Exhibitions: Stories of Our Community

The History Project’s exhibitions represent the most groundbreaking and compelling displays of LGBTQ history ever assembled in the Boston area. They range from Public Faces/Private Lives, which drew tens of thousands of visitors to the Boston Public Library (presented here in an abbreviated version), to Above + Beyond, an exhibition that looks at Boston’s response to the HIV/AIDS crisis, and The Queer East, an exhibition that celebrates the history of Boston’s Asian LGBTQ community.

Above + Beyond: Our Community Responds to HIV/AIDS

Above + Beyond: Our Community Responds to HIV/AIDS is both a free-standing and online exhibition, as well as a database project, undertaken by The History Project to mark the 25th anniversary of the first HIV/AIDS diagnosis [...]

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Above + Beyond: Our Community Responds to HIV/AIDS

Above + Beyond: Our Community Responds to HIV/AIDS is both a free-standing and online exhibition, as well as a database project, undertaken by The History Project to mark the 25th anniversary of the first HIV/AIDS diagnosis [...]

¡Aquí Estamos!

¡Aquí Estamos!, which chronicles the contributions of Boston 's Latino/a LGBTQ community, debuted at Northeastern University in October of 1998. The exhibition featured photographs of a broad spectrum of Boston-area Latinos and Latinas - from entrepreneurs [...]

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¡Aquí Estamos!

¡Aquí Estamos!, which chronicles the contributions of Boston 's Latino/a LGBTQ community, debuted at Northeastern University in October of 1998. The exhibition featured photographs of a broad spectrum of Boston-area Latinos and Latinas - from entrepreneurs [...]

Black and Gay in Black and White

Black and Gay in Black and White, one of the first exhibitions to document the contributions of Boston's African American LGBTQ community, was mounted at Northeastern University in October of 1997. Featuring the work of [...]

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Black and Gay in Black and White

Black and Gay in Black and White, one of the first exhibitions to document the contributions of Boston's African American LGBTQ community, was mounted at Northeastern University in October of 1997. Featuring the work of [...]

Millennium Rainbow

In May of 2000, the Millennium Rainbow exhibition opened at Northeastern University, which focused on the history of local LGBTQ youth. The exhibition, as curated by local youth, featured video interviews, photographs, artwork, and documentation [...]

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Millennium Rainbow

In May of 2000, the Millennium Rainbow exhibition opened at Northeastern University, which focused on the history of local LGBTQ youth. The exhibition, as curated by local youth, featured video interviews, photographs, artwork, and documentation [...]

Public Faces / Private Lives

Public Faces/Private Lives broke attendance records at the Boston Public Library when it debuted in May of 1996, drawing more than 50,000 visitors. The exhibition, which chronicles Boston’s LGBTQ history from 1620 up to the Stonewall [...]

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Public Faces / Private Lives

Public Faces/Private Lives broke attendance records at the Boston Public Library when it debuted in May of 1996, drawing more than 50,000 visitors. The exhibition, which chronicles Boston’s LGBTQ history from 1620 up to the Stonewall [...]

The Queer East: Celebrating Boston’s LGBTQ Asian Community

The Queer East is the world’s first exhibition focused on Boston's Asian LGBTQ history. Created by The History Project, the online exhibition celebrates our Asian LGBTQ community through a series of multimedia profiles that explore issues [...]

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The Queer East: Celebrating Boston’s LGBTQ Asian Community

The Queer East is the world’s first exhibition focused on Boston's Asian LGBTQ history. Created by The History Project, the online exhibition celebrates our Asian LGBTQ community through a series of multimedia profiles that explore issues [...]

Windows on Our Community

Windows on Our Community is an exhibition featuring the work of Craig Bailey and Marilyn Humphries, whose photojournalism has been featured in virtually every Boston-area LGBTQ publication. The exhibition was mounted in Provincetown, Boston, and [...]

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Windows on Our Community

Windows on Our Community is an exhibition featuring the work of Craig Bailey and Marilyn Humphries, whose photojournalism has been featured in virtually every Boston-area LGBTQ publication. The exhibition was mounted in Provincetown, Boston, and [...]

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