Browse Exhibits (12 total)

"Where Perversion Is Taught": The Untold History of a Gay Rights Demonstration at Bucks County Community College, May 9, 1968, by Marc Stein

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An exhibit on a 1968 student protest at Bucks County Community College after the college president cancelled an event featuring Mattachine Society New York leader Richard Leitsch. Published originally on OutHistory in 2021.

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A Gay Youth Group, the FBI, and the Community, 1984, by Mitchell Halberstadt

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An exhibit on Gay and Lesbian Youth of New York and its relationship to the FBI in the 1980s.

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Almeda Sperry to Emma Goldman, 1912, by Jonathan Ned Katz

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A collection of love letters to Emma Goldman, the anarchist leader, vividly conveys the emotions and varied life experience of Almeda Sperry, their complex author. The letters detail and evoke Sperry's tender-brutal relationship with her husband Fred; her bitter-funny cash relationship with Carnegie Steel Company boss "Newt"; her loving relationship with Florence, a graphically described woman friend; her own poor working-class childhood, and her passionate, would-be affair of the heart with Emma Goldman. Adapted from Gay American History: Lesbians and Gay Men in the U.S.A. (1976) by Jonathan Ned Katz. Republished on OutHistory April 29, 2015.

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Annual Reminders in Philadelphia, July 4, 1965-July 4, 1969, by Marc Stein

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This exhibit was originally published to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the demonstrations for gay and lesbian rights that began at Philadelphia’s Independence Hall on July 4, 1965, and continued as Annual Reminders on July 4 in 1966, 1967, 1968, and 1969.

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Boutilier v. Immigration and Naturalization Service (1967), by Marc Stein

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This was originally published to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1967 ruling in Boutilier v. Immigration and Naturalization Service, which upheld the deportation of Clive Michael Boutilier, a Canadian citizen and U.S. permanent resident classified by the INS as “afflicted with psychopathic personality” based on his homosexuality. First published by OutHistory on May 22, 2017.

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Carl Schlegel: Pioneering U.S. Gay Activist, 1906-1907, by Jonathan Ned Katz

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The proselytizing of one of the earliest U.S. homosexual emancipation activists (the earliest now known), the Rev. Carl Schlegel, was documented for the first time and published June 1, 2019, on OutHistory to honor the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Rebellion. Updated August 29, 2024.

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Challenging Gender Boundaries: A Trans Biography Project by Students of Catherine Jacquet

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A collection of biographies written by the students in Catherine Jacquet's Fall 2012 class at the University of Illinois, Chicago. The class was titled "Gender Non-Conformity in Historical Perspective." 

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Come Out! Newspaper, 1969-1972

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This exhibit presents digital copies of Come Out!, the newspaper of New York City's Gay Liberation Front. Published originally on OutHistory in 2011.

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LGBT Direct Action Bibliography, Chronology, and Inventory, 1965-1975, by Marc Stein

An introduction to more than 1000 LGBT direct action demonstrations and protests in the United States from 1965 to 1975, with an overview report, annotations, bibliographic references, and tags. Published originally by OutHistory and Queer Pasts in March 2023. Updated in October 2024.

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Stepping-Off for the First March, New York City, June 1970, by Fred Sargeant

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Remembering the first pride march in New York City. First published on OutHistory in 2019. Updated in 2023.

Timeline: Activism and Organizing, 1836-2016

OutHistory presents a timeline tracing the actions of LGBTQ activists throughout history. This chronology includes many different types of protest acts, from publishing poetry to rioting, expanding our notions of what should be considered activism over time. Understanding this history of social change activity is important as we act to make changes in today's world. First published on OutHistory July 28, 2016. Last edited October 4, 2016.

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