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The Well of Horniness

From "The Well of Horniness," WOW 1983. Left to right, Sharon Jane Smith, Helen Frankenthal. Photo credit: Eva Weiss.
The Lady Dick

From The Lady Dick by Holly Hughes, 1985. Left to right; Susan Young, Carmelita Tropicana, Sharon Jane Smith. Photo credit: Dona Ann McAdams.
W.O.W. Membership Card

Membership card, collection of Debra Miller
Candela

"Candela" by Carmelita Tropicana and Uzi Parnes. . Photo credit: Dona Ann McAdams.
Cover and typography by Edward Gorey. Doubleday Anchor Books, 1957.

Cover of Redburn by Edward Gorey.
The American People, Volume 1

Larry Kramer's The American People, Volume I, Search for My Heart, A Novel (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, April 7, 2015) is a fictional meditation on history, especially on gay and lesbian history. This is a collection of responses by historians,…
Dean Martin: "Pretty Baby." 1962

Composed by Tony Jackson, Dean Martin performs "Pretty Baby"
Title page: Norma Trist

Title page: Norma Trist
Photo: Carhart (young)

Photo: Carhart (young)
Cover: Norma Trist

Cover: Norma Trist
John Wesley Carhart: “Norma Trist; or Pure Carbon: A Story of the Inversion of the Sexes” (September 26, 1895)

The main character in this novel, Norma Trist, makes the most affirmative defense of genital-orgasmic love relations between women published in English in the nineteenth century.
Gertrude "Ma" Rainey

Close-up of Rainey
As Interest in Lorraine Hansberry Grows, A Documentary Filmmaker Steps in

An interview with documentary filmmaker Tracy Heather Strain
Gay History in Nevada and Las Vegas

The Las Vegas OutHistory project This exhibit was a winner of OutHistory's 2010 Since Stonewall community history contest!
Transgender Children in Antebellum America

This exhibit explores a series of stories published in children’s books and magazines in antebellum America. Some portray children being punished for transgressing gender roles, others expose the range of traits, actions, habits, and expressions that…
Big Lives: Profiles of LGBT African Americans

A collection of biographies to celebrate Black History Month
Lorraine Hansberry: A Museum Show and Opening the Archive

Perspectives on the queer intersectionality of Lorraine Hansberry
The Gorilla Was Gay: Remembering Ronald Tavel's "Gorilla Queen," March 1967

David Kerry Heefner's reflections on a much loved off-off-Broadway play of the 1960s.
Rainbow Richmond: LGBTQ History of Richmond, VA

Richmond is an old place, at least in American terms. Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender people have always been a part of its history. This exhibit is dedicated to all those who challenged the norms of society, who lived free and honest lives,…
FIERCE

FIERCE is a membership-based organization building the leadership and power of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) youth of color in New York City. Queer Pier: 40 Years is a new FIERCE initiative to mark the organization’s tenth…