Photo used in the Alyson Publications book We Can Always Call Them Bulgarians: The Emergence of Lesbians and Gay Men on the American Stage, by Kaier Curtin.
Photo used in the Alyson Publications book We Can Always Call Them Bulgarians: The Emergence of Lesbians and Gay Men on the American Stage, by Kaier Curtin.
Photo from Eugene O'Neill's 1929 Broadway success, Strange Interlude, featuring Lynn Fontanne, with Tom Powers playing the first gay character in English dramatic literature with "any sympathy or real insight." Photo used in the Alyson Publications…
Two unidentified men from the AIDS Action Committee clasp hands in front of a stone wall with a poster showing a needle and warning against the danger of AIDS.
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Paul Parks Retrospective, March 1-April 24, Reception: Sunday March 6 5-7PM, All proceeds donated to: AIDS Action Committee, Club Cafe, 209 Columbus Avenue Boston, MA (617)536-0966
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The photographer is unknown.Where was it made or acquired?
Boston Common, 1974 Pride parade & celebration
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Photo #1 shows GCN [Gay Community News] Office Manager Ron Arruda driving the birthday cake in the…
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Anna J. CookWhere was it made or acquired?
Hawk Hill Community Land Trust (Drury, Missouri), 28 June 2005
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My undergraduate capstone project for my Women's Studies degree was to help document a lesbian feminist group,…
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The LGBTQ community of USCWhere was it made or acquired?
University of Southern California, One Archives, Daily Trojan, El Rodeo
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Exploring USC's LGBT and Lambda Alumni history from 1970-1992. â¤ï¸ðŸ’›â¤ï¸ Celebrating…
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Photo: David Herder
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Cambridge, MAStoryI met David Feinberg in the spring of 1991. Our relationship combined two of the leitmotifs of the time: the growth of the nation’s gay literary scene,…
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The Crown & Anchor Provincetown, Massachusetts
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In March of 2019 the Bay State Marauders celebrated their 16th Anniversary in Provincetown, Massachusetts. This was a 3 day event with 80 people in…
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Tom Beauchamp-Arnold (member of the club)
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Boston Ramrod 1254 Boylston Street, Boston MA
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This picture is of the 1st Anniversary celebration held at the Boston Ramrod. This…
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Boston Ramrod, 1254 Boylston Street, Boston, MAStoryThe Mr. Boston Leather titleholders from 2003 to 2011. This picture was taken at the 2011 Mr Boston Leather Contest. From left to right: Rob Claffie 2003, Scott…
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Home of Luis Aponte-Pares, Boston, MAStoryThis photo was snapped at The History Project's Volunteer Appreciation Brunch, held at board member Luis's condo in the South End. Left to right are: Volunteer Yves Agustin,…
Who made this? I don’t know. Perhaps a political action group in San Francisco, CA. Where was it made or acquired? San Francisco, CA StoryI was visiting San Francisco for the second time in the summer of 2000 with my friends Sarah and David, and was…
A book/pamphlet prepared after Nancy Walker died in 1996 after a 21 year battle with breast cancer. The book includes selections from the writings of Nancy Walker, as well as several photographs (including two of Nancy).
The Greater Boston Business Council is a non-profit organization which began in 1990 to foster and promote the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (GLBT) business and professional community in the greater Boston area, thereby contributing to the…
The LGBTQ Religious Archives Collection has been created over the years by The History Project and consist of various letters, flyers, newletters and program books from various queer religious groups. The materials have been collected by board…
One of the oldest bars in Massachusetts, Fran's place had a long and vibrant life in the city of Lynn. John Collin's opened the tavern in sometime in the 1920's (the exact date is not known). In 1940 the business was passed on to John's parents, Fran…
Men of All Colors Together/Boston (BWMT/Boston; MACT/Boston), founded under the name “Black and White Men Together/Boston” in 1980 is the Boston chapter of the National Association of Black and White Men Together (known as the “International…
Gays for Patsy (GFP) is a Boston-based, nonprofit, all-volunteer organization made up of Country/Western dance enthusiasts. They mission is to share the joy of country-western dancing while raising funds for groups serving those in need.
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OLE (an acronym for Older Lesbian Energy) is a social organization for lesbian women over age 40. Founded in 1980 by Toni Schiff and Anita Fast, OLE grew out of Schiff's 1979 master's thesis for Goddard-Cambridge School of Social Change, "The…
In Newsweekly, known as IN Newsweekly or in newsweekly during some of its publication, was a LGBT newspaper based in Boston, Massachusetts. It began in 1991 as IN Boston and became IN Newsweekly in 1993 when it merged with other publications, and…