Beau McCall’s, REWIND: MEMORIES ON REPEAT, spotlights the Black LGBTQ+ experience in America from the late 1970s to the mid-1990s, during the LGBTQ+ rights movement, the height of disco music, and the AIDS crisis. McCall tells this story by honoring the legacy of ten of his deceased friends through collages [...]
Joan Ilacqua of The History Project will share a book about Pride, as well as stories and examples from The History Project's archives of New England's LGBTQ history. Kids will then create their own buttons and flags. Ages 6-12.
On May 17, 2024, we celebrate 20 years of the freedom to marry – the first day same-sex couples could legally marry in the United States! To mark the happy occasion, community members will come together to celebrate the anniversary and reflect on how far we’ve come as a country [...]
We're Proud to Co-Present a Lineup of Queer Films with Wicked Queer: The Boston LGBTQ+ Film Festival! Desire Lines Sunday 4/7 | 5pm | Coolidge Corner Theatre Past and present collide when an Iranian American trans man time-travels through the LGBTQ+ archive on a dizzying and erotic quest to unravel [...]
Join Tufts University Art Galleries at the SMFA / Boston for a screening of Playland (2023), directed by Georden West, “a boundary-pushing, transdisciplinary, hybrid film centered around the raucous activity of a time-bending night in Boston’s oldest and most notorious gay bar, the Playland Café.” Following the screening, guest curator [...]
Join us for The History Project’s Wikipedia Edit-a-thon, dedicated to celebrating Women's History Month and amplifying the stories of remarkable queer women who have shaped the history of New England. Learn more about local queer historical figures and contribute to enhancing their digital presence by editing articles on Wikipedia. Regardless [...]
Join Curtis Chin for a conversation & book signing to honor the launch of Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant. 10/22 | 6-7pm | Porter Square Books in conversation with Rani Neutill 10/24 | 6-7pm | Boston Athenaeum in conversation with Amber Payne Nineteen eighties Detroit was [...]
In Partnership with Massachusetts Historical Society Featuring speakers: Arline Isaacson, Isaacson Political Consulting Carmel Valentine, Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition Tanya Neslusan, Mass Equality This program looks at how the fight for LGBTQ+ rights in the political sphere has led to the current moment. Panelists will examine what issues were deemed [...]
In Partnership with Massachusetts Historical Society Featured speakers: Mark Robert Schneider Samantha Gross, The Boston Globe Byron Rushing Massachusetts has a long history leading the way for LGBTQ+ rights, from Gerry Studds, the first openly gay Congressman to the issuance of the first same sex marriage license in the country [...]
In the style of gay liberation "be-ins" where the LGBTQ+ community would meet up to hang out and be gay in public, join The History Project for an LGBTQ+ picnic at the Parkman Bandstand on Boston Common. We'll set up at 11AM and will be sharing self-guided LGBTQ+ history tour [...]