Magnus Hirschfeld

Magnus Hirschfeld Birthday Bio

Henry Gerber

Henry Gerber Birthday Bio

James (Jim) Egan

James (Jim) Egan Birthday Bio

Urvashi Vaid: The Vassar and Boston Years, 1975-83, by Marc Stein

This exhibit focuses on Urvashi Vaid (1958-2022), a leading LGBTQ activist of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. The exhibit includes three components: a roundtable interview featuring three friends of Urvashi’s from her years at…

LGBTQ Controversies at the University of Iowa in the 1990s, by Mickey Eliason

Excerpts of a forthcoming memoir, Airing the Dirty Laundry: Queer in the Academy, by a former faculty member at the University of Iowa. Published originally by OutHistory in 2023.

Urvashi Vaid, Amy Hoffman, Richard Burns, Cindy Patton, and Eric Rofes (top); Tom Huth and Kevin Cathcart (bottom), Boston, MA, c. 1983.

Urvashi Vaid, Amy Hoffman, Richard Burns, Cindy Patton, and Eric Rofes (top); Tom Huth and Kevin Cathcart (bottom), Boston, MA, c. 1983. Courtesy of Richard Burns.

Urvashi Vaid and Richard Burns, Boston, MA, c. 1983.

Urvashi Vaid and Richard Burns, Boston, MA, c. 1983. Courtesy of Richard Burns.

Urvashi Vaid, Tim McFeeley, Kevin Cathcart, Eric Rofes, and Richard Burns, Herring Cove Beach, Provincetown, MA, c. 1983.

Urvashi Vaid, Tim McFeeley, Kevin Cathcart, Eric Rofes, and Richard Burns, Herring Cove Beach, Provincetown, MA, c. 1983. Courtesy of Richard Burns.

Jade McGleughlin (bottom), Urvashi Vaid (middle left), Richard Burns (top), and Sue Hyde (middle right) in Boston, MA, c. 1983.

Jade McGleughlin (bottom), Urvashi Vaid (middle left), Richard Burns (top), and Sue Hyde (middle right) in Boston, MA, c. 1983. Courtesy of Richard Burns.

Gay Community News 10th Anniversary Celebration, Boston, MA, 1983.

Gay Community News 10th Anniversary Celebration, Boston, MA, 1983. Courtesy of Richard Burns.

Urvashi Vaid, Joyce Netke, Leslie Hiebert, and Catherine Hanssens in Boston, May 1983

Urvashi Vaid, Joyce Netke, Leslie Hiebert, and Catherine Hanssens in Boston, May 1983, courtesy of Catherine Hanssens

Mickey Eliason, Iowa Magazine, Feb. 2002.

Mickey Eliason, Iowa Magazine, Feb. 2002.

The Two Revolutions
A History of the Transgender Internet

Ambivalent Affinities: A Political History of Blackness and Homosexuality after World War II

Northeastern University School of Law Class of 1983, including Urvashi Vaid, Boston, MA, 1983.

Northeastern University School of Law Class of 1983, including Urvashi Vaid, Boston, MA, 1983. Courtesy of Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections.

Amy Hoffman, Richard Burns, and Urvashi Vaid with Gay Community News Banner at U.S. Out of El Salvador Rally at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., May 1981.

Amy Hoffman, Richard Burns, and Urvashi Vaid with Gay Community News Banner at U.S. Out of El Salvador Rally at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., May 1981. Courtesy of the Bromfield Street Educational Foundation records at Northeastern University…

Gay Community News Staff and Volunteers, including Urvashi Vaid, c. 1983.

Gay Community News Staff and Volunteers, including Urvashi Vaid, c. 1983. Courtesy of the Bromfield Street Educational Foundation records at Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections.

Cindy Patton, Amy Hoffman, Richard Burns, Harry Seng, and Neil Miller at Gay Community News 10th Anniversary Celebration, 1983.

Cindy Patton, Amy Hoffman, Richard Burns, Harry Seng, and Neil Miller at Gay Community News 10th Anniversary Celebration, 1983. Photograph by Marie Favorito. Courtesy of the Bromfield Street Educational Foundation records at Northeastern University…

Amy Hoffman and Urvashi Vaid in Boston, 1981.

Amy Hoffman and Urvashi Vaid in Boston, 1981. Courtesy of Sue Hyde.

Urvashi Vaid, Tim, and Sue Metro in Boston, 1980.

Urvashi Vaid, Tim, and Sue Metro in Boston, 1980. Courtesy of Sue Metro.