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November 2018 | Out in Public

SpeakOUT and The History Project: Documenting LGBTQ Boston invite you to join us on November 27th in honor of Veteran’s Day to share the stories of LGBTQ veterans with a moderated question and answer session. The History Project will also share a short history of LGBTQ people and the military.

October 2018 | Out of the Archives

As Halloween draws near, come join The History Project as we share spooky and sensual stories and readings about women loving women and the occult. Spooky snacks will be provided. Featured speakers: Joan Ilacqua and Bren Cole.

October 2018 | HistoryMaker Awards

Honoring Orlando del Valle and the LGBT Elders of Color.

October 2018 | Into the Streets

The History Project and Historic New England present a walking tour of LGBTQ history on Beacon Hill. Learn about historic LGBTQ civil and political rights organizations, protests, bar culture, and the lives of activists and boundary-pushers, including Prescott Townsend, Sarah Orne Jewett and Annie Fields, and the Boston Bohemians.

September 2018 | Out of the Archives

Join us as author Patrick E. Horrigan reads from his new novel Pennsylvania Station (Lethe Press) and discusses how he weaves together the history of New York's old Penn Station, the historic preservation movement, and the pre-Stonewall gay rights movement.

September 2018 | Out of the Archives

Join us for a reading by David Scondras, Boston’s first openly gay city councilor, from of his 4-volume memoir, Angels, Liars, and Thieves. David Scondras was born in Lowell, Massachusetts, in a Greek immigrant community, speaking Greek as his first language. He graduated valedictorian, winning a scholarship to attend Harvard [...]

July 2018 | Out in Public

Rare among historic house museums, 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 [...]

June 2018 | Into the Streets

Boston's first official Gay Pride March was held on Saturday, June 26, 1971. When the March took place it sought to highlight four oppressive institutions in Boston: the police, the government, hostile bars, and religious institutions. This June, The History Project is offering a walking tour that follows the first [...]

June 2018 | Into the Streets

Boston's first official Gay Pride March was held on Saturday, June 26, 1971. When the March took place it sought to highlight four oppressive institutions in Boston: the police, the government, hostile bars, and religious institutions. This June, The History Project is offering a walking tour that follows the first [...]

May 2018 | Out in Public

George Nixon Black was exceptional for a gay man in the nineteenth century. Boston's largest taxpayer, Black's great privilege contrasted with his awareness that his sexual orientation represented a danger. While Black was probably content to slip unnoticed into history, Kragsyde, his now-demolished house at Lobster Cove in Manchester-by-the-Sea, was [...]