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Irish Ayes 'Out In The World: Ireland's LGBTQ+ Diaspora'

May 24, 2022 | by Brian Bromberger

By explaining the lives of Irish LGBTQ people abroad and contributions of those who returned, 'Out In The World: Ireland's LGBTQ+ Diaspora,' now at the GLBTHS Museum, can help us understand how Ireland became such a welcoming place for Irish queer folk.

LGBTQ archive seeks adoptive donors for certain collections

by Matthew S. Bajko
Apr 28, 2022

Talya Sokoll, a high school librarian in Massachusetts, is now a proud adoptive caretaker of the José Sarria Papers archival collection maintained by the GLBT Historical Society in San Francisco.

LGBTQ History Month: Staten Island museum throws open Austen's closet door

by Cynthia Laird
Oct 27, 2021

It's been a long time coming, but officials at the Alice Austen House on New York's Staten Island have thrown open the closet door, now fully embracing the lesbian pioneer and photographer who lived in the house with her longtime partner, Gertrude Tate.

LGBTQ History Month: Corinne known for her photos of lesbian sexuality

by Victoria A. Brownworth
Oct 27, 2021

Over her decades as a lesbian photographer and artist, Tee Corinne had said, "I'm one of the most obscure famous artists."

LGBTQ History Month: Snapshots showcase life in queer, 1970s San Francisco

by John Ferrannini
Oct 20, 2021

The California Historical Society is digitizing photos of early LGBTQ Pride parades, SOMA leather bars and the Castro and Polk neighborhoods that it rediscovered in its archives. But background on the photographers is hard to come by.

LGBTQ History Month: Pauli Murray was an architect of history

by Victoria A. Brownworth
Oct 20, 2021

Some say Pauli Murray is the most important American activist you've never heard of.

LGBTQ History Month: Pro baseball player Glenn Burke refused to live a lie

by Ray Simon
Oct 13, 2021

You could say that Glenn Burke, the first Major League Baseball player to come out, is having a good season.

LGBTQ History Month: Florida LGBTQ museum launches major digital exhibit

by J.W. Arnold
Oct 13, 2021

A new digital exhibit at the Stonewall National Museum and Archives, "In Plain Sight," offers website visitors a digital timeline of LGBTQ achievements — including 800 entries across 10 categories.

LGBTQ History Month: Dutch gay man defied the Nazis and saved thousands

by Victoria Ebner
Oct 6, 2021

In the final days before his execution in July 1943 at the hands of the Nazis, Willem Arondeus asked his lawyer for one last request: to spread a message after he was gone.

LGBTQ History Month: Until legal ruling, Disneyland banned same-sex dancers

by Matthew S. Bajko
Oct 6, 2021

Deemed the "Happiest Place on Earth" Disneyland sadly didn't live up to that billing for same-sex couples during its first three decades.

South Bay queer activism focus of new exhibit

by Heather Cassell
Jun 23, 2021

Silicon Valley's LGBTQ community and others will be able to take a trip back in time this Pride weekend with a new historical exhibit about the region's history.

50 years in 50 weeks: 1981's AIDS editorial

by BAR staff
Jun 16, 2021

The Bay Area Reporter first mentioned what became HIV/AIDS about a month after the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's notice on June 5, 1981.

LGBTQ Agenda: 'Queer Serial' podcast begins final season

by John Ferrannini
Apr 13, 2021

The final season of a podcast about the history of the LGBTQ rights movement will conclude with an episode about Stonewall that drops on June 28, the 52nd anniversary of the riots — and will precede a forthcoming podcast about Harry Britt.