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.

Dan Pinello

photograph of Dan Pinello

The Hidden Queer History Behind “A League of Their Own,” 1940-2018, by Frankie de la Cretaz

The All-American Girls Professional Baseball League did everything it could to keep lesbians off the diamond. Seventy-five years later, its gay stars finally opened up. OutHistory excerpt, along with related links, published on April 23, 2020.

All-American Girls Professional Baseball League players (courtesy of State Archives of Florida)

A.A.G.P.B.L. players (left to right) Daisy Junor, 27, South Bend; Dorice Reid, 19, Chicago club member; Dodie Healy, 19, Chicago club member; (top) Gene George, 20, Peoria club member, fraternizing in a bunk room over a sports magazine, 1948. (Photo…

The Gay Academic Union: The Proceedings of Its First National Conference in New York City, 1973, by John D'Emilio

OutHistory presents the proceedings of the November 25, 1973 Gay Academic Union Conference, with a new introduction by John D'Emilio, who was also a GAU founder. "The Universities and the Gay Experience," this 105-page document,…

Stepping-Off for the First March, New York City, June 1970, by Fred Sargeant

Remembering the first pride march in New York City. First published on OutHistory in 2019. Updated in 2023.

Society for Human Rights, 1924, by Jonathan Ned Katz

The original charter for the Society for Human Rights in Chicago, Illinois, with information about its founder, Henry Gerber, republished from Jonathan Ned Katz, Gay American History (1976).

Sexuality and Biological Determinism, 1995, by Jonathan Ned Katz

Two 1995 letters to the editor by OutHistory founder Jonathan Ned Katz.

Rose Cleveland and Evangeline Simpson, 1846-1918, by Jonathan Ned Katz

An essay, originally published in The Advocate in 1989, about U.S. President Grover Cleveland's sister Rose and her partner.

Revolution: American Colonial Settlers Make a New Nation, 1775-1860, Jonathan Ned Katz

Links for exhibits on Alexander Hamilton/John Laurens and Moreau de Saint Méry, along with profiles of Frederick von Steuben and Deborah Sampson, published originally on OutHistory in 2020.

Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA] Celebrates the Contributions of All LGBTQ+ Black Americans in U.S. history, February 26, 2021, by Barbara Lee

A resolution introduced by a member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Black History Month in February 2021.

Barbara Lee

Religion and Homosexuality in the United States, by John D'Emilio and His Students

An essay by historian John D'Emilio "On Teaching Religion and Homosexuality in the U.S.," and six chronologies on religion and homosexuality in the United States. First published on OutHistory in 2014.