The Pink and the Blue: Lesbian and Gay Life at Yale and in Connecticut, 1642-2004, by Jonathan Ned Katz

Moving chronologically from early colonial laws to twentieth-century movement activism, this exhibit addresses LGBTQ+ people and politics in Connecticut, focusing especially on Yale University. The exhibit was originally presented in May 2004 with…

Confronting Erasure, Rejecting Visibility, and Demanding to Be Seen: Transmasculine Stories from U.S. Archives, 1940-1975, by Sam Brooks

This exhibit explores how transmasculine people in the mid-twentieth-century navigated being seen by their communities, medical professionals, the press, and future historians. It examines the horrific and untimely death of Thomas Mapes, an assigned…

Title Page of Gladys Bentley, "I Am A Woman Again," Ebony, Aug. 1962, 93.

Title Page of Gladys Bentley, "I Am A Woman Again," Ebony, Aug. 1962, 93.

The Power and Difficulty of Coalition Work: A History of Seattle’s Freedom Day Committee, 1975-2000, by Chris Smith

This exhibit features more than twenty Seattle pride posters and a history of Seattle pride events. An earlier version of the essay was published as Chris Smith, “Organizing Pride in Seattle from 1981 to 2000: A Written History of the Freedom Day…

Chris Smith at Volunteer Park in Seattle, 2023.

Chris Smith at Volunteer Park in Seattle, 2023. Courtesy of Doug Barnes.

Seattle Pride Poster, 2000. Courtesy of Chris Smith.

Seattle Pride Poster, 1999. Courtesy of Chris Smith.

Seattle Freedom Day Committee 1999 poster. Courtesy of Chris Smith.

Seattle Pride Poster, 1997. Courtesy of Chris Smith.

Seattle Freedom Day Committee 1997 poster design. Courtesy of Chris Smith.

Seattle Pride Poster, 1995. Courtesy of Chris Smith.

Seattle Freedom Day Committee poster, 1995. Courtesy of Chris Smith.

Seattle Pride Poster, 1993. Courtesy of Chris Smith.

Seattle Freedom Day Committee poster, 1993. Courtesy of Chris Smith.

Seattle Pride Poster, 1992.

Seattle Pride Poster, 1991. Courtesy of Chris Smith.

Seattle Freedom Day Committee 1991 poster. Courtesy of Chris Smith.

Seattle Pride Poster, 1990. Courtesy of Chris Smith.

Seattle Freedom Day Committee 1990 poster. Courtesy of Chris Smith.

Seattle Pride Poster, 1989. Courtesy of Chris Smith.

Seattle Pride Poster, 1988. Courtesy of Chris Smith.

Seattle Freedom Day Committee 1987 poster. Courtesy of Chris Smith.

Seattle Pride Poster, 1987. Courtesy of Chris Smith.

Seattle Freedom Day Committee 1987 poster. Courtesy of Chris Smith.

Seattle Pride Poster, 1986b. Courtesy of Chris Smith.

Seattle Lesbian/Gay Pride Festival 1986 poster. Courtesy of Chris Smith.

Seattle Pride Poster, 1986a. Courtesy of Chris Smith.

Seattle Freedom Day Committee 1986 poster. Courtesy of Chris Smith.

Seattle Pride Poster, 1985. Courtesy of Chris Smith.

Seattle Freedom Day Committee 1985 poster. Courtesy of Chris Smith.

Queering the Bicentennial: Patriots, Protesters, Pornographers, and Profiteers in the 1970s, by Marc Stein

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…