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History of the Community, for the Community, by the Community
OutHistory.org: It's About Time!
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The best way to search OutHistory? Use the search box & try different terms. A future site redesign will improve the searches.Search OutHistory.org by Century and by DecadeSearch OutHistory.org by U.S. States and by U.S. CountiesSearch OutHistory.org by Topic, Resource Type, or in Other Interesting Ways |
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Rich Wilson: Aspects of Queer Existence in 19th-Century AmericaA collector offers nineteenth-century LGBT images from his collection. Items in this on-line exhibit are more than just old prints, photographs, and books. They are artifacts telling us about our past. |
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LGBT Identities, Communities, and Resistance in North Carolina, 1945-2012Outhistory is grateful to 33 students from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and their teacher David Palmer, for creating this multi-part entry on a state underrepresented in LGBT scholarship. |
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Press Release: Frank Millet, Archie Butt, and the Titanic at 100Stories of two men who died on the Titanic. See also: Marie Grice Young and Ella Holmes White: Same-Sex Intimacy on the Titanic, 1912 |
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Winners and All the Entries in OutHistory's Local Histories ContestView the winners and all the entries in the contest sponsored by OutHistory.org to research and write the local LGBTQ history of your village, town, city, county, or state since Stonewall in 1969. |
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ExhibitsExplore some of the major historical exhibits on OutHistory.org. For example, look at Postcards: Masculine Women, Feminine Men; early-20th c. |
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Visualizing the Man-Monster: 1836Historians Jonathan Ned Katz and Tavia Nyong’o present "Visualizing the Man-Monster," an original on-line exhibit created for the debut of Pop-Up Soho, a production of the Pop-Up Museum of Queer History. |
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Rob Frydlewicz: Vatican Scapegoats Gay Seminarians, November 29, 2005OutHistory initiates a 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? See: Rob Frydlewicz: History Through My Pink-Colored Glasses: Main Page |
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Scoops: History First Published on OutHistory.orgSome of the original, community-created historical entries appearing on this website. |
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Mysteries to Solve: Historical Detective Work You Can DoResearch these clues and add your findings to OutHistory.org |
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Content Under ConstructionSee a list of some of the major content on OutHistory in the process of being created -- and see if you can help! |
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Participate: Help OutHistory.org Make HistoryYou have a right to a past! Help OutHistory.org fight against forgetting OutHistory.org encourages members of the LGBTQ community and their friends to create content on the site. We use MediaWiki software (like Wikipedia) to promote the public's participation in five easy steps.
You can also upload images via UPLOAD near the bottom of the left red bar. If you have any questions, please contact the OutHistory.org Co-Director Jonathan Ned Katz at jnk123@mac.com 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. |
Liberating the LGBTQ Past to Understand the Present & Inspire the Future
OutHistory.org: Making Up for Lost Time!
OutHistory.org is a freely accessible, community created, educational, non-profit website on lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and, yes, heterosexual history.
Since September 2011 OutHistory is being directed by historians John D'Emilio at the University of Illinois, Chicago, in consultation with Jonathan Ned Katz, the independent scholar and founder of the site. Claire Bond Potter as a co-director in July 2013.
In its first four years, OutHistory was produced by the Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies directed, first, by Paisley Currah, then by Sarah Chinn, and most recently by James Wilson.
During its four founding years OutHistory was supported by a generous grant from the Arcus Foundation which ended December 31, 2010.
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
'Co-Directors
Jonathan Ned Katz, Founder and Independent Scholar, New York City; John D'Emilio, Professor of History, Gender and Women's Studies, University of Illinois, Chicago, and Claire Bond Potter, Professor of History, The New School for Public Engagement, New York City.
CONTACT: Founder, Co-Director: Jonathan Ned Katz, Independent Scholar and Author: jnk134@mac.com
For more about OutHistory see About.
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A new way to donate to OutHistory.org is under constructionIf you require immediate information about donating to OutHistory.org, please contact John D'Emilio at: Demilioj@aol.com |
