The History Project is the only organization focused exclusively on documenting and preserving the history of LGBTQ communities in Boston and Massachusetts, and sharing that information with LGBTQ individuals, organizations, allies, and the public. DOCUMENTED is The History Project's digital repository for images, publications, videos, interviews, and more. Explore the descriptions of our nearly 200 collections here.
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Interview with Angela Bowen about black lesbian history, and with Danny Yu, 1989 February 5
In this recording of Boston's Other Voice, which aired on February 5, 1989, host Peter Stickel interviews black lesbian feminist writer and activist…
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Gay Community News Photograph Collection
Gay Community News was a weekly journal published in Boston from 1973 to 1992 by the Bromfield Street Educational Foundation. It was an important…
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BEING TRANS IN THE 1980S - PAGE & PETRE
Page and I were like matching bookends. We both had rebelous platinum blonde hair, slender figures, and were fond of black outfits & light foundation…
BEING TRANS IN THE 1980s - NIGHTLIFE, PART 1 and 2
BEING TRANS IN THE 1980S - NIGHTLIFE, PART 1
I'll admit, nightlife in the 80s for a T girl was F-A-N-T-A-S-T-I-C. Gone was the strict binary…
AIDS and Friends
Where was this made or acquired?Javits Center, New York CityStoryMy friend Mark Aurigemma and I both worked at Gay Men's Health Crisis during the…