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OutHistory @outhistory.bsky.social · 7d

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.

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OutHistory @outhistory.bsky.social · Sep 2

The OutHistory Fellowship Program supports the presentation of high-quality LGBTQ+ historical exhibits on OutHistory (outhistory.org). In 2026, OFP will provide 4 US$1800 fellowships for projects on under-represented topics in North American LGBTQ history. For more: outhistory.org/exhibits/sho...

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OutHistory @outhistory.bsky.social · 14d

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Preserving LGBTQ+ history in the face of erasure – and how you can help

Earlier this year, the National Park Service quietly removed all references to transgender people from the Stonewall National Monument website.

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OutHistory @outhistory.bsky.social · 16d

OutHistory's sixth quarterly newsletter (with a thematic focus on the U.S. South) was published earlier this month; subscribers get it right away and we post it on OutH a few weeks later. To access the newsletter and to subscribe: outhistory.org/exhibits/sho...

Newsletter 6: September 2025 · Newsletter Archive · OutHistory

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OutHistory @outhistory.bsky.social · Sep 2

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...

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OutHistory @outhistory.bsky.social · Sep 2

The OutHistory Fellowship Program supports the presentation of high-quality LGBTQ+ historical exhibits on OutHistory (outhistory.org). In 2026, OFP will provide 4 US$1800 fellowships for projects on under-represented topics in North American LGBTQ history. For more: outhistory.org/exhibits/sho...

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OutHistory @outhistory.bsky.social · Aug 28

OutHistory is beginning to compile a bibliography on the war on LGBTQ+ history, featuring government directives, media stories, and organizational responses. We welcome suggestions for additional items to include at [email protected].
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The War on LGBTQ+ History · LGBTQ+ People Have Been Here Before: The Power of Our History, by Marc Stein and the OutHistory Advisory Board · OutHistory

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OutHistory @outhistory.bsky.social · Aug 21

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.

Finding Annette: Uncovering Trans History in Idaho, 1950-70, by Sophie McMahon

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OutHistory @outhistory.bsky.social · Jul 10

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...

Queer Galleries and Art Spaces in the East Village, 1980-1994, by Jenny Mohan

David Wojnarowicz with Alan Burrows at Civilian Warfare, photograph by Andreas Sterzing

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OutHistory @outhistory.bsky.social · Jul 4

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.

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OutHistory @outhistory.bsky.social · Jul 1

“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.

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OutHistory @outhistory.bsky.social · Jun 28

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.

Stonewall Riot Police Reports, June 1969, by Jonathan Ned Katz

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OutHistory @outhistory.bsky.social · Jun 25

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

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OutHistory @outhistory.bsky.social · Jun 24

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.

LGBT Direct Action Bibliography, Chronology, and inventory, 1965-1975 by Marc Stein

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OutHistory @outhistory.bsky.social · Jun 23

Rave review in Jrnl of Am Hist. Please signal your support with a donation: outhistahory.org/donate "OutHistory is thoroughly impressive. Its immense diversity of content and its mission to make the queer histories of the US and Canada accessible to millions make it indispensable." -Eric Gonzaba

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OutHistory @outhistory.bsky.social · Jun 20

Thanks to all who have contributed to our June fundr campaign! As we continue to raise $, we're highlighting recent exhibits, including: "LGBTQ America: A Theme Study," ed by Megan E. Springate, 2016, outhistory.org/.../national.... Please signal your support with a donation: outhistory.org/donate.

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OutHistory @outhistory.bsky.social · Jun 19

For our June fundraising campaign, we're highlighting our most recent work, which includes: Danny Cockerline: Toronto’s Patron Saint of Whores and Hustlers (1960-1995), by Ryan Conrad, outhistory.org/exhibits/sho...

Please signal your support for our work with a donation: outhistory.org/donate

Danny Cockerline: Toronto’s Patron Saint of Whores and Hustlers (1960-1995), by Ryan Conrad · OutHistory

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OutHistory @outhistory.bsky.social · Jun 18

For our June fundraising campaign, we're highlighting “I Will Always Be There in the Front Lines Fighting”: The Defiant Art and Activism of Pei-Hsien Lim (1953-1992), by David K. Seitz outhistory.org/exhibits/sho...

Please signal your support for our work with a donation: outhistory.org/donate

“I Will Always Be There in the Front Lines Fighting”: The Defiant Art and Activism of Pei-Hsien Lim (1953-1992), by David K. Seitz · OutHistory

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OutHistory @outhistory.bsky.social · Jun 17

For our June fundraising campaign (outhistory.org/donate), we're highlighting our most recent work, which includes: "Queer Transformations at San Francisco State, 1969-1974," by Marc Stein: outhistory.org/exhibits/sho...

Please signal your support for our work with a donation: outhistory.org/donate

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OutHistory @outhistory.bsky.social · Jun 16

For our June fundraising campaign, we're highlighting our most recent work, which includes: "Trumping the Trumpians: OutHistory and American Oversight, 2025," by Marc Stein: outhistory.org/exhibits/sho...

Please signal your support for our work with a donation: outhistory.org/donate

Trumping the Trumpians: OutHistory and American Oversight, 2025, by Marc Stein · OutHistory

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OutHistory @outhistory.bsky.social · Jun 12

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.

In February 2025, OutHistory Director Marc Stein wrote to Lambda Legal Defense about how to best address the new Trump administration. "One idea of mine might require some legal support; it’s to file a series of FOIA requests to obtain info on how exactly anti-LGBTQ govt actions are happening.”

Trumping the Trumpians: OutHistory and American Oversight, 2025, by Marc Stein introduces and reprints a set of Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests filed against the Trump Administration in response to federal government attacks on LGBTQ history. 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.

OutHistory @outhistory.bsky.social · Jun 9

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

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OutHistory @outhistory.bsky.social · Jun 1

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.

Word of the Week: How 'pride' shifted from vice to a symbol of LGBTQ empowerment by Juliana Kim

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OutHistory @outhistory.bsky.social · May 23

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!

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OutHistory @outhistory.bsky.social · May 21

We anticipate that these requests will take years to process, but "you're welcome" to future historians of 2025!

Marc Stein
OutHistory Director

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