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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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Francis Davis Millet and Charles Warren Stoddard, 1874-1912, by Jonathan Ned Katz and Claude M. Gruener
This exhibit introduces and reproduces the correspondence of artist Francis Davis Millet and writer Charles Warren Stoddard. Published originally on OutHistory in 2012. Updated in 2024.
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Eve Adams
Eve Adams Birthday Bio
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Beauford Delaney
Beauford Delaney Birthday Bio
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Jane Addams
Jane Addams Birthday Bio
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Karl Heinrich Ulrichs
Karl Heinrich Ulrichs Birthday Bio
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"I Am Now Well And Strong": Frederik Hammerich, 1868-1918, by Jonathan Ned Katz
An overview of the life of a man who emigrated from Denmark to the United States in the 1890s in the aftermath of scandalous accusations about his same-sex sexual activities. Published originally by OutHistory in 2009; updated in 2024.
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Audre Lorde
Audre Lorde Birthday Bio
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James Baldwin
James Baldwin Birthday Bio
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Christine Jorgensen
Christine Jorgensen Birthday Bio
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Rosalie Davies
Rosalie Davies Birthday Bio
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Two U.S. Reviews of Andre Gide's Corydon (1949-50), by Jonathan Ned Katz
An exhibit featuring excerpts of two U.S. responses to the publication, in English translation by Hugh Gibb, of Andre Gide's defense of homosexuality in Corydon, with comments by Frank Beach (New York: Farrar, Straus, 1950). Corydon was…
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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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Timeline: The History of Sexuality and Gender History, 1811-1983
A chronological list of research on the history of sexuality and gender with a focus on the United States and England. This timeline is a collaborative work-in-progress. Some of the language used and concepts referenced, influenced by colonialism,…
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U.S. Homophile Internationalism: Archive and Exhibit, 1953-1964, by Marc Stein, Tamara de Szegheo Lang, Shlomo Gleibman, Sage Milo, Dasha Serykh, Carly Simpson, and Healy Thompson
An archive and exhibit exploring U.S. homophile magazine references to various regions of the world in the 1950s and 1960s. The regions are (1) Africa; (2) Asia and the Pacific; (3) Canada; (4) Latin America and the Caribbean; (5) the Middle East;…
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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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Eve Adams Archive, by Jonathan Ned Katz
This feature presents the following six sections: Eve Adams Chronology; Eve Adams Corrections; Eve Adams Documents; Eve Adams Pictures; Eve Adams Research Suggestions; Eve Adams Teaching Topics and Materials
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Discovering a Trove of Magnus Hirschfeld Documents, 2009-2012, by Donald W. McLeod
An exhibit on the discovery of documents related to the life and times of German Jewish sexologist Magnus Hirschfeld (1868-1935). Published originally on OutHistory in 2020.
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An 18th Century Transsexual, 1788, by Clair Kronk
A brief introduction to an 18th century medical account of a trans person in a Paris hospital.
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Americans in Württemberg Scandal, 1888, by Jonathan Ned Katz
This four-part entry, based on Jonathan Ned Katz's original research, details a scandal that erupted in Württemberg, Germany, in 1888, involving its king and three American men, Richard Mason Jackson, Charles Woodcock, and Donald Hendry. This…