Browse material on the OutHistory website by time period.
Remembering the first pride march in New York City. First published on OutHistory in 2019. Updated in 2023.
The original charter for the Society for Human Rights in Chicago, Illinois, with information about its founder, Henry Gerber, republished from Jonathan Ned Katz, Gay American History (1976).
An essay by historian John D'Emilio "On Teaching Religion and Homosexuality in the U.S.," and six chronologies on religion and homosexuality in the United States. First published on OutHistory in 2014.
An essay by a queer labor historian.
A collection of links to OutHistory projects and other materials on LGBT history in higher education, along with a timeline on Columbia University and a bibliography of sources. First published on OutHistory in 2021.
A series of poems written by OutHistory's founder over many years. Published originally in 2023.
A historian recalls the life of an early lesbian activist. First published on OutHistory in 2020.
From the "revised" edition of Gay American History (Meridian/New American Library, a division of Penguin Books, 1992). The only revision was this new preface, written in 1991.
An introduction, by his long-time partner, to the life and work of a gay writer who specialized in "soft-porn." Born in Visalia, California, raised in Exeter, California, and a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley, Derrick…
Forced by the coronavirus pandemic to vacate the safe-house she occupied with her husband, Bob, Carol Joyce moved with him and a beloved cousin, Isabel Soffer, to Soffer’s country home. There, Carol, who had withdrawn in old age into herself, was…
The Miss Gay Atlanta contest was first held on Halloween 1970 at Chuck's Rathskeller. It moved in 1972 to the Sweet Gum Head. In 1975 the event had become such an institution that it was moved to June, when it has been held ever since. First…
Michelle, also known as Mike Michelle, was a popular and well known drag performer during the late 1960s and early 1970s in San Francisco. First published on OutHistory in 2022.
This exhibit is adapted from Staley, Kathryn. “Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Life at Appalachian State University.” Master’s Thesis, Appalachian State University, 2009.
An introduction to nearly 800 LGBT direct action demonstrations and protests in the United States from 1965 to 1974, with an overview report, annotations, bibliographic references, and tags. Published originally by OutHistory and Queer Pasts in 2023.
In 1976, Jonathan Ned Katz published Gay American History: Lesbians and Gay Men in the U.S.A., the first comprehensive book of documents on U.S. homosexual history, drawing on primary sources ranging from 1566 to 1972. In 1977, on a publicity tour…
An introduction to a 300-person gay cruise, organized by the Islanders Club of New York, that set sail from Fort Lauderdale in 1974. Published originally by OutHistory in 2020.
See also: The Standard Model of the Social-Historical Universe, by Jonathan Ned Katz
A 2023 essay by Sara Slager, a Boston-based researcher who graduated in May 2022 from Simmons University with a BA in Women's and Gender Studies and a double minor in History and Education. In May 2023, she will graduate with a Masters of Arts…
An excerpt of Jonathan Ned Katz, Gay American History: Lesbians and Gay Men in the U.S.A. (T.Y. Crowell, 1976), 129-34, along with a bibliography and sample document.
An interview with the author of a groundbreaking 1975 essay on lesbian history.