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Winners of the Since Stonewall Local Histories Contest are announced! First place goes to “Man-i-fest: FTM Mentorship in San Francisco from 1976 – 2009.”  [[Stonewall Contest Winning Entries| See a complete list of winners and read what the judges had to say about the contest!]]
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Create exhibits, edit pages, comment on entries, upload photos, audio, video, help administer OutHistory.org. '''CAN YOU PROVIDE US WITH A HISTORICAL SCOOP, a bit of data that's new and interesting?''' If so, email OutHistory's co-director Jonathan Ned Katz at jnk123@mac.com
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OutHistory.org is unique in providing a freely accessible, non-profit forum for LGBTQ community members and their friends, including independent and academy-based scholars, to write and publish the history of the LGBT community. The focus for now is on the U.S. and its international relations.
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OutHistory.org includes articles marked “Open Entry”. These are collaboratively and anonymously created by logged-on users with evidence, citations, and analysis to share. Here’s how to create an [http://www.outhistory.org/wiki/Help:Create_an_Open_Entry “Open Entry”]
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OutHistory.org also includes articles marked “Protected Entry”. These are by named, logged-on creators and can be edited only by that creator or site administrators. So the named author is responsible for the entry’s accuracy, clarity, and source citations. Upon request, the Coordinator of OutHistory.org will protect an entry by a named author from changes. Here’s how to create a [http://www.outhistory.org/wiki/Help:Create_a_Protected_Entry_by_a_Named_Author Protected Entry]
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Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer History by the LGBTQ Community

Fight Against Forgetting!

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Since Stonewall Local Histories Contest

View the winners of the "Since Stonewall Local Histories Contest". First place goes to “Man-i-fest: FTM Mentorship in San Francisco from 1976 – 2009.” See a complete list of winners and read what the judges had to say about the contest!


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Pauline Park: "Campaign for a Transgender Rights Law," NYC, June 2000-April 2002

Read about the campaign for a transgender rights law in New York City between 2000 and 2002. This exhibit was created by Pauline Park, co-chair and co-founder of the New York Association for Gender Rights Advocacy (NYAGRA).


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Exhibits

Explore a thorough listing of historical exhibits on OutHistory.org.


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Participate: Help OutHistory.org Make History

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

OutHistory.org includes articles marked “Open Entry”. These are collaboratively and anonymously created by logged-on users with evidence, citations, and analysis to share. Here’s how to create an “Open Entry”

OutHistory.org also includes articles marked “Protected Entry”. These are by named, logged-on creators and can be edited only by that creator or site administrators. So the named author is responsible for the entry’s accuracy, clarity, and source citations. Upon request, the Coordinator of OutHistory.org will protect an entry by a named author from changes. Here’s how to create a Protected Entry


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How you can donate to help keep OutHistory.org growing. Every penny counts!


About OutHistory

OutHistory.org is a freely accessible, community created, non-profit website on lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and, yes, heterosexual history produced by the Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies at the City University of New York Graduate Center, supported by a generous grant from the Arcus Foundation (ending December 31, 2010), and contributions from individuals. OutHistory has been awarded the 2010 Allan Berube Prize in Public History by the Committee on LGBT History of the American Historical Association.

OutHistory.org Staff

Coordinator: Lauren Gutterman: outhistory@gc.cuny.edu

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

Co-Director: Daniel Hurewitz, Associate Professor, Hunter College, NYC: daniel.hurewitz@hunter.cuny.edu

Co-Director: Karen Miller, Associate Professor of Urban Studies and History, LaGuardia Community College: kamiller@lagcc.cuny.edu

For more about OutHistory see About.

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