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Browse material on the OutHistory website by time period.
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State LGBT History Education Laws, 2011-2021, by Marc Stein
An exhibit featuring the texts of state laws, beginning with a California statute adopted in 2011, that mandate LGBT history education in public schools. Published originally, with the research assistance of Sara Slager, on 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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Curing Psychiatry and Psychology: A 2015 Interview with Charles Silverstein, by Philip Clark
A transcript of a 2015 interview with the author of The Joy of Gay Sex (1977), with comments about the struggle to change the classification of homosexuality as a mental illness in the 1970s. Originally published by OutHistory in 2023.
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Do You Know Jonathan Ned Katz?: A 2023 Interview with Director Philip Harrison, by Joseph Plaster
A 2023 interview about the documentary film-in-progress Do You Know Jonathan Ned Katz?, which focuses on OutHistory's founder.
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Sally: A 2023 Interview with Documentary Filmmaker Deborah Craig, by Julie R. Enszer
A 2023 interview about the documentary film-in-progress Sally, which focuses on lesbian feminist author and activist Sally Gearhart.
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Timeline: Transgender History
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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Timeline: Transgender U.S. History, 1528-2020
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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Timeline: Walt Whitman and Same-Sex Sex Intimacy, 1848-2021
A chronology of references to same-sex desire and sexual activity in the life of Walt Whitman and in the works of Whitman's biographers and critics. This timeline is a collaborative work-in-progress. Some of the language used and concepts…
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Timeline: Working-Class LGBTQ+ U.S. History, 1836-2020
This chronology on U.S. LGBTQ+ working-class history has been created with the help of Miriam Frank's book Out in the Union: A Labor History of Queer America (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2014), with the permission of the author.…
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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.
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Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA] Celebrates the Contributions of All LGBTQ+ Black Americans in U.S. history, February 26, 2021, by Barbara Lee
A resolution introduced by a member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Black History Month in February 2021.
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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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Queering African American History: A Bibliography, by Kevin J. Mumford
OutHistory is grateful to historian Kevin J. Mumford for creating this bibliography, and for research assistance he sends special thanks to Olivia Hagedorn, a doctoral candidate in history at the University of Illinois at Urbana—Champaign. First…
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Queer Workers I Have Known, June 16, 2020, by Anne Balay
An essay by a queer labor historian.
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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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Proud to be Working Class and Queer in 2020, by Anne Balay
Pride month opens in 2020 at a moment of crisis for the USA and for its unions.
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Poems by Jonathan Ned Katz
A series of poems written by OutHistory's founder over many years. Published originally in 2023.
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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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Neil Derrick (1931-2018), by Edward Field
An introduction, by his long-time partner, to the life and work of a gay writer who specialized in "soft-porn." Born in Visalia, California, raised in Exeter, California, and a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley, Derrick…
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My Beloved Friend Carol Joyce (1926-2020), by Jonathan Ned Katz
Forced by the coronavirus pandemic to vacate the safe-house she occupied with her husband, Bob, Carol Joyce moved with him and a beloved cousin, Isabel Soffer, to Soffer’s country home. There, Carol, who had withdrawn in old age into herself, was…