Browse Collections (47 total)

The DC Trans Coalition collection includes a community needs assessment survey and report that address a range of issues and experiences within trans…

The Paulette Goodman collection includes the personal correspondence of Paulette Goodman, as well as her correspondence on behalf of PFLAG-DC and the…

The files and records of the treasurer and bookkeeper of the Gay Community Center/DC, from the operations held at its third and final home on 1228…

This collection includes bound correspondence and press clippings related to the Gay Community Center of DC, 1982-1997.VIEW ONLINE FINDING AID

Includes records from the Federal Gay Lesbian Or Bisexual Employees (FedGLOBE) at the U.S. Department of Commerce. Records date from 1992-2007 and…

Include concert programs and VHS cassettes of recordings from concerts and events held by the Lesbian and Gay Chorus of Washington, DC.VIEW ONLINE…

These are publications by and about the LGBTQ communities that are prepared and distributed primarily for Pride festivities in the national capital…

Includes correspondence, newspaper clippings, magazines, pamphlets and articles collected about the work of activists in the 1960s to 1980s.VIEW…

In February 2003, the D.C. Department of Fire and Emergency Medical Services hired Kenda Kirby, a former Oklahoma firefighter and emergency medical…

SMYAL records include executive board documents, annual reports, correspondence, events files, meeting minutes, development and fundraising materials,…

Paper records related to the Names Project: AIDS Memorial Quilt, its creation, and the display of it on the National Mall. Photographs of events and…

A collection of oral histories on the people's experiences related to the ClubHouse. The ClubHouse was a DC after hours club that was open from…

Oral history interviews conducted while researching the 2014 publication "A Queer Capital: A History of Gay Life in Washington, D.C."

Working files of Bob Summersgill, member of GLAA since 1993, as treasurer, vice president, 2000-2003 president, and treasurer. He was active in the…

Photograph albums, scrapbooks, and loose photographs taken by Patrick T. Gertschen (aka Pat O’Brien), at various LGBTQ community events from the 1970s…

T-Shirts and textiles were collected from various donors. Items were photographed, cataloged, and placed online by RHP board member Eric N. Gonzaba in…

This collection includes materials collected by prominent DC lawyer and activitist Mindy A. Daniels. It includes materials from her time in the…

In the early 1980’s, a group of men formed Black and White Men Together of Washington, DC (commonly referred to with the acronyms “BWMT” and…

Eye-witness accounts of what we’ve seen and experienced provide a valuable resource to researchers and future generations to understand our past and…

This collection contains contemporary photographs of community pioneers.

An artificial collection of advertisements, photographs, business cards, matchbooks, and flyers from gay businesses, religious organizations, and…

Articles from BLK magazine relating to the African American gay experience in Washington, D.C. and flyers and a postcard advertising performances by…

Since 2001, the Rainbow History Project hosts public panels and group discussions on a wide variety of historical topics. Each of these sessions is…

In May 1972, Washington, DC's GLBT community celebrated its first Pride. The previous two years, gays and lesbians had gone to New York City to…