Exhibits

OutHistory’s featured exhibits are curated by scholars in the field of LGBTQ history, knowledgeable researchers, or collectors. They provide a focused look at a few, particular aspects of this history. If you are interested in helping us expand the range of queer histories covered in future exhibits, please email outhistory@gc.cuny.edu.

Lesbian Theater

Curated by Mimi McGurl

Lesbian theatre history with an emphasis on the story of New York’s WOW Café and Theatre.

Queer Youth - On Campus and in the Media

Curated by Sharon Ullman

Activism on college and high school campuses anas well as representations of queer youth in the media.

The Pre-Gay Era in the USA

Curated by C. Todd White

This exhibit features homosexual rights organizations and publications in the U.S. from the 1950s to 1969. It provides exciting primary sources such as articles from ONE and Tangents magazines, a complete inventory of ONE’s Blanche M. Baker Library as it was in 1965, biographical profiles of key activists of the era, images of covers of pulp novels from the 1950s and ’60s, and a complete index of the contents of ONE, Mattachine Review, and The Ladder.

Chicago

Curated by John D’Emilio

The first of what we hope will be many exhibits concentrating on the history of a particular city, town, or geographical area, this exhibit presents some important documents LGBTQ Chicago, from 19XX through 2008.

People of African Descent

Curated by Tavia Nyong’o

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	Out and Elected in the U.S.A Photographed, Researched, and Written by Ron Schlittler Between April 1998 and November 2002, Ron Shlittler traveled across the United States interviewing and photographing people who were openly gay or lesbian and who had at some time been elected to public office in the U.S. This exhibit showcases Schlittler's remarkable historical work, and provides information on 115 elected officials.
	Colonial America: The Age of Sodomitical Sin Curated by Jonathan Ned Katz The years from 1706 to 1776 are, of course, the founding era of what became the United States, years that historian Jonathan Ned Katz calls "The Age of Sodomitical Sin." In the early years of this era, in these American colonies, the penalty for sodomy was death, and a number of executions are documented. Why was sodomy, usually conceived of as anal intercourse between men, thought of as treason against the state, and punished so harshly? And what do we know of sexual and intimate relationships between women in these years? This exhibit presents or references all the original documents that Katz collected in his books Gay/Lesbian Almanac and Gay American History, as well as evidence discovered since those publications.
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	Postcards: Masculine Women and Feminine Men Images from the collection of Marshall Weeks A collection of forty colorful, amusing postcards dating to the early-twentieth-century reflect that era's popular culture, and its concerns about "masculine" women, "feminine" men, "fairies" and "sissy boys."