Channing G. Joseph: The Black Drag Queens Who Fought Before Stonewall

During Black History Month 2016 OutHistory.org is proud to present the fascinating original research discoveries of journalist Channing Joseph about parties organized by cross-dressed African American men in Washington, D.C., in the 1880s and 1890s.

Obergefell v. Hodges Decision

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.

Looking Out of the Frame: Camelot’s Gay Court

President John F. Kennedy was famous for his vivid, and some might say almost compulsive, heterosexuality. But straight men can have a gay side, and JFK’s life was filled with prominent gay men.

Marching For Jobs and Freedom: Bayard Rustin and Cheryl Clarke at the March on Washington, August 28 1963

This proud moment in civil rights activism is also a moment to reflect on how GLBT civil rights strategies have overlapped with, drawn strength from, and patterned themselves on a century and a half of anti-racist struggle in the United States.

Gay and Lesbian Activist Alliance of Washington, D.C., 1971-2010

"The Gay and Lesbian Activists Alliance of Washington, DC is the oldest continuously active gay rights organization in the United States. Founded on April 20, 1971, as the Gay Activists Alliance, the group dedicated itself to securing the…

The Lesbian Mothers National Defense Fund, 1970s through 1990s

Raising our Children is a Right, Not a Heterosexual Privilege - Motto of the Lesbian Mother’s National Defense Fund

Queen City Comes Out: Exploring Seattle's Lesbian and Gay History

Queen City Comes Out: Exploring Seattle's Lesbian and Gay History provides highlights of LGBT history in Seattle drawn from the History Project members’ collective research conducted over the last 15 years. This is an overview of the early…

Out and Elected in the USA: 1974-2004

Out and Elected in the USA - The First 30 Years: 1974-2004 is a survey, through black and white portraits and texts, of many of the pioneering openly lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender individuals elected to public office in the U.S. in those…