6 M Carey Thomas

5 Eva Palmer coming out

4 Smithsonian SIA-SIA2015-007003 Natalie Barney

3 Smithsonian SIA2015-006918 Pauline Tarn

2 Smithsonian SIA2015-006917 Eva Palmer

1 Olga Nethersole Sapho 1900

Unpublished Manuscripts 1749-1797 for "Gay American History: Lesbians and Gay Men in the U.S.A." by Jonathan Ned Katz

Historians Under Fire: Two Case Studies of Federal Censorship in the National Park Service, 2025-2026, by Gail Dubrow

This exhibit reproduces a presentation by University of Minnesota architectural historian Gail Dubrow at the January 2026 American Historical Association annual convention in Chicago. Published originally on OutHistory in May 2026.

Gail Dubrow

Gail Dubrow

HARPP

Screenshot of HARPP (OAH)

Breathing Fire: A Queer Asian American History

[ID: The cover of Breathing Fire: A Queer Asian American History by Amy Sueyoshi. The cover shows a photograph that appears to sit behind cracked glass and red liquid. The photograph shows the lower half of a light skinned person’s face with their…

Outed: LBJ’s Confidant and the Arrest That Transformed a Presidency

[ID: The cover of Outed: LBJ’s Confidant and the Arrest That Transformed a Presidency by Timothy Stewart-Winter. The cover shows a photograph of Walter Jenkins whispering in the ear of Lyndon B. Johnson. Both are middle aged white men. Jenkins has…

Belfastmen: An Intimate History of Life Before Gay Liberation

[ID: The cover of Belfastmen: An Intimate History of Life Before Gay Liberation by Tom Hulme. The cover shows a black and white photograph of two smiling white men in suits . The left man has a light suit and dark hair and looks off to the right; the…

Revolution in the Sheets: The Sexual Politics of Tolerance in Mexico

[ID: The cover of Revolution in the Sheets: The Sexual Politics of Tolerance in Mexico by Robert Franco. In the center of the cover is an illustration of several tightly packed people interacting inside of an arch. In the bottom left of the…

Stone Walls of Idaho: Queer Inmates of the Idaho State Penitentiary, 1872–1973, by Micah Hetherington

An exhibit on the criminalization and medicalization of same-sex attraction and gender diversity through nine inmate stories from the Idaho State Penitentiary in Boise, Idaho. Published originally on OutHistory in May 2026.

Stone Walls of Idaho research project complete text PDF

18 Idaho State Capitol lit with rainbow lights to celebrate Pride, 2017. Photo by Micah Hetherington

17 Laundry Crew Sign, 2025.001.0139, Courtesy of the Idaho State Museum

16 Alvin Walters intake photo, AR42 Inmate 8539, Idaho State Archives

15 Letter from niece Jessie Moore to Ross Draper, March 27, 1935, AR42 Inmate 4960, Idaho State Archives