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August 2024

The History Project invites you to a relaxing and enjoyable LGBTQ+ Book Club Social near the picturesque Jamaica Pond Boathouse. Whether you’re an avid reader or just looking to unwind in good company, this event is for you! Event Details: • Date: August 20th • Time: Drop in anytime between [...]

February 2024

Club Cafe welcomes Mass Bears and Cubs on the third Sunday of every month, and this month's theme is the hanky code, a covert form of sartorial flagging that evolved from its origins in leather culture in the 1970s to become a signal of queer identity and visibility. The History [...]

December 2023

Learn about The History Project's 2023 accomplishments, our plans for the new year, and discover your connection to Boston's LGBTQ+ history! Join us for an in-person holiday get-together at Club Cafe on Monday, 12/11, from 6-8pm. While Club Cafe has installed an ultraviolet Far UVC system, we ask that all [...]

August 2023

POSTPONED DUE TO WEATHER - RAIN DATE TO BE ANNOUNCED In the style of gay liberation "be-ins" where the LGBTQ+ community would meet up to hang out and exist in public space, join The History Project for an LGBTQ+ picnic on Cambridge Common. Drop-in anytime between 11AM and 2PM, and [...]

December 2022

Join The History Project for our annual holiday get-together (in-person!) at Club Cafe

July 2021

Join The History Project and Mass Bears and Cubs for a Hanky Code Bear Tea! Dancing starts at 5PM, and there is no cover! The History Project will be on-site sharing information about the hanky code and will have hankies for sale! According to historian J. Raúl Cornier: The hanky [...]

February 2020
December 2019

Learn about our 2019 accomplishments, our plans for the new year, and discover your connection to Boston's LGBTQ history!

July 2019

Beauport tells the story of a gay man in the early twentieth century: celebrated interior designer Henry Davis Sleeper. This special tour sheds light on Sleeper’s family and friends and includes readings from books and letters written by Sleeper and his social circle. After the tour, stay for refreshments on [...]

April 2019

Join us as we bring back the hanky code - the color-coded signaling system from the 70s & 80s - to support the work of The History Project. Featuring music by DJ Jimmy DePre (Go BANG! SF). Special guest performance by Sham Payne. Presented by *SIP* Tea Dance. Learn more [...]

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