Exhibits

Stonewall Riot Police Reports Examine newly obtained documents revealing the name of a woman and three men arrested at the Stonewall riot!

Photography Collection: Gender Bending Women Explore photographs from the early-twentieth century of women wearing masculine clothing. Photos in this exhibit were submitted by collector Sharon Weinman.

Blog on History Joan Nestle, co-founder of the Lesbian Herstory Archives offers a series of musings on lesbian history.

The Lesbian in Literature This page features a searchable edition of Barbara Grier's bibliography The Lesbian in Literature.

Gender-Crossing Women, 1782-1920 Examine primary documents reprinted from Jonathan Ned Katz's Gay American History about the lives of women who lived as men.

Postcards: Masculine Women, Feminine Men; early-20th c. Images from the collection of Marshall Weeks Postcards depicting "masculine" women and "sissy boys"

Queer Youth: On Campus and in the Media, 1947-2007 Curated by Sharon Ullman Activism on college and high school campuses; queer youth in the media

Out and Elected in the USA: 1974-2004 Photographed, Researched, and Written by Ron Schlittler 107 openly gay or lesbian people elected to public office in the U.S.

Lesbians in the Twentieth Century: 1900-1999 Curated by Esther Newton Exploring Lesbian identity (1900-1999)

The Pre-Gay Era in the USA: 1950-1969 Curated by C. Todd White Homosexual rights activists, organizations, and publications in the U.S.

Native Americans/Gay Americans; 1528-1976 Curated by Jonathan Ned Katz Primary documents describing homosexuality among Native Americans

Colonial America: The Age of Sodomitical Sin, 1607-1776 Curated by Jonathan Ned Katz Sexual activity and its punishment in the founding era of what became the United States