Data-Boy Ad for Doug, July 18, 1973

Data-Boy Ad, July 18, 1973

Data-Boy, July 18, 1973

Data Boy Ad, June 3, 1976

Data Boy, June 3, 1976

Timeline: Terminology (Fairy and Light in the Loafers), 1892-1993

This timeline is a collaborative work-in-progress that has had many contributors over a long period of time. Some of the language used and concepts referenced, influenced by colonialism, imperialism, racism, sexism, and anti-LGBTQ+ beliefs and…

Timeline: The History of Sexuality and Gender History, 1811-1983

A chronological list of research on the history of sexuality and gender with a focus on the United States and England. This timeline is a collaborative work-in-progress. Some of the language used and concepts referenced, influenced by colonialism,…

Timeline: Transgender History

This timeline is a collaborative work-in-progress that has had many contributors over a long period of time. Some of the language used and concepts referenced, influenced by colonialism, imperialism, racism, sexism, and anti-LGBTQ+ beliefs and…

Timeline: Transgender U.S. History, 1528-2020

This timeline is a collaborative work-in-progress that has had many contributors over a long period of time. Some of the language used and concepts referenced, influenced by colonialism, imperialism, racism, sexism, and anti-LGBTQ+ beliefs and…

Timeline: Walt Whitman and Same-Sex Sex Intimacy, 1848-2021

A chronology of references to same-sex desire and sexual activity in the life of Walt Whitman and in the works of Whitman's biographers and critics. This timeline is a collaborative work-in-progress. Some of the language used and concepts…

Timeline: Working-Class LGBTQ+ U.S. History, 1836-2020

This chronology on U.S. LGBTQ+ working-class history has been created with the help of Miriam Frank's book Out in the Union: A Labor History of Queer America (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2014), with the permission of the author.…

William Stringfellow and Anthony Towne, 1962-1985, by Heather White

Two men's life together shows how Christian traditions of spiritual brotherhood could shelter same-sex love from social scrutiny. Originally published on OutHistory in 2020.

What Are We For? Harry Hay and the Left, 1953-1964, by Ben Miller

OutHistory presents Ben Miller's adaptation of his senior honors thesis, Children of the Brain: The Life, Theory, & Activism of Harry Hay, 1953-1964, written for the New York University Department of History in 2014. Originally published on…

U.S. Homophile Internationalism: Archive and Exhibit, 1953-1964, by Marc Stein, Tamara de Szegheo Lang, Shlomo Gleibman, Sage Milo, Dasha Serykh, Carly Simpson, and Healy Thompson

An archive and exhibit exploring U.S. homophile magazine references to various regions of the world in the 1950s and 1960s. The regions are (1) Africa; (2) Asia and the Pacific; (3) Canada; (4) Latin America and the Caribbean; (5) the Middle East;…

Transmasculine People in the U.S. Press, 1876-1939, by Emily Skidmore, with Marissa Brameyer

An introduction to approximately sixty individuals who were assigned female at birth and lived as men from the 1870s to the 1930s in the United States. Published originally on OutHistory in 2022 and updated in 2023.

Tish, Female Impersonator: A 2012 Interview by Silvia Sanza

Tish (Joseph Touchette) has had a long career as a professional female impersonator. In 2012 he was interviewed by his Greenwich Village neighbor, Silvia Sanza. OutHistory is grateful to Ms. Sanza for permission to reproduce her interview. First…

The Standard Model of the Social-Historical Universe, by Jonathan Ned Katz

Two versions of a theoretical essay by OutHistory's founder. See also: Envisioning the World We Make, 2016-2021, by Jonathan Ned Katz.

Marlin Beach Hotel

Marlin Beach Hotel promotional brochure, Marlin Beach Hotel file, Stonewall National Museum & Archives.

The Marlin Beach Affair: From Homosexual "Presence" to Gay "Community," by Fred Fejes

The 1976 controversy over the Marlin Beach, a beachfront hotel in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, that openly sought a gay clientele, demonstrates the social, political and media dynamics that shaped the emergence of that community. Published originally on…

The Homosexual at Williams College, 1971-2021, by Daniel R. Pinello

On the fiftieth anniversary of Daniel R. Pinello's coming out in an essay on the front page of the Williams College student newspaper, OutHistory republished, with the author's permission, Pinello's work.