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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,…

Barbara Gittings Portrait

TRANSforming Randy Wicker: A Documentary Film, 2015, by Michael Kasino, music by Moby

OutHistory presented the first public showing of a documentary film about long-time gay activist Randy Wicker. The 50 minute film, produced and directed by Michael Kasino, uses interviews, movies, and still photos to detail the life of this ornery,…

Barbara Gittings: Founding the New York Daughters of Bilitis in 1958, by Jonathan Ned Katz

Barbara Gittings interviewed by Jonathan Ned Katz in 1974 about her development as a Lesbian, and about the founding and early history of the New York Daughters of Bilitis.

Claudine a l’ ecole

Timeline: LGBTQ Marriage and Marriage Resisters

In response to the the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling on June 26, 2015 that the U.S. Constitution guarantees a right to same-sex marriage, OutHistory presents a chronology of documented references to the long history of marriage in U.S. same-sex…

Cindy Yearbook Photo

Brock Yearbook Photo

Dean Switzer

President McCain

Cindy Crohn, Graduation Photo

Brandon, Kate, and Friend

Brandon, Kate, and Friend (close up)

Margaret Haig Thomas (1883-1958): Lusitania’s Queer Cargo, by Christianne Anastasia Gadd

In recognition of the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Luisitania on May 7, 1915, OutHistory presented an original research report on one of its fascinating women passengers. First published on OutHistory on May 4, 2015.

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…

1910 Portrait

Dewey's Sit-in in Philadelphia, 1965, by Marc Stein

In 1965 Drum magazine called it “the first sit-in of its kind in the history of the United States.” To honor the fiftieth anniversary of this major act of LGBT resistance, Marc Stein presented reports of the sit-in at Dewey’s restaurant in Center…

Scared and Confused to Gay and Elected, 1949-2015, by Gary Miller

A memoir detailing the struggles of Gary Miller's childhood and youth in San Diego and Kansas City before turning to his subsequent political and community service in San Francisco, Sacramento, and Roseville, CA. Published originally on…

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