Asian Lesbians of Toronto meeting card, late 1980s, courtesy of the ArQuives

Asian Lesbians of Toronto meeting card, late 1980s, courtesy of the ArQuives

1985 International Gay Association Conference pamphlet, courtesy of the ArQuives

1985 International Gay Association Conference pamphlet, courtesy of the ArQuives

The Gay Asian AIDS Project pamphlet in Vietnamese, 1990, courtesy of the ArQuives

The Gay Asian AIDS Project pamphlet in Vietnamese, 1990, courtesy of the ArQuives

The Gay Asian AIDS Project pamphlet in Mandarin, c. 1989-1990, courtesy of the ArQuives

The Gay Asian AIDS Project pamphlet in Mandarin, c. 1989-1990, courtesy of the ArQuives

The Gay Asian AIDS Project pamphlet in Tagalog, c. 1989-1990, courtesy of the ArQuives

The Gay Asian AIDS Project pamphlet in Tagalog, c. 1989-1990, courtesy of the ArQuives

The Gay Asian AIDS Project pamphlet in English, c. 1989-1990, courtesy of the ArQuives

The Gay Asian AIDS Project pamphlet in English, c. 1989-1990, courtesy of the ArQuives

Celebrasian 1985 pamphlet, courtesy of the ArQuives

Celebrasian 1985 pamphlet, courtesy of the ArQuives

Celebrasian 1984 pamphlet, courtesy of the ArQuives

Celebrasian 1984 pamphlet, courtesy of the ArQuives

Photograph published with Richard Fung, “Gay Asians of Toronto,” The Asianadian, Spring 1984, 8-9, courtesy of the Asianadian digital archive

Photograph published with Richard Fung, “Gay Asians of Toronto,” The Asianadian, Spring 1984, 8-9, courtesy of the Asianadian digital archive

Gerald Chan, “Out of the Shadows,” The Asianadian, Summer 1979, 11-12, courtesy of the Asianadian digital archive

Gerald Chan, “Out of the Shadows,” The Asianadian, Summer 1979, 11-12, courtesy of the Asianadian digital archive

Photograph published with Richard Fung, “Asians: Gay and Proud,” The Asianadian, Winter 1979, 30, courtesy of the Asianadian digital archive

Photograph published with Richard Fung, “Asians: Gay and Proud,” The Asianadian, Winter 1979, 30, courtesy of the Asianadian digital archive

519 Church in 2025, photograph by Jacqueline Cho

519 Church in 2025, photograph by Jacqueline Cho

OutHistory Newsletter 6: September 2025

Gordon Merrick and the Great Gay American Novel

Pacific Northwest Lesbian Archives, Emily Glenn and Lisa Lotus with Lois Heindselman in Tacoma, Washington

Pacific Northwest Lesbian Archives Volunteer Appreciation Barbeque, June 2008

Building Queer New Worlds: The Emergence of Queer Ethnoracial Literary Anthologies, 1982-2024, by Corey D. Clawson

This exhibit introduces a set of groundbreaking queer ethnoracial literary anthologies that were published in the United States in and beyond the 1980s. Published originally on OutHistory in January 2026.

Book Cover, Mouths of Rain: An Anthology of Black Lesbian Thought (2021), edited by Briona Simone Jones

Book Cover, Mariposas: A Modern Anthology of Queer Latino Poetry (2008), edited by Emanuel Xavier

Book Cover, Voices Rising: Celebrating 20 Years of Black Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Writing (2007), edited by G. Winston James and Other Countries