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"An Understanding...Held Them Together": John Sterling and James Bloss, 1870-1918, by Jonathan Ned Katz
In 1864, John William Sterling graduated from Yale College. About 1870, in his mid-twenties, Sterling met James Orville Bloss, who was three years younger. The two formed a relationship of almost 50 years, and lived together in New York City for most…
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"Chosen Girl," 2003, by Faith S. Holsaert
A short story set in 1950s Greenwich Village about the love between two women--one white, one black--as observed by the white woman's daughter. Reprinted with the permission of Faith S. Holsaert. Copyright (c) 2003 by Faith S. Holsaert.
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"Everything I Learned": A 2023 Interview with Curtis Chin, by Judy Wu
An interview with Curtis Chin, focusing on his 2023 memoir Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant. Published originally on OutHistory in 2024.
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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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"Sunshine, this is Mr. Horowitz": The Flame, the Gay Bar of Ann Arbor, MI, 1949-1998, by Rostom Mesli and Brian Whitener
An exhibit on the history of The Flame, a gay bar in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Published originally on OutHistory in 2013.
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"Where Perversion Is Taught": The Untold History of a Gay Rights Demonstration at Bucks County Community College, May 9, 1968, by Marc Stein
An exhibit on a 1968 student protest at Bucks County Community College after the college president cancelled an event featuring Mattachine Society New York leader Richard Leitsch. Published originally on OutHistory in 2021.
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“We Were The Movement": Lesbian Activism in the Boston Reproductive Rights Movement, by Sara Slager
A 2023 essay by Sara Slager, a Boston-based researcher who graduated in May 2022 from Simmons University with a BA in Women's and Gender Studies and a double minor in History and Education. In May 2023, she will graduate with a Masters of Arts…
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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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A Gay Youth Group, the FBI, and the Community, 1984, by Mitchell Halberstadt
An exhibit on Gay and Lesbian Youth of New York and its relationship to the FBI in the 1980s.
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Adam Badeau (1831-1895): Civil War Officer and Presidential Biographer
This exhibit features notes from an anonymous OutHistory contributor about a Civil War officer and biographer of U.S. President Ulysses Grant.
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Alexander Hamilton and John Laurens, 1779-1782, by Jonathan Ned Katz
An exhibit on eighteenth century U.S. Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton and his relationship with John Laurens. Multiple historians consider how to interpret the intimacy between Alexander Hamilton and John Laurens during the American Revolution.…
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Alice Mitchell Murders Freda Ward in Memphis, 1892
On January 25, 1892, on a riverfront railroad track, in Memphis, Tennessee, Alice Mitchell slit the throat of Freda Ward. Mitchell explained: "I killed Freda because I loved her, and she refused to marry me." The murder and subsequent trial…
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Allen Bernstein's Defense of Homosexuality: “Millions of Queers (Our Homo America),” 1940, by Jonathan Ned Katz and Randall Sell
Document and Biography of Author
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Alma Routsong, Author of "Patience and Sarah" (1967): A 1975 Interview by Jonathan Ned Katz
For Women's History Month in 2016, OutHistory republished an interview by Jonathan Ned Katz with Alma Routsong. On January 20, 1975, the author of Patience and Sarah spoke to Katz about discovering her lesbianism and her development as a…
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Almeda Sperry to Emma Goldman, 1912, by Jonathan Ned Katz
A collection of love letters to Emma Goldman, the anarchist leader, vividly conveys the emotions and varied life experience of Almeda Sperry, their complex author. The letters detail and evoke Sperry's tender-brutal relationship with her husband…
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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…
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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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An Early Conversation about Gay and Lesbian Archives: From the Pages of The Gay Insurgent, 1979, by Jim Monahan and Joan Nestle
A conversation between Jim Monahan and Joan Nestle on preserving gay and lesbian history.
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Angela Calomiris (1916-1995): A Spy in the Lesbian Herstory Archives, by Lisa E. Davis
An introduction to and overview of the story of Angela Calomiris, a working-class lesbian who was a key informant for the FBI in the 1940s against the Communist Party.
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Annual Reminders in Philadelphia, July 4, 1965-July 4, 1969, by Marc Stein
This exhibit was originally published to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the demonstrations for gay and lesbian rights that began at Philadelphia’s Independence Hall on July 4, 1965, and continued as Annual Reminders on July 4 in 1966, 1967,…