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October 2020 | HistoryMaker Awards

A series of virtual events honoring HistoryMaker Awardees Ms. Nancy Nangeroni, Dr. Kenneth Mayer, and Dr. Thea James,and Lavender Rhino Awardees Chastity Bowick and the Trangender Emegency Fund, and Michael Cox!

September 2020 | Out of the Archives

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 [...]

September 2020 | Out of the Archives

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 [...]

September 2020 | Out of the Archives

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 [...]

August 2020 | Out of the Archives

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 [...]

August 2020 |

Missing Ptown in the summer? Join Raja Gemini and Scott Marino for a conversation on their personal Provincetown history! Organized by The History Project, Massachusetts’ community LGBTQ archives. Raja Gemini is a legendary Los Angeles artist, model, muse, and performer, and the winner of RuPaul's Drag Race Season 3. Scott [...]

July 2020 |

A recording of this panel is available on Facebook. Screening from July 26th at 7PM to July 27th at 7PM. The movie will be followed by a panel moderated by Joan Ilacqua (The History Project), with the director Evan Purchell, Micheal Bronski, George Mansour and Shawn Cotter. Long before LOVE [...]

July 2020 | Out of the Archives

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 [...]

July 2020 | Out of the Archives

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 [...]

July 2020 | Out of the Archives

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 [...]