Gail Laughlin

Gail Laughlin Birthday Bio

Anne Balay

Anne Balay Birthday Bio

“I Will Always Be There in the Front Lines Fighting”: The Defiant Art and Activism of Pei-Hsien Lim (1953-1992), by David K. Seitz

A biographical exhibit on Pei-Hsien Lim, a gay Malaysian-Chinese artist and activist who made major contributions to struggles against racism, homophobia, and AIDS in San Francisco, Toronto, and Vancouver. Published originally on OutHistory in 2025.

Danny Cockerline: Toronto’s Patron Saint of Whores and Hustlers (1960-1995), by Ryan Conrad

This exhibit focuses on gay HIV-positive sex worker activist Daniel Charles Cockerline (1960-1995), who was involved in the founding of numerous sex workers’ rights organizations in Toronto, Ontario, from the early 1980s to the mid-1990s. The exhibit…

Allen Ginsberg to Jonathan Ned Katz, August 8, 1990 re Chester Allan (Gavin) Arthur and Edward Carpenter

EC&GA1924.jpg. Arthur & Carpenter, Guilford, England

Chester Alan (Gavin) Arthur's visits to Edward Carpenter, Guilford, England

Matchmaking’s Lineage: A 2024 Interview with E.G. Crichton, by Tamara de Szegheo Lang

An interview with the author of Matchmaking in the Archive: 19 Conversations with the Dead and 3 Encounters with Ghosts (2023). Published originally on OutHistory in January 2025.

1862-06-22 Sunday Mercury (NY), "A Wolf In Sheep's Clothing"

Reports Billy Kinney, alias California Bill, alias Dr. Coffin, alias Miss Ellen Fay, alias Mrs. Ellen Eyre impersonating Eyre in New York City to entrap and blackmail wealthy men.

Disabled Gay and Lesbian Activists in the Homophile Movement, 1930s-1980s, by Moira Armstrong

A collection of biographies of disabled gay and lesbian activists in the homophile movement. Published originally on OutHistory in October 2024.

Queering the Titanic, 1912

This exhibit introduces several of the LGBTQ people who sailed on the Titanic and several of the same-sex relationships, possibly intimate, that developed between people on the ship that sank in 1912. The individuals and relationships discussed…

Archibald Butt: Presidential Aide and Titanic Victim, 1865-1912, by James Gifford

This exhibit introduces Archibald Butt, a journalist and U.S. presidential aide who died on the Titanic. The exhibit includes an interpretation of his life as queer by James Gifford. Published originally on OutHistory in 2012. Updated in 2024.

Francis Davis Millet and Charles Warren Stoddard, 1874-1912, by Jonathan Ned Katz and Claude M. Gruener

This exhibit introduces and reproduces the correspondence of artist Francis Davis Millet and writer Charles Warren Stoddard. Published originally on OutHistory in 2012. Updated in 2024.

Mandy Carter

Mandy Carter Birthday Bio

Minnie Bruce Pratt

Minnie Bruce Pratt Birthday Bio

Charles Silverstein

Charles Silverstein

Curtis Chin

Curtis Chin Birthday Bio

Eve Adams

Eve Adams Birthday Bio

Tyrone Smith

Tyrone Smith Birthday Bio

Sharon Owens

Sharon Owens Birthday Bio

James Roberts

James Roberts Birthday Bio