Seattle Freedom Day Committee 1985 poster. Courtesy of Chris Smith.
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…
An exhibit on Annette, an Idaho transwoman who was featured in Tranvestia magazine and was at the center of a Pacific Northwest trans social network in the 1960s. Published originally on OutHistory in April 2024.
Dr. John Money, 1995. Wikimedia Commons.
Harry Benjamin, The Transsexual Phenomenon: A Scientific Report on Transsexualism and Sex Conversion in the Human Male and Female (Julian Press, 1966).
Dr. Harry Benjamin, 1913. Wikimedia Commons.
Elmer Belt, second from left, as California Governor Earl Warren signs an Appropriations Bill to fund the University of California, Los Angeles School of Medicine, 1946.
Gladys Bentley posing in housewife attire, holding an album of old pictures of herself in drag, from “I Am A Woman Again,” Ebony, August 1952, 92.
Gladys Bentley performing housewife duties, from “I Am A Woman Again,” Ebony, August 1952, 93.
A postcard featuring a portrait of Gladys Bentley, 1946-1949. Wikimedia Commons.
Pauli Murray, c. 1955. Wikimedia Commons.
U.S. military draft registration card for Myrtle Oliver Mapes, 1943. Courtesy of the National Archives.
Oliver Mapes (center), c. 1940. Courtesy of the Mapes family.
This exhibit features oral history interviews with lesbian mothers and their children from Texas, Kentucky, and New Mexico. The interviews were conducted by Nancy Lee Marquis beginning in 2023 and are ongoing. The exhibit also includes several…
Lesbian/Gay Pride Week Committee 1984 poster (color). Courtesy of Chris Smith.
Lesbian/Gay Pride Week Committee 1984 poster. Courtesy of Chris Smith.
Freedom Day Committee 1984 poster. Courtesy of Chris Smith.
Freedom Day Committee 1983 poster. Courtesy of Chris Smith.
Stonewall '81 Committee 1981 poster. Courtesy of Chris Smith.
Seattle Pride poster, 1979. Courtesy of Chris Smith.