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Queering the Economy: Stories from Queer Economic History
Writing about queer bars and drag culture in the 1972 classic Mother Camp, Esther Newton observed that queer communities had “an economics but no economy.” In this exhibit, Jeffrey Escoffier and Christopher Mitchell address the economics of gay bars…
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Raised Voices among Pretty Manners: Profiles of Ten LGBT Activists for Social Justice
Profiles of LGBT social justice activists with artifacts from the collection of Richard Wilson.
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Chicago Stories
A series of articles by John D'Emilio written for the Windy City Times about Chicago's gay history and his own career as an historian of sexuality.
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Queer Bronzeville
The history of African American gays and lesbians on Chicago's South Side.
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Leo Adams: A Gay Life in Letters, 1928-1952
An exhibit curated by Michael S. Miller based on original research in the archive of a gay man who saved his correspondence.