A recording of this event is available on YouTube. Join Mass Bears and Cubs and The History Project for a conversation about Bear culture, community, and the history of Mass Bears and Cubs. Joan Ilacqua will moderate a conversation with MBC board members Shawn, Louis, Jay, and Lex about their [...]
A recording of this event is available on YouTube. Join Dr. Rebecka Sheffield and The History Project for a conversation about queer archives, community history, and her recent book: Documenting Rebellions (available at: https://litwinbooks.com/books/documenting-rebellions/). Rebecka Sheffield is a Senior Policy Advisor for the Archives of Ontario and a member of [...]
A recording of this event is available on YouTube. Join Rangers Meaghan Michel and Kate Potter of the Longfellow House-Washington’s Headquarters National Historic Site for an exploration of queer literature from the 19th century. Michel and Potter will discuss the coded queer references and themes that authors used throughout the [...]
A recording of this event is available on YouTube. 2020 is the 100th anniversary of Harvard’s Secret Court—a secret tribunal investigating homosexual life on campus that expelled eight students, forced the resignation of an assistant professor, and led to a suicide. It wasn’t until 2002 that this history was rediscovered [...]
A recording of this event is available on YouTube. Join The History Project and Chris Ricciotti to discuss the history of Lavender Country and Folk Dancers and gender role free dancing. Chris brought his love of dancing to Boston in 1989 when he founded Lavender Country and Folk Dancers. He [...]
A recording of this event is available on YouTube. What’s the Queerest House in your Neighborhood? Join The History Project and Hilary Iris Lowe of Temple University and Nicole Mello of the Longfellow House – Washington’s Headquarters National Historic site for a presentation on house museums and a case study [...]
A recording of this event is available on YouTube. A copy of EE's presentation is available on Dropbox. EE's list of resources is available on Dropbox. Join The History Project and author EE Ottoman for an Out of the Archives presentation on writing queer and trans historical romance novels. How [...]
A recording of this event is available on YouTube. Join The History Project and Ranger Meaghan Michel of the Longfellow House – Washington’s Headquarters National Historic Site and Ranger Megan Linger of the National Parks of Boston for a presentation on queer history interpretation and inclusion in the National Park [...]
A recording of this event is available on YouTube. Join Joan Ilacqua, Executive Director of The History Project for a presentation on the history of Pride in Boston, with a focus on Boston's BIPOC LGBTQ organizations. This event is free to the public, we are raising money to donate as [...]
A recording of this event is available on YouTube. Join The History Project and author Dee Michel for a presentation on folkloric belief, gay history, and gay identity around Judy Garland and The Wizard of Oz. Dee Michel is author of Friends of Dorothy: Why Gay Boys and Gay Men [...]