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Queer Sources from Queer Newark: Stories of Resistance, Love, and Community, 1870s-2020s, by Moira Armstrong
This exhibit follows up on the recent book Queer Newark: Stories of Resistance, Love, and Community (New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 2024), which covers themes, figures, and events from the nineteenth, twentieth, and early twenty-first…
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The High Risk Project Society: Intracommunity Support in Transgender Vancouver, 1992-2001, by Phoenix Walker
An exhibit on the High Risk Project Society, which supported trans people in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, in the 1990s and early 2000s.
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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…
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Kaliflower and the Homosexual Revolution of 1969, by Eric Noble
An exhibit on relationships between the counterculture and the early gay liberation movement in San Francisco, focusing in particular on the Kaliflower commune. Published originally by OutHistory in 2023.
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A Conversation with Alex Ketchum about the Directory of LGBTQ+ Archives, by Juan Carlos Mezo-González
An edited transcript of a 2023 interview with the creator of a new directory of LGBTQ+ archives. Published originally by OutHistory in 2023.
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Documenting the Stonewall Riots: A Bibliography of Primary Sources, by Marc Stein
This online resource is a research supplement to Marc Stein, The Stonewall Riots: A Documentary History (New York: New York University Press, 2019). It provides references for primary documents related to the materials reprinted in The Stonewall…
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When Henry Wrote to Jim: The Letters of Henry Gerber to Jim Egan, 1951, by Donald W. McLeod
An essay and primary source exhibit on the 1951 correspondence between Henry Gerber, an early U.S. gay rights leader, and Jim Egan, an early Canadian gay rights advocate. Published originally on OutHistory in 2023.
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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,…
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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.
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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).
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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.
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Queer History of Colleges and Universities
A collection of links to OutHistory projects and other materials on LGBT history in higher education, along with a timeline on Columbia University and a bibliography of sources. First published on OutHistory in 2021.
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Phyllis Lyon (1924-2020): Feminist Lesbian Icon, Human and Civil Rights Advocate, Friend, Mentor, by Marcia Gallo
A historian recalls the life of an early lesbian activist. First published on OutHistory in 2020.
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LGBTQ Life in Watauga County, North Carolina, 1969-2009, by Kathryn Staley
This exhibit is adapted from Staley, Kathryn. “Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Life at Appalachian State University.” Master’s Thesis, Appalachian State University, 2009.
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LGBT Direct Action Bibliography, Chronology, and Inventory, 1965-1974, by Marc Stein
An introduction to nearly 800 LGBT direct action demonstrations and protests in the United States from 1965 to 1974, with an overview report, annotations, bibliographic references, and tags. Published originally by OutHistory and Queer Pasts in 2023.
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Founding Google's Gayglers in 2004, by Bennet Marks
An account of the founding of Google's LGBT employee group in 2004 and an article about the founder and his partner. Published originally on OutHistory in 2019.
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“We Were The Movement": Lesbian Activism in the Boston Reproductive Rights Movement, by Sara Slager
A 2023 essay by Sara Slager, a Boston-based researcher who graduated in May 2022 from Simmons University with a BA in Women's and Gender Studies and a double minor in History and Education. In May 2023, she will graduate with a Masters of Arts…
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Atlanta Since Stonewall, 1969-2009, by Wesley Chenault
Atlanta Since Stonewall, 1969-2009: A Local History brings to life a segment of the city’s LGBTQ past, highlighting nationally recognized and little-known personalities, places, and events. Through photographs, printed materials, ephemera, and links…
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Angela Calomiris (1916-1995): A Spy in the Lesbian Herstory Archives, by Lisa E. Davis
An introduction to and overview of the story of Angela Calomiris, a working-class lesbian who was a key informant for the FBI in the 1940s against the Communist Party.
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Boutilier v. Immigration and Naturalization Service (1967), by Marc Stein
This was originally published to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1967 ruling in Boutilier v. Immigration and Naturalization Service, which upheld the deportation of Clive Michael Boutilier, a Canadian citizen and U.S.…