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by the LGBTQ Community: Fight Against Forgetting

Since Stonewall Local Histories Contest Create an exhibit about the history of LGBTQ life in your town, village, county, city or state over the past 40 years. 23 ENTRIES so far... Take a look at the competition

Today's Tomorrow's History

LGBT social spaces are probably more defined by their flux than their continuity. The number of bars, restaurants, shops and organizations that have come into existence, burned bright, and then faded away far exceeds the number that have remained constant year after year. Indeed, it is no doubt the rarity of the long-lasting institutions that makes them so significant. NEXT Magazine in New York has just published a Manhattan map showing the local haunts that closed their doors for a final time during the last decade. It's an impressive collection of places that, for a time, seemed like permanent fixtures. And yet, time rolls along. Take a look and make sure you enlarge it!

New on OutHistory.org Read transcripts from Professor Marc Stein's oral history interviews with some of Philly's leading gay activists! [Philadelphia_LGBT_History_Project%2C_1945-1972| Philadelphia LGBT History Project, 1945-1972]

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