span>(early 20th-century)</span>
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*[[Lesbian Theater|Lesbian Theater History]] <br/><span>(1980)</span>
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*[[The Pre-Gay Era in the USA|Pre-Gay Era, U.S.A.]] <br/><span>(1950s-1969)</span>
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*[[Queer Youth - On Campus and in the Media|Queer Youth: On Campus, in the Media]] <span> (1947-2007)</span>
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*[[Out and Elected|Out and Elected in the USA]] <br/><span> (1974-2004)</span>
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*[[Colonial America: The Age of Sodomitical Sin|Colonial America: The Age of Sodomitical Sin]] <br/><span> (1607-1776)</span>
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=Help OutHistory Make History=
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Here's how to participate in this website in development on lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and, yes, heterosexual history.
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|style="vertical-align:top; padding-right:10px;"|'''Navigate Content'''
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To date, OutHistory has {{NUMBEROFARTICLES}} articles. Users can "Search" topics of personal interest, view featured [[Exhibits|Exhibits]], survey [[Contents]], see [[Outhistory:Timelines|Timelines]], or explore a [[Special:Random|Random Page]].
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'''Provide Content'''
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As an experiment in history by the people, all logged on users with data or documents and citations to share can create entries, or edit, add to, and improve any entry except those with a named author or curator, or those closed to protect their content. Practice editing in the [[OutHistory:Sandbox|Sandbox]].
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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]].
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|style="vertical-align:top;width:50%; padding-right:10px;"|'''Discuss Content'''
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All users can comment on the site via the [[Talk:Main_Page|Discuss]] option on the Main Page top bar. All users can comment on a particular entry via the "Discuss” section of that entry.
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'''Fill in Stubs and Research Requests'''
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All users can search: [[:Category:Stub Categories|Stub Categories]] (a list of all categories for which there is no or little content) and [[:Category:Stub|Stub Articles]], and begin to fill in the data and citations. All 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.
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'''Donate'''
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To help fund the development and continued life of this site see [[Donate]].
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==OutHistory in Brief==
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OutHistory.org is directed by Jonathan Ned Katz and produced by The Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies (CLAGS), located at the City University of New York Graduate Center. The site's design and coordination are funded in 2007-2008 by a grant from the Arcus Foundation, and its content is provided by volunteers. For more about OutHistory.org, see [[OutHistory:About|About]].
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Revision as of 14:57, 5 June 2008

Documenting the LGBTQ past. It's About Time!

  • Featured Exhibits


Help OutHistory Make History

Here's how to participate in this website in development on lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and, yes, heterosexual history.

Navigate Content

To date, OutHistory has 2,488 articles. Users can "Search" topics of personal interest, view featured Exhibits, survey Contents, see Timelines, or explore a Random Page.


Provide Content

As an experiment in history by the people, all logged on users with data or documents and citations to share can create entries, or edit, add to, and improve any entry except those with a named author or curator, or those closed to protect their content. Practice editing in the 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 Participate.

Discuss Content

All users can comment on the site via the Discuss option on the Main Page top bar. All users can comment on a particular entry via the "Discuss” section of that entry.


Fill in Stubs and Research Requests

All users can search: Stub Categories (a list of all categories for which there is no or little content) and Stub Articles, and begin to fill in the data and citations. All users can also view the category Research Requests to fill in missing information. All users can also create new stub entries for topics they would like to see filled in.


Donate

To help fund the development and continued life of this site see Donate.

OutHistory in Brief

OutHistory.org is directed by Jonathan Ned Katz and produced by The Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies (CLAGS), located at the City University of New York Graduate Center. The site's design and coordination are funded in 2007-2008 by a grant from the Arcus Foundation, and its content is provided by volunteers. For more about OutHistory.org, see About.