Pride Month opens at a moment of crisis for the United States and its unions. Professor and union organizer Anne Balay reflects on the need for a labor movement that is anti-capitalist, anti-racist, and unapologetically queer. Published originally on OutHistory on June 11, 2020.

Highlights of LGBT history in Seattle, drawn from the Northwest Lesbian & Gay History Museum Project members’ collective research conducted over fifteen years. An overview of the early history of taverns in Pioneer Square, the formation of early organizations that led to the flourishing of lesbian and gay community in the 1970s, and the early responses to the challenges of the 1980s and 1990s. First published on OutHistory in 2013.

This exhibit introduces queer galleries and performance spaces in New York City's East Village from 1980 to 1994. Published originally on OutHistory in June 2025.

An exhibit on the often overlooked queer history of Newark, New Jersey, a history that is "tragic at times, but also bold, defiant, and resistant." First published on OutHistory in 2014.

This exhibit follows up on the recent book Queer Newark: Stories of Resistance, Love, and Community (New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 2024), which covers themes, figures, and events from the nineteenth, twentieth, and early twenty-first centuries. Each section of the exhibit focuses on a different chapter, presenting an overview of the chapter's argument and two primary sources used to provide insight into Newark queer life. Published originally on OutHistory in 2024.

The day after the U.S. Supreme Court's anti-discrimination decision in Bostock v. Clayton County, a queer labor organizer contemplates the past and future.

This exhibit introduces the Gay Asians of Toronto, a queer Asian activist group based in Canada. The exhibit discusses the Gay Asians of Toronto's inception in 1980 and its local and transnational activism over the next two decades. Published originally on OutHistory in February 2026. 

Timed for release as the United States celebrates its 250th birthday, this exhibit builds on Marc Stein's Bicentennial: A Revolutionary History of the 1970s, published in March 2026 by the University of Chicago Press. Published originally on OutHistory in June 2026.

Richmond is an old place, at least in American terms. Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people have always been a part of its history. This exhibit, published originally on OutHistory in 2013, is dedicated to all those who challenged the norms of society, who lived free and honest lives, and who moved us forward--maybe just a little, but always forward.

Reed Erickson used the wealth which his class privilege provided to support public education and activism about transgender lives and issues at a time when very little public attention was focused on the topic. Ada Bello (1933-2023), who wrote this account of Erickson’s life and work, was motivated to do it because she knew Erickson earlier in life when Erickson was part of the Philadelphia lesbian community. Bello supplemented her own knowledge of Erickson with a good deal of research to offer us an accessible biographical portrait of this key figure in the transgender freedom movement in the United States. Published originally by OutHistory in 2016; last edited in 2020 by Jonathan Ned Katz, with changes indicated by words in brackets [ ].