OutHistory
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Queering history in every imaginable way!
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“Native American LGBTQ+ People, 1528-1976, by Jonathan Ned Katz” presents years of testimony from a wide variety of observers.
To learn more, head to outhistory.org/exhibits/sho...
To learn more, head to outhistory.org/exhibits/sho...
November 11, 2025 at 6:00 PM
“Native American LGBTQ+ People, 1528-1976, by Jonathan Ned Katz” presents years of testimony from a wide variety of observers.
To learn more, head to outhistory.org/exhibits/sho...
To learn more, head to outhistory.org/exhibits/sho...
An introduction to more than 1150 LGBT direct action demonstrations and protests in the United States from 1965 to 1976, with an overview report, annotations, bibliographic references, and tags.
To explore the inventory, head to the link in our bio.
To explore the inventory, head to the link in our bio.
October 31, 2025 at 6:02 PM
An introduction to more than 1150 LGBT direct action demonstrations and protests in the United States from 1965 to 1976, with an overview report, annotations, bibliographic references, and tags.
To explore the inventory, head to the link in our bio.
To explore the inventory, head to the link in our bio.
“Philadelphia LGBT History Project, 1940-1980” is a collection of transcripts of interviews on Philadelphia LGBT history from the 1940s to the 1970s, along with an introduction by the interviewer.
Check them out at the link in our bio.
Check them out at the link in our bio.
October 29, 2025 at 5:53 PM
“Philadelphia LGBT History Project, 1940-1980” is a collection of transcripts of interviews on Philadelphia LGBT history from the 1940s to the 1970s, along with an introduction by the interviewer.
Check them out at the link in our bio.
Check them out at the link in our bio.
OutHistory recently completed updates of two different timelines of transgender history. One, “Transgender History,” is an interactive timeline and “Transgender U.S. History, 1528-2020” is a chronological listing of source material.
Head to the link in our bio to learn more!
Head to the link in our bio to learn more!
October 27, 2025 at 6:55 PM
OutHistory recently completed updates of two different timelines of transgender history. One, “Transgender History,” is an interactive timeline and “Transgender U.S. History, 1528-2020” is a chronological listing of source material.
Head to the link in our bio to learn more!
Head to the link in our bio to learn more!
A group effort to identify the birth name of and other information about the pioneering trans author who went by the names Jennie June, Ralph Werther, and Earl Lind in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Published originally in 2018; updated in September 2025. Link in bio.
October 24, 2025 at 3:25 PM
A group effort to identify the birth name of and other information about the pioneering trans author who went by the names Jennie June, Ralph Werther, and Earl Lind in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Published originally in 2018; updated in September 2025. Link in bio.
Two OutHistory researchers fact check the evidence about the possible sexual intimacy of Chester Alan Arthur III, grandson of U.S. president Chester Arthur, and Edward Carpenter, English socialist and sex reform advocate.
To read more, head to the link in our bio.
To read more, head to the link in our bio.
October 21, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Two OutHistory researchers fact check the evidence about the possible sexual intimacy of Chester Alan Arthur III, grandson of U.S. president Chester Arthur, and Edward Carpenter, English socialist and sex reform advocate.
To read more, head to the link in our bio.
To read more, head to the link in our bio.
In 1925, Eve Adams risked all to write and publish a book titled Lesbian Love. Two years later, she was deported following an obscenity trial. In 1943, she was murdered by Nazis in Auschwitz.
Head to the links in our bio to learn more.
Head to the links in our bio to learn more.
October 15, 2025 at 8:58 PM
In 1925, Eve Adams risked all to write and publish a book titled Lesbian Love. Two years later, she was deported following an obscenity trial. In 1943, she was murdered by Nazis in Auschwitz.
Head to the links in our bio to learn more.
Head to the links in our bio to learn more.
October is LGBTQ History Month, and OutHistory invites you to explore our online exhibits and learn about our perseverance, our rage, our resilience, joy and power.
Check out our exhibits at the link in our bio.
Check out our exhibits at the link in our bio.
October 2, 2025 at 12:09 AM
October is LGBTQ History Month, and OutHistory invites you to explore our online exhibits and learn about our perseverance, our rage, our resilience, joy and power.
Check out our exhibits at the link in our bio.
Check out our exhibits at the link in our bio.
OutHistory is pleased to announce "Queer Pasts: A 2025 Interview with the Founding Editors," by Isaac Fellman. This exhibit features an interview with the coeditors of QP, a digital history database. The exhibit also provides titles and abstracts for all QP projects. outhistory.org/exhibits/sho...
September 2, 2025 at 3:05 PM
OutHistory is pleased to announce "Queer Pasts: A 2025 Interview with the Founding Editors," by Isaac Fellman. This exhibit features an interview with the coeditors of QP, a digital history database. The exhibit also provides titles and abstracts for all QP projects. outhistory.org/exhibits/sho...
For Transgender History Month, OutHistory celebrates the transgender activists and history-makers who fought for equality, cared for our community, and inspired those that followed.
Check out “Finding Annette: Uncovering Trans History in Idaho, 1950-70,” by Sophie McMahon at the link in our bio.
Check out “Finding Annette: Uncovering Trans History in Idaho, 1950-70,” by Sophie McMahon at the link in our bio.
August 21, 2025 at 7:58 PM
For Transgender History Month, OutHistory celebrates the transgender activists and history-makers who fought for equality, cared for our community, and inspired those that followed.
Check out “Finding Annette: Uncovering Trans History in Idaho, 1950-70,” by Sophie McMahon at the link in our bio.
Check out “Finding Annette: Uncovering Trans History in Idaho, 1950-70,” by Sophie McMahon at the link in our bio.
Jenny Mohan documents in this new exhibit on OutHistory spaces in the East Village that showcased groundbreaking work that spanned across theater, painting, sculpture, drag, music, and performance art.
To learn more, head to outhistory.org/exhibits/sho...
To learn more, head to outhistory.org/exhibits/sho...
July 10, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Jenny Mohan documents in this new exhibit on OutHistory spaces in the East Village that showcased groundbreaking work that spanned across theater, painting, sculpture, drag, music, and performance art.
To learn more, head to outhistory.org/exhibits/sho...
To learn more, head to outhistory.org/exhibits/sho...
This exhibit, originally published in 2015 to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the first Annual Reminder, collects primary sources, oral histories, research into participants and a bibliography of additional sources.
Head to the link in our bio to learn more.
Head to the link in our bio to learn more.
July 4, 2025 at 4:01 PM
This exhibit, originally published in 2015 to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the first Annual Reminder, collects primary sources, oral histories, research into participants and a bibliography of additional sources.
Head to the link in our bio to learn more.
Head to the link in our bio to learn more.
“Disabled Gay and Lesbian Activists in the Homophile Movement, 1930s-1980s, by Moira Armstrong,” is an exhibit originally published in 2024, but is worth revisiting today.
To learn more, head to the link in our bio.
To learn more, head to the link in our bio.
July 1, 2025 at 5:58 PM
“Disabled Gay and Lesbian Activists in the Homophile Movement, 1930s-1980s, by Moira Armstrong,” is an exhibit originally published in 2024, but is worth revisiting today.
To learn more, head to the link in our bio.
To learn more, head to the link in our bio.
In June 2009, OutHistory honored the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots by publishing nine pages of New York City Police Department records created early on the morning of the rebellion’s starting date, June 28, 1969.
Head to the link in our bio to learn more.
Head to the link in our bio to learn more.
June 28, 2025 at 5:52 PM
In June 2009, OutHistory honored the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots by publishing nine pages of New York City Police Department records created early on the morning of the rebellion’s starting date, June 28, 1969.
Head to the link in our bio to learn more.
Head to the link in our bio to learn more.
For our June fundraising campaign, we're highlighting our most recent work, which includes: Disabled Gay and Lesbian Activists in the Homophile Movement, 1930s-1980s, by Moira Armstrong.
Please signal your support for our work with a donation: outhistory.org/donate
Please signal your support for our work with a donation: outhistory.org/donate
June 25, 2025 at 6:56 PM
For our June fundraising campaign, we're highlighting our most recent work, which includes: Disabled Gay and Lesbian Activists in the Homophile Movement, 1930s-1980s, by Moira Armstrong.
Please signal your support for our work with a donation: outhistory.org/donate
Please signal your support for our work with a donation: outhistory.org/donate
Marc Stein has meticulously inventoried more than 1000 LGBT direct action demonstrations and protests in the United States from 1965 to 1975, with an overview report, annotations, bibliographic references, and tags.
To read more, check out the link in bio.
To read more, check out the link in bio.
June 24, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Marc Stein has meticulously inventoried more than 1000 LGBT direct action demonstrations and protests in the United States from 1965 to 1975, with an overview report, annotations, bibliographic references, and tags.
To read more, check out the link in bio.
To read more, check out the link in bio.
Trumping the Trumpians introduces and reprints a set of Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests filed against the Trump Administration. Prompted by and in partnership with OutHistory, American Oversight filed these requests in May 2025.
To read more, head to the link in our bio.
To read more, head to the link in our bio.
June 12, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Trumping the Trumpians introduces and reprints a set of Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests filed against the Trump Administration. Prompted by and in partnership with OutHistory, American Oversight filed these requests in May 2025.
To read more, head to the link in our bio.
To read more, head to the link in our bio.
In February, we concluded our manifesto by declaring: We have been here before. And we are not going away.
Every contribution you make helps ensure the truth of that promise.
Please consider making a donation today at outhistory.org/donate
Every contribution you make helps ensure the truth of that promise.
Please consider making a donation today at outhistory.org/donate
June 9, 2025 at 3:29 PM
In February, we concluded our manifesto by declaring: We have been here before. And we are not going away.
Every contribution you make helps ensure the truth of that promise.
Please consider making a donation today at outhistory.org/donate
Every contribution you make helps ensure the truth of that promise.
Please consider making a donation today at outhistory.org/donate
Happy Pride Month, everyone! OutHistory Director Marc Stein was featured in an article about the use of the word “Pride” for our yearly celebration on NPR last week. Check out “Word of the Week: How ‘pride’ shifted from vice to a symbol of LGBTQ empowerment” by Juliana Kim at the link in our bio.
June 1, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Happy Pride Month, everyone! OutHistory Director Marc Stein was featured in an article about the use of the word “Pride” for our yearly celebration on NPR last week. Check out “Word of the Week: How ‘pride’ shifted from vice to a symbol of LGBTQ empowerment” by Juliana Kim at the link in our bio.
Our June newsletter is out soon! Featuring OutHistory exhibits on LGBTQ+ immigration, a new exhibit on "Queer Transformations at San Francisco State, 1969-1974” by Marc Stein, and profiles of new OutHistory staffers. Subscribe at the link in our bio!
May 23, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Our June newsletter is out soon! Featuring OutHistory exhibits on LGBTQ+ immigration, a new exhibit on "Queer Transformations at San Francisco State, 1969-1974” by Marc Stein, and profiles of new OutHistory staffers. Subscribe at the link in our bio!
Prompted by and in partnership with OutHistory, American Oversight has filed Freedom of Information Act requests with the State Department, the National Park Service, the Department of Education, and the National Archives and Records Administration.
May 21, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Prompted by and in partnership with OutHistory, American Oversight has filed Freedom of Information Act requests with the State Department, the National Park Service, the Department of Education, and the National Archives and Records Administration.
We’re thinking today of Urvashi Vaid, who passed on this day three years ago. Vaid was a leading LGBTQ activist of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries and was the executive director of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force from 1989-1992.
To read more, head to the link in our bio.
To read more, head to the link in our bio.
May 14, 2025 at 10:51 PM
We’re thinking today of Urvashi Vaid, who passed on this day three years ago. Vaid was a leading LGBTQ activist of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries and was the executive director of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force from 1989-1992.
To read more, head to the link in our bio.
To read more, head to the link in our bio.
Our list of LGBTQ+ history grants, fellowships and prizes was developed initially by OutHistory intern Moira Armstrong in 2024. It was updated most recently in May 2025. Check the list out at the link in our bio.
May 11, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Our list of LGBTQ+ history grants, fellowships and prizes was developed initially by OutHistory intern Moira Armstrong in 2024. It was updated most recently in May 2025. Check the list out at the link in our bio.
Donald W. McLeod spent years tracking down surviving works from the Institut für Sexualwissenschaft . OutHistory has his story.
To read more, head to the link in our bio.
To read more, head to the link in our bio.
May 6, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Donald W. McLeod spent years tracking down surviving works from the Institut für Sexualwissenschaft . OutHistory has his story.
To read more, head to the link in our bio.
To read more, head to the link in our bio.
For Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, learn about the iconic Esther Eng, the world's first female Chinese American filmmaker.
Read more about the trailblazing Eng at the link in bio.
Read more about the trailblazing Eng at the link in bio.
May 1, 2025 at 10:05 PM
For Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, learn about the iconic Esther Eng, the world's first female Chinese American filmmaker.
Read more about the trailblazing Eng at the link in bio.
Read more about the trailblazing Eng at the link in bio.