Queer Virginia: New Stories in the Old Dominion

Justice Weekly and Homophile Publishing in Toronto, 1953–1972, by Donald W. McLeod

An examination of the Toronto tabloid Justice Weekly as a source of queer-positive articles, mostly reprinted from the U.S. homophile press, in the 1950s, 1960s, and early 1970s. Published originally by OutHistory in November 2025.

Elver Barker and Mattachine Denver: A 2002 Interview, by Peter Boag

This exhibit features a 2002 oral history interview of Denver Mattachine activist Elver Barker by historian Peter Boag. It also includes a transcript of the Sixth Annual Convention of the Mattachine Society, which took place in Denver in 1959.…

Photograph of Denver, tram, c. 1940-1950

Photograph of Denver skyline, c. 1940-1950

Photograph of Colorado State Capitol in Denver, 1959

Cover of 1959 Mattachine Denver newsletter

Cover of the November 1957 issue of the Mattachine Society Denver Area Newspaper.

Photograph of the Gay Activists Alliance marching in the second annual Christopher Street Liberation Day March in New York City in 1971.

Gay Activists Alliance marching in the second annual Christopher Street Liberation Day March in New York City in 1971. Courtesy of the Leonard Fink Photography Collection, the LGBT Community Center National History Archives.

Portrait of Elver Barker painting

Portrait of Don Lucas

Photograph of Hall Call in 1953. ONE Archives.

Elver Barker painting

Photograph of the Albany Hotel in Denver in 1968. Credit: Denver Public Library Special Collections, Call No. X-29191

FBI Memo about 1959 Denver Mattachine National Convention.

Cover of the May 1960 issue of the Mattachine Society Denver Area Newspaper

Cover of the March 1960 issue of the Mattachine Society Denver Area Newspaper

Cover of the February 1960 issue of the Mattachine Society Denver Area Newspaper

Program cover of the 1959 Mattachine Society Convention in Denver. Courtesy of blog post by Nick Ota-Wang, "The Queen City: Denver's Homophile Organizations, 1950-1970," Colorado Voices, HistoryColorado.org. Published 26 June 2020. https://www.historycolorado.org/story/colorado-voices/2020/06/26/queen-city

Photograph of the Albany Hotel in Denver in 1965. Credit: Denver Public Library Special Collections, Call No. X-29193.