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Queer Transformations at San Francisco State, 1969-1974, by Marc Stein
This exhibit, drawn from a collaborative faculty-student research project, focuses on LGBTQ history at San Francisco State in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
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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…
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LGBTQ America: A Theme Study of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer History, edited by Megan E. Springate, 2016
This exhibit features LGBTQ America, a theme study that the National Park Foundation and National Park Service (NPS) published in 2016; the NPS deleted the report from its website in 2025. The exhibit also includes The Pride Guide, an associated…
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The Midwest's "Queer Mecca": 40 Years of GLBTQ History in Bloomington, Indiana, 1969-2009, by Susan Stryker's Students
This exhibit explores the LGBTQ history of Bloomington, Indiana, especially related to Indiana University. Published originally on OutHistory in 2010. Updated in 2024.
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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, 1965-1975, by Marc Stein
An introduction to more than 1000 LGBT direct action demonstrations and protests in the United States from 1965 to 1975, with an overview report, annotations, bibliographic references, and tags. Published originally by OutHistory and Queer Pasts in…
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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.