Looking for some LGBTQ+ history content to curl up with this winter? Catch up with The History Project's 2022 events! We've got a whole year's worth of content from our Out of the Archives series of conversations, presentations, and discussions readily available for you on our YouTube, complete with closed captioning.

Out of the Archives: Dead Collections with Isaac Fellman

Join author and archivist Isaac Fellman for a conversation with The History Project's Executive Director Joan Ilacqua about his new book Dead Collections, his work documenting queer history, and writing queer and trans stories.

Creating Space: Queer Women, Bookstores, and Publishing

Watch a panel and discussion on the history and future of LGBTQ+ woman-owned and operated bookstores and publishers in the Boston area! Panelists include Kimm Topping (LGBTQ+ historian, writer, educator, and community organizer), Christina Pascucci Ciampa (founder and owner of All She Wrote Books), Cierra Michele Peters, and Arielle Gray (cofounders of Print Ain't Dead).

OutWrite: The Speeches that Shaped LGBTQ Literary Culture

Running from 1990 to 1999, the annual OutWrite conference played a pivotal role in shaping LGBTQ literary culture in the United States and its emerging canon. Join us to celebrate OutWrite: The Speeches that Shaped LGBTQ Literary Culture, edited by Julie R. Enszer and Elena Gross. In addition to the editors, other panelists include: Nancy Bereano, Cheryl Clarke, and Michael Bronski.

Gay Bar: Why We Went Out

Watch author Jeremy Atherton Lin present a talk on his award-winning book Gay Bar: Why We Went Out, a transatlantic tour of the hangouts that marked his life, with each club, pub, and dive revealing itself to be a palimpsest of queer history.

The Magic of Queer Tarot: LGBTQ+ Imagery & Imagination in the Cards

Sam Valentine, Tarot reader and THP’s Director of Archives & Outreach, talks about queer imaginings for the Tarot as an inclusive, supportive, and affirming tool for personal reflection and community care.

Introduction to the Boston Marriage to Marriage Equality Tour

Join Park Ranger Maci Mark to talk about the new Boston Marriage to Marriage Equality tour, looking at the LGBTQ+ History of Beacon Hill and the greater Boston area. Hear about the creation of the tour, the research that goes into it, and more!

Out of the Archives: "A Union Like Ours" with Scott Bane

Based at Harvard, F. O. Matthiessen was one of the foremost scholars of American literature of the first half of the 20th century. Russell Cheney was a well-known painter in the 1920s and 1930s in the Boston and New York art worlds. After a chance meeting aboard the ocean liner Paris in 1924 the two men remained a couple – a marriage in everything but name and legal rights – up until Cheney’s death in 1945. Scott Bane’s talk introduces Matthiessen and Cheney and their respective family backgrounds, their professional achievements, their life together in Maine, and the background to researching and writing his book, A Union Like Ours: The Love Story of F.O. Matthiessen and Russell Cheney.

Documenting Protest Attire with Mary Leno

Join The History Project and Mary Leno to explore Mary’s collection of photography of clothing worn at protests. Mary shares her photographs of recent and historic protests, and traces how protest participants have dressed to express their values and goals over the last several decades.

Thank you to all our presenters, collaborators, and community attendees who helped us make and share LGBTQ+ history in 2022!