Timeline: Working-Class LGBTQ+ U.S. History, 1836-2020
Dublin Core
Title
Timeline: Working-Class LGBTQ+ U.S. History, 1836-2020
Subject
Work and Economic Life
Description
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. Citations to sources are provided in Frank's book. The 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and practices, might have been considered offensive or otherwise problematic by the individuals discussed in the historical documents; some might be considered offensive or otherwise problematic by LGBTQ+ people today or in the future. All of this is part of LGBTQ+ history. We welcome new contributions; please contact outhistory@gmail.com. First published on OutHistory in 2016; last edited in 2023.
Time Period
1800s
1900-1920
1940-1960
1920-1940
1960s
1970s
1980s
1990s
2000s
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workingchrono
exhibit type
Timeline