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The International Lesbian and Gay Association’s Suspension from the United Nations, 1993-1994, by Tyler Carson
This exhibit introduces the events leading up to the 1994 suspension of the International Gay and Lesbian Association’s consultative status with the United Nations after it was learned that its membership roster included pro-pedophilia groups such as…
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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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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.
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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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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…
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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.
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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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Finding Annette: Uncovering Trans History in Idaho, 1950-70, by Sophie McMahon
An exhibit on Annette, an Idaho transwoman who was featured in Tranvestia magazine and was at the center of a Pacific Northwest trans social network in the 1960s.
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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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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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Timeline: Terminology (Fairy and Light in the Loafers), 1892-1993
This timeline is a collaborative work-in-progress that has had many contributors over a long period of time. Some of the language used and concepts referenced, influenced by colonialism, imperialism, racism, sexism, and anti-LGBTQ+ beliefs and…
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William Stringfellow and Anthony Towne, 1962-1985, by Heather White
Two men's life together shows how Christian traditions of spiritual brotherhood could shelter same-sex love from social scrutiny. Originally published on OutHistory in 2020.
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Who Was Jennie June (1870-1950)?, by Channing Gerard Joseph
An exhibit that describes the work done to identify the author of groundbreaking memoirs from the early 1900s. Originally published on OutHistory in 2022.
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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…
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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.
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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…
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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.
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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…
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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.
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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.