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Kate Clinton and Urvashi Vaid invite you for wine and hors d'oeuvres to support OutHistory.org.
 
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'''History Through My Pink-Colored Glasses''' OutHistory initiates a new 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 Frydlewicz? See: '''[[Rob Frydlewicz: History Through My Pink-Colored Glasses: Main Page]]'''
 
'''History Through My Pink-Colored Glasses''' OutHistory initiates a new 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 Frydlewicz? See: '''[[Rob Frydlewicz: History Through My Pink-Colored Glasses: Main Page]]'''
 
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View the winners and all the entries in the contest sponsored by OutHistory.org to research and write the local history of your village, town, city, county, or state since Stonewall in 1969.
 
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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, directed by Sarah Chinn. In its first four years it was supported by a generous grant from the Arcus Foundation (ending December 31, 2010), and contributions from individuals. OutHistory was awarded the 2010 Allan Berube Prize in Public History by the Committee on LGBT History of the American Historical Association.  
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Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer History by the LGBTQ Community

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OutHistory.org Fundraiser April 7th, 2011

Kate Clinton and Urvashi Vaid invite you for wine and hors d'oeuvres to support OutHistory.org.

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Rob Frydlewicz: Paying Tribute to John Waters' Drag Diva Divine, 1945–1988

History Through My Pink-Colored Glasses OutHistory initiates a new 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 Frydlewicz? See: Rob Frydlewicz: History Through My Pink-Colored Glasses: Main Page

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Winners: Since Stonewall Local Histories Contest

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

Clagsweekspost27.jpg

Exhibits

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

Piggy-bank6.jpg

Support OutHistory.org: Donate On Line or By Mail

Help OutHistory.org keep making history. Every penny counts! From 2011 on, OutHistory.org will depend completely on donations from individuals like yourself, who understand that preserving the LGBT past is a form of activism -- and a valuable public service.

Demonstration3.jpg

Participate: Help OutHistory.org 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.

Molecular-Clock-74544.jpg

Today's History: The OutHistory Blog

Happy Birthday Audre Lorde! Audre Lorde would have been 77 this week, and hers is a voice that we would so benefit from hearing these days. .... Link to the OutHistory Blog for reflections.

About OutHistory.org

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, directed by Sarah Chinn. In its first four years it was supported by a generous grant from the Arcus Foundation (ending December 31, 2010), and contributions from individuals. 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

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

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

Co-Director: Daniel Hurewitz, Assistant 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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