Major Jack J. Lynn to U.S. Army, 11 June, 1959, Richard Schlegel Papers, original sent by Schlegel to Marc Stein, later deposited at the John Wilcox Archives, William Way LGBTQ Community Center, Philadelphia, PA.

Major Jack J. Lynn to U.S. Army, 11 June, 1959, Richard Schlegel Papers, original sent by Schlegel to Marc Stein, later deposited at the John Wilcox Archives, William Way LGBTQ Community Center, Philadelphia, PA.

Lt. Colonel Jack D. Smith to U.S. Army, 8 May, 1959, Richard Schlegel Papers, original sent by Schlegel to Marc Stein, later deposited at the John Wilcox Archives, William Way LGBTQ Community Center, Philadelphia, PA.

Lt. Colonel Jack D. Smith to U.S. Army, 8 May, 1959, Richard Schlegel Papers, original sent by Schlegel to Marc Stein, later deposited at the John Wilcox Archives, William Way LGBTQ Community Center, Philadelphia, PA.

Lt. Colonel Harry C. Archer to U.S. Army, 9 May, 1959, Richard Schlegel Papers, original sent by Schlegel to Marc Stein, later deposited at the John Wilcox Archives, William Way LGBTQ Community Center, Philadelphia, PA.

Lt. Colonel Harry C. Archer to U.S. Army, 9 May, 1959, Richard Schlegel Papers, original sent by Schlegel to Marc Stein, later deposited at the John Wilcox Archives, William Way LGBTQ Community Center, Philadelphia, PA.

Gerry E. Studds

Gerry E. Studds Birthday Bio

Archibald Butt

Archibald Butt Birthday Bio

J. Edgar Hoover

J. Edgar Hoover Birthday Bio

Alexander Hamilton

Alexander Hamilton Birthday Bio

Aaron Henry

Aaron Henry Birthday Bio

1862-06-22 New York Sunday Mercury, "A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing," "A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing," June 22, 1862, page 7.

Newspaper report of Ellen Eyre scandal.

"Strange Mode of Black Mailing,” June 20, 1862, p. 2 PDF

Newspaper report about Ellen Eyre/William Kinney

Testing Tiff

Testing Tiff

Robin/Rusty Marquis, interviewed 26 Dec. 2025

The Pink and the Blue: Lesbian and Gay Life at Yale and in Connecticut, 1642-2004, by Jonathan Ned Katz

Moving chronologically from early colonial laws to twentieth-century movement activism, this exhibit addresses LGBTQ+ people and politics in Connecticut, focusing especially on Yale University. The exhibit was originally presented in May 2004 with…

Confronting Erasure, Rejecting Visibility, and Demanding to Be Seen: Transmasculine Stories from U.S. Archives, 1940-1975, by Sam Brooks

This exhibit explores how transmasculine people in the mid-twentieth-century navigated being seen by their communities, medical professionals, the press, and future historians. It examines the horrific and untimely death of Thomas Mapes, an assigned…

Title Page of Gladys Bentley, "I Am A Woman Again," Ebony, Aug. 1962, 93.

Title Page of Gladys Bentley, "I Am A Woman Again," Ebony, Aug. 1962, 93.

The Power and Difficulty of Coalition Work: A History of Seattle’s Freedom Day Committee, 1975-2000, by Chris Smith

This exhibit features more than twenty Seattle pride posters and a history of Seattle pride events. An earlier version of the essay was published as Chris Smith, “Organizing Pride in Seattle from 1981 to 2000: A Written History of the Freedom Day…

Chris Smith at Volunteer Park in Seattle, 2023.

Chris Smith at Volunteer Park in Seattle, 2023. Courtesy of Doug Barnes.

Seattle Pride Poster, 2000. Courtesy of Chris Smith.

Seattle Pride Poster, 1999. Courtesy of Chris Smith.

Seattle Freedom Day Committee 1999 poster. Courtesy of Chris Smith.

Seattle Pride Poster, 1997. Courtesy of Chris Smith.

Seattle Freedom Day Committee 1997 poster design. Courtesy of Chris Smith.