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Queering history in every imaginable way!

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OutHistory is now on Bluesky. Follow us on @OutHistory.bsky.social

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We've now posted a link to OutHistory's September newsletter: https://t.co/4IxGYPqgb0

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OutHistory is pleased to announce its newest exhibit: Disabled Gay and Lesbian Activists in the Homophile Movement, 1930s-1980s, by Moira Armstrong:
https://t.co/MACJb4xzYV

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OAH has extended its deadline for many history awards & prizes (10/21 & 11/1), including the D'Emilio LGBTQ History Diss Award, travel awards to attend the OAH convention, & others for which LGBTQ historians are eligible. For more info: https://t.co/2wI1bhv5I0

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OutHistory's "Book Shelf," edited by Sage Milo, includes old and new publications in LGBTQ history. For LGBTQ History Month, we encourage you to purchase, borrow, read, use, and recommend as many as you can!

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For LGBTQ History Month, OutHistory is pleased to announce the "LGBT Direct Action Bibliography, Chronology, and Inventory, 1965-1975," by Marc Stein. An introduction to more than 1000 LGBT direct action demonstrations and protests in the United States.
https://t.co/RiCGxz7cuy

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Announcing the OutHistory Fellowships, designed to support the presentation of high-quality LGBTQ+ exhibits on the OutHistory website (https://t.co/f1rGX49lvA). In 2025, OutH will provide 4 US$1600 fellowships. For more info:
https://t.co/G4C9NL7b26.

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OutHistory has a new set of homepage highlights for Hispanic Heritage Month; check them out at https://t.co/f1rGX49lvA as we remember Horacio Roque Ramirez:

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Subscribers to OutHistory's quarterly newsletter should have received the 2nd issue via email today; it includes Back to School, Labor Day, & Hispanic Heritage Month highlights, along with profiles of key contributors & new exhibit links. To subscribe:
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Announcing another updated OutHistory exhibit: "The Midwest's 'Queer Mecca': 40 Years of GLBTQ History in Bloomington, Indiana, 1969-2009," by Susan Stryker's Students
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OutHistory is pleased to announce the release of an updated version of an exhibit previously published on our old platform (with thanks to Moira Armstrong for coordinating the transfer and update): "Queering the Titanic, 1912"
https://t.co/6rNecMh6IF

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Announcing the OutHistory Fellowships, designed to support the presentation of high-quality LGBTQ+ exhibits on the OutHistory website (https://t.co/f1rGX49lvA). In 2025, OutH will provide 4 US$1600 fellowships. For more info:
https://t.co/G4C9NL7b26.

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For Labor Day 2024, we're highlighting (for the next two weeks) some of our favorite labor history exhibits on OutHistory's homepage: https://t.co/f1rGX49lvA

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Today in LGBTQ History
29-30 Aug 1970: GAA-NY & GLF-NY demo/march from Times Sq to Women’s House of Detention to protest police harassment/violence (2000 participants, 18 arrests). Source: M Shelley, “Gays Riot Again!” Come Out!, Sep. 1970, 3-5. https://t.co/RiCGxz7cuy

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Today in LGBTQ Direct Action History

26-29 Aug 1970: LGBT protests at North American Conference of Homophile Organizations meeting in SF. Source: Rob Cole, “Old, New Ideas Tangle at NACHO Convention,” Advocate, 30 Sept. 1970, 1-2, 6-7, 12, 23.
For more: https://t.co/RiCGxz7cuy

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Today in LGBTQ Direct Action History
28 Aug 1974: GAA-NY and Gay Synagogue demo against Orthodox Jewish opposition to gay rights bill at Rabbinical Council of America (40-50 participants). Source: “Intro 2 is Introduced Again,” Advocate, 25 Sep. 1974, 22. https://t.co/RiCGxz6EF0

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Today in LGBTQ Direct Action History
27 Aug 1970: Gay Student Liberation demonstration to protest rejection of gay dance permit at NYU (300 participants). Primary sources: B. Ryan, “Gay Protests Keep N.Y.C. Police Busy,” Gay Scene, Sept. 1970, 3.
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Today in LGBTQ Direct Action History

26 Aug 1973: Lesbian Feminist Liberation demonstration against sexism at the Museum of Natural History in New York (100 participants).

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Today in LGBTQ Direct Action History
23-25 Aug 1972: LGBT demos against VP S Agnew and pres candidate G McGovern at Veterans of Foreign Wars convention (12 participants). Source: “Agnew, McGovern Hit in Minneapolis,” Advocate, 11 Oct. 1972, 20.
For more: https://t.co/RiCGxz7cuy

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Today in LGBTQ Direct Action History

18-23 August 1972: LGBT demonstrations at Republican Party National Convention in Miami (200 participants, 20 arrests).

For more: https://t.co/RiCGxz7cuy