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 [...]
Kick-off Spring with Wicked Queer: The Boston LGBTQ+ Film Festival! The History Project is proud to co-sponsor a lineup of incredible LGBTQ+ films: Fiona Clark: Unafraid April 2, 5:00 PM – Brattle Theatre When Fiona Clark, a young queer photographer exhibits her photography of the LGBTQI community in 1975, she [...]
Wikipedia Edit-a-thon: Queer Women of New England Throughout History Join us in person at the Boston Public Library (Central -- Copley Square Branch) for a Wikipedia Edit-a-thon in honor of Women's History Month. A follow-up to our 2021 virtual Wikipedia Edit-a-thon, this is the first in-person Edit-a-thon hosted by The [...]
BLACK. Narratives in Boston’s Black Queer & Trans History Building Legacy And Collecting Knowledge Tickets available via Boston Lesbigay Urban Foundation Black., the documentary & exhibit: documents & celebrates Boston's Black Queer & Trans History from 1970-2020. Spotlighting the History Makers & Pioneers who have shaped community, culture & change [...]
Join The History Project for an LGBTQ+ be-in with self-guided tours and historical reenactments. BYOP (Bring your own picnic!)
Do you know your drag herstory? Join Tom Fitzgerald and Lorenzo Marquez, authors of Legendary Children: The First Decade of RuPaul's Drag Race and the Last Century of Queer Life in conversation with Joan Ilacqua, Executive Director of The History Project: Documenting LGBTQ Boston. RSVP on Eventbrite, a link to [...]
On Sunday, September 29, 2019, following the 3:00 p.p. performance of CHOIR BOY, SpeakEasy Stage Company and The History Project present a special forum entitled “Black, Queer, and Spiritual.” Simmons Professor Gary Bailey will moderate this special conversation featuring Reverend Irene Monroe, Reverend Jay Williams, Corey Yarbrough. The conversation will [...]