Join The History Project for a Virtual Gallery Talk accompanying the exhibition As the World Burns: Queer Photography and Nightlife in Boston, with curator Jackson Davidow. RSVP via Eventbrite. As the World Burns explores the relationship among community photographic practices, queer nightlife, and gay liberation in Boston, and accompanies the [...]
Kick off your 2024 reading and join The History Project's Banned Book Club for an informal group discussion of Lawn Boy by Jonathan Evison. Save the date and start reading! This event is free and open to the public, and is part of our 2024 series of Book Club discussions [...]
Join the author of The Bars Are Ours: Histories and Cultures of Gay Bars in America, 1960 and After for a virtual talk titled "Somewhere There’s a Place for Us: Urban Renewal, Gentrification, and Class Conflicts in Boston." Gay bars have served as gay neighborhood’s anchors and beacons as they [...]
When Gay Community News ceased publication in the 1990s, it was the oldest, continuously published national gay newspaper. This panel will explore the impact GCN had and continues to have on LGBTQ+ writing, news coverage, and activism. Panelists include Gilda Bruckman, Gerard Cabrera, and Haden Smiley, moderated by Michael Bronski [...]
Recording available on YouTube. Throughout its run, Gay Community News' staff, volunteers, and readership all debated how to answer the question, "What is gay news?" This panel will explore the intersections and divergences of opinions about what issues GCN covered, from feminist politics to international affairs. Panelists include Craig Bailey [...]
For LGBTQ+ history month, join National Park Ranger Meaghan Michel for a virtual talk on queerness & gothic literature! From its origins in the late 18th century, Gothic Literature has been shaped by the queer authors and queer themes that brought this genre to life. The gothic touched on the [...]
Recording available on YouTube. In 1973, a small group of gay men and lesbians founded "Gay Community News," a local Boston newsletter to report on LGBTQ+ events. That community-driven newsletter grew into a major newspaper with an international readership. Join us to explore the arc of GCN's history and its [...]
Join The History Project's 2023 banned book club for an informal group discussion of Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe. Save the date and start reading! Please note this is a rescheduled date (due to technical difficulties on the original date). If you registered for the original date, please re-register for [...]
Join The History Project and SpeakOUT Boston for a sampling of "SpeakOUT TV," a weekly series highlighting LGBTQ+ news and culture, that aired on public access television from 1994 to 2003. Our discussion will explore that while the medium has changed, the impact and importance of LGBTQ+ storytelling has not [...]
Join The History Project and author Patrick E. Horrigan for a reading from his new novel, American Scholar. AMERICAN SCHOLAR tells the story of writer and professor James Fitzgerald whose life takes on uncanny parallels with the subject of his new book, F.O. Matthiessen, the well-known gay Harvard Professor and [...]