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...
Please send additions, corrections, updates, and new opportunities to outhistory@gmail.com.
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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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.
OutHistory Fellowship Program Deadline: Jan. 1, 2026
In 2026, the OutHistory Fellowship Program will provide four US$1800 fellowships for projects on under-represented topics in North American LGBTQ history.
The deadline to apply is 1 January 2026.
For more information, go to outhistory.org/exhibits/sho...
Native American LGBTQ+ People, 1528-1976, by Jonathan Ned Katz
“Native American LGBTQ+ People, 1528-1976, by Jonathan Ned Katz” presents years of testimony from a wide variety of observers.
To learn more, head to outhistory.org/exhibits/sho...
LGBT Direct Action Bibliography, Chronology, and Inventory, 1965-1976, by Marc Stein OutHistory
An introduction to more than 1150 LGBT direct action demonstrations and protests in the United States from 1965 to 1976, with an overview report, annotations, bibliographic references, and tags.
To explore the inventory, head to the link in our bio.
Philadelphia LGBT History Project, 1940-1980, by Marc Stein OutHistory
“Philadelphia LGBT History Project, 1940-1980” is a collection of transcripts of interviews on Philadelphia LGBT history from the 1940s to the 1970s, along with an introduction by the interviewer.
Check them out at the link in our bio.
Transgender Timelines - OutHistory
OutHistory recently completed updates of two different timelines of transgender history. One, “Transgender History,” is an interactive timeline and “Transgender U.S. History, 1528-2020” is a chronological listing of source material.
Head to the link in our bio to learn more!
Jennie June/Ralph Werther/Earl Lind, 1870-1950: Researching the Author OutHistory
A group effort to identify the birth name of and other information about the pioneering trans author who went by the names Jennie June, Ralph Werther, and Earl Lind in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Published originally in 2018; updated in September 2025. Link in bio.
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Gavin Arthur and Edward Carpenter's Night of Love (1923), by Jonathan Ned Katz and Joey Cain
Two OutHistory researchers fact check the evidence about the possible sexual intimacy of Chester Alan Arthur III, grandson of U.S. president Chester Arthur, and Edward Carpenter, English socialist and sex reform advocate.
To read more, head to the link in our bio.
Eve Adams Archive 1891-1943 by Jonathan Ned Katz Out History
In 1925, Eve Adams risked all to write and publish a book titled Lesbian Love. Two years later, she was deported following an obscenity trial. In 1943, she was murdered by Nazis in Auschwitz.
Head to the links in our bio to learn more.
LGBTQ+ History Month OutHistory
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.
