Exhibits
Earl Lind (Ralph Werther-Jennie June): The Riddle of the Underworld, 1921Transgender Memoir of 1921 Found |
An Early Conversation about Gay and Lesbian Archives: From the Pages of The Gay Insurgent, 1978A conversation between Jim Monahan and Joan Nestle on preserving gay and lesbian history. |
Anthony Gonzales: Subway Sex Idols; New York City, 200821 Works by An Emerging Artist. |
William D. Lubart Audio Archive, 1991-2007Here you can find a listing of audio recordings of CLAGS events from 1991-2007. Contact CLAGS to receive the MP3s of these events. |
"A View From My Window: The Christopher Street Liberation Day March, 1970-1985"Explore fifteen years of the New York City Pride Parade through Suzanne Poli's exceptional photographs. |
Blog on HistoryJoan Nestle, co-founder of the Lesbian Herstory Archives offers a series of musings on lesbian history in these pages. |
Campaign for a New York City Transgender Rights LawRead 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). |
Colonial America: The Age of Sodomitical Sin, 1607-1776Learn about sexual activity and its punishment in the founding era of what became the United States. |
Come Out! MagazineLook through PDFs of Come Out! magazine, a gay liberation-era publication. |
Coming Out Into Come Out!Read about the coming out experience of Gay Liberationist Perry Brass. |
Edward Field: 1924-presentLearn about the life of gay poet Edward Field. |
Faith S. Holsaert: "Chosen Girl," 2003A long short story, set in 1950s Greenwich Village, about the love between two women, one white, one black, as observed by the white woman's daughter. |
GSA at West Windsor Plainsboro High School NorthLearn more about this GSA in New Jersey! |
Gender-Crossing Women, 1782-1920Examine primary documents reprinted from Jonathan Ned Katz's Gay American History about the lives of women who lived as men. |
Groovy Guy ContestCheck out these exhibits about gay male pageants in the 1960s and 1970s: The Groovy Guy Contest in LA and the Mr. David Contest in Florida. |
The Daniel Hurewitz BlogHappy Birthday Audre Lorde! Audre Lorde would have been 77 on February 18, 2011, and hers is a voice that we would so benefit from hearing these days. Read this and other blogs by historian Daniel Hurwitz |
John D'Emilio: History and Me, 1950-2008Read John D'Emilio's series of articles for the Windy City Times about Chicago's gay history and his own career as an historian of sexuality. |
Jonathan Ned Katz, Recalling My Play "Coming Out!" June 1972Read Jonathan's contemporary reflections on his 1972 play. |
La Guardia and Wagner Archives, City Council CollectionUsing materials from the La Guardia and Wagner Archives at La Guardia Community College, this exhibit provides a glimpse of events and documents that have helped change New York City laws as they relate to the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender communities. |
The Lesbian Herstory Archives Button CollectionThis exhibit features a sample of over 50 lesbian political buttons from the Lesbian Herstory Archives' Collection. |
The Lesbian in LiteratureThis page features a searchable edition of Barbara Grier's bibliography The Lesbian in Literature. |
Lesbians in the Twentieth Century: 1900-1999Scholar Esther Newton and her graduate students explore the history of lesbian identity from 1900 to 1999 in this exhibit. |
Native Americans/Gay Americans; 1528-1976Look through this collection of primary documents describing homosexuality among Native Americans. |
New York City Pride Parade, June 1994Explore these historical photographs by Jonas Kulikauskas from the 1994 NYC Pride Parade. |
Out and Elected in the USA: 1974-2004Learn about 107 openly gay or lesbian people elected to public office in the U.S. before 2004 in this exhibit, photographed, researched, and written by Ron Schlittler. |
Philadelphia LGBT History Project, 1945-1972Read transcripts from Marc Stein's oral history interviews with some of Philly's leading gay activists! |
Photography Collection: Gender Bending WomenExplore photographs from the early-twentieth century of women wearing masculine clothing. Photos in this exhibit were submitted by collector Sharon Weinman. |
Polk Street History ProjectCheck out this exhibit about LGBTQ communities in the Polk Gulch neighborhood of San Francisco, created by 2008 OutHistory.org Fellowship winner Joey Plaster. |
Postcards: Masculine Women, Feminine Men; early-20th c.These postcards from the collection of Marshall Weeks depict "masculine" women and "sissy boys." |
The Pre-Gay Era in the USA: 1950-1969C. Todd White’s exhibit describes homosexual rights activists, organizations, and publications in the U.S. before the Stonewall riots. |
Queer BronzevilleLearn about the development of queer communities in Bronzeville, a neighborhood on Chicago's South Side. This exhibit was created by 2008 OutHistory.org Fellowship winner Tristan Cabello. |
Queer Youth: On Campus and in the Media, 1947-2007Undergraduate students at Haveford and Bryn Mawr created this exhibit about activism on college and high school campuses as well as queer youth in the media. |
SAGE Community History, October 2009Explore exhibits created by members of Services and Advocacy for GLBT Elders (SAGE) during an OutHistory.org computer course. |
Stonewall Riot Police ReportsExamine newly obtained documents revealing the name of a woman and three men arrested at the Stonewall riots! |
Teaching "Straight" Gay and Lesbian HistoryRead Professor Nancy Unger's reflections on teaching gay and lesbian history. |