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Transgender Timelines - OutHistory
For Transgender Day of Visibility, we want to highlight OutHistory’s two exhibits featuring timelines of transgender history.
To check the timelines out, head to tinyurl.com/Trans1528-2020 and tinyurl.com/TimelineTran...
Congrats to 2025 OutH Fellow Annabelle Heckler on the publication of "Red Scare, Lavender Song: Moranda Smith, Viola Brown, and Civil Rights Unions, 1943-1969." The exhibit shares stories of Black women who powered the largest upsurge in union organizing in US history. outhistory.org/exhibits/sho...
OutHistory is pleased to announce a new exhibit: "The 1993 March on Washington: A Brief Look Back," by Ron Schlittler. This exhibit features Ron Schlittler's video documentary of the event and his related 1994 University of Oregon Honors College thesis: outhistory.org/exhibits/sho...
OutHistory is hiring a social media coordinator. Limited-hours position for US resident: $750 every three months. To apply, please submit a 250-500 word application and a resume to outhistory@gmail.com. Deadline May 1, 2026. We expect the person selected to begin work on June 1, 2026.
Women's History Month is a great time to revisit OutHistory's two exhibits by Joan Nestle: "Historical Musings," outhistory.org/exhibits/sho..., and "An Early Conversation about Gay and Lesbian Archives: From the Pages of The Gay Insurgent," outhistory.org/exhibits/sho...
OutHistory is pleased to announce the publication of "Ordinary and Extraordinary: The Many Social Transitions of Rollin Kedzie Morgan (1880–1966)," by Elizabeth A. Allen, an OutHistory 2025 Fellow. This exhibit traces the life of a trans man with ties to Vermont.
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The Gay Liberation Front at San Francisco State was founded on March 6, 1970; happy anniversary! For more, check out "Queer Transformations at San Francisco State, 1969-1974," by Marc Stein.
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We have updated our listings for LGBTQ history fellowships, internships, grants, prizes, and opportunities (the most comprehensive inventory of this info anywhere): outhistory.org/exhibits/sho...
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In case you missed this on OutHistory: "Marching For Jobs and Freedom: Bayard Rustin and Cheryl Clarke at the March on Washington, August 28, 1963," by Claire Potter and John D'Emilio, outhistory.org/exhibits/sho...
OutH mourns the loss of Kevin Mumford. We are grateful for his two major contributions to OutH: "Queering African American History: A Bibliography," outhistory.org/exhibits/sho..., and "Lorraine Hansberry (1930-1965): A Museum Show and Opening the Archive," outhistory.org/exhibits/sho...
For Black History Month, we encourage you to check out
"James Baldwin and the FBI: 'Isn't James Baldwin That Well Known Pervert,' 1960-1974," by Douglas Field, outhistory.org/exhibits/sho...
For Black History Month, check out "Lorraine Hansberry: An Interview with Documentary Filmmaker Tracy Heather Strain," by J Smith, outhistory.org/exhibits/sho..., & "Lorraine Hansberry (1930-1965): A Museum Show and Opening the Archive," by K Greenidge and K Mumford, outhistory.org/exhibits/sho...
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OutHistory is pleased to announce the publication of "Judith Teixeira (1880–1959): A Bisexual Woman Poet of the Roaring Twenties," by Samantha Pious. A biographical exhibit on the earliest known bisexual woman poet of modern Portugal. outhistory.org/exhibits/sho...
Announcing the 2026 OutHistory Fellowships
OutHistory is pleased to announce the winners of our 2026 fellowship competition. The 2026 Fellows are Annie Anderson, Gracie Anderson, JD Davids, Cathleen Rhodes, Michael Schreiber, and Jesse Waggoner. For more info: outhistory.org/exhibits/sho...
In our ongoing series of posts showcasing OutHistory exhibits for Black History Month: check out "Peter Sewally/Mary Jones, June 11, 1836," by Jonathan Ned Katz and Tavia Nyong'o.
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Stonewall Riot Police Reports June 1969, By Jonathan Ned Katz
Documenting the Stonewall Riots: A Bibliography of Primary Sources, by Marc Stein
To check out these exhibits, head to outhistory.org/exhibits/sho... and outhistory.org/exhibits/sho...
For Black History Month, check out one of our most popular OutHistory exhibits, especially if you love Chicago: "Queer Bronzeville, 1900-1985," by Tristan Cabello: outhistory.org/exhibits/sho...
Congratulations to 2025 OutHistory Fellow Hannah Leffingwell, whose exhibit on "The Lesbian Switchboard of New York City, 1972-1997," has just been published on OutHistory.
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OutHistory is pleased to announce the publication of "Searching for Men 'of the Right Sort': The Letters of Harold W. Curtis to Henry Blake Fuller, 1897–1898," by Donald W. McLeod.
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Congratulations to 2025 OutHistory Fellow Jacqueline Cho, whose exhibit has just been published by OutHistory: "Queer, Asian, Everywhere: An Overview of the Transnational Activism of the Gay Asians of Toronto, 1980-2000." outhistory.org/exhibits/sho...
Happy Birthday Jonathan Ned Katz!
OutHistory wishes our founder, Jonathan Ned Katz, a very happy birthday today!
To check out all of Jonathan Ned Katz’s exhibits, including some poems and his extensive resume, head to: tinyurl.com/JNKExhibits
The Queer History of Women's Suffrage: Scholarship and Censorship in 2025 by Wendy Rouse
This exhibit includes an introduction by Wendy Rouse and copies of both the original 2020 essay and the altered 2025 version.
To read both, head to outhistory.org/exhibits/sho....
Boutilier v. Immigration and Naturalization Service (1967), by Marc Stein
Boutilier v. Immigration and Naturalization Service upheld the deportation of CliveBoutilier, a Canadian citizen and U.S. permanent resident classified by the INS as “afflicted with psychopathic personality” based on his homosexuality.
To learn more, head to outhistory.org/exhibits/sho...
Happy birthday to Gay Raider and Philadelphia Gay News publisher Mark Segal! For OutHistory's oral history interview with Mark, check out:
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Congratulations to 2024 OutHistory Fellow Corey Clawson, for completing "Building Queer New Worlds: The Emergence of Queer Ethnoracial Literary Anthologies, 1982-2024," now featured on OutHistory.
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Giving Tuesday 2025 OutHistory
Some news for Giving Tuesday!
We’re declaring our independence!
In 2026, OutHistory will re-launch as a non-profit corporation.
To learn more about what this means and to make a donation, head to outhistory.org/donate.
Transgender Day of Remembrance OutHistory
Today is Transgender Day of Remembrance, a day for remembering those lost to transphobic violence. OutHistory remains dedicated to preserving and sharing the stories of transgender people.
To explore our exhibits focusing on trans people throughout history, head to tinyurl.com/OutHistoryTDOR.