LGBT History
Explore the diverse pasts that weave our multicultural nation together
Every June in cities across the country, revelers parade through the streets bearing rainbow banners in celebration of LGBT pride. The conversation that sometimes gets lost amid the festivities, however, is the true reason behind Pride: the commemoration of the 1969 Stonewall Riots in New York City's Greenwich Village, a major moment in the gay civil rights movement.
LGBT (which stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender) history has many places, events, and people connected to it, yet these sites and voices are not always recognized or preserved. We are striving to weave more of these important threads into our cultural narrative, starting with the diverse stories below.
“All of us who are openly gay are living and writing the history of our movement. We are no more - and no less - heroic than the suffragists and abolitionists of the 19th century; and the labor organizers, Freedom Riders, Stonewall demonstrators, and environmentalists of the 20th century.”
Senator Tammy Baldwin
LGBT Heritage Stories
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Where Women Made History Reclaiming a Space to Reclaim a Place: San Francisco’s Japanese YWCA -
Where Women Made History The Colorful Past and Bright Future of Azurest South, Home of a Pioneering Black Architect -
African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund A Song of Hope: The Making of the Documentary "My Name is Pauli Murray" -
African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund Juneteenth 2020: Racial Injustice, Preservation, and Place -
LGBT History Recovering Queer History in Indianapolis
LGBT Heritage
We believe all Americans deserve to see their history in the places that surround us. As a nation, we have work to do to fill in the gaps of our cultural heritage.
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