Sources & Research Guide

This exhibit merely scratches the surface of a rich history of the Deaf LGBTQ+ community in DC and beyond. The following sources were used for this exhibit and are suggested avenues for future research.

Digitized Periodicals:

• The Washington Blade via the DC Public Library
• The Buff & Blue via the Gallaudet University Archives

Publications:

• Eyes of Desire: A Deaf Gay & Lesbian Reader by Raymond Luczak
• Aging Deaf Lesbians: A Study of Stigmatization, Marginalization, Resistance, and Resilience from 1945 to 2020 (Dissertation) by Dr. Bridget Klein

Websites:

• Deaf Lost to AIDS (current, deafaids [dot] info)
• Rainbow Alliance of the Deaf (current, deafrad [dot] org)
• Capital Metro Rainbow Alliance (defunct, available as deafcmra [dot] org via the Wayback Machine)

Gallaudet Archive Collections:

• Barbara M. Kannapell Papers (MSS 191)
• Deafpride, Inc. Records (MSS 192) (Contains Deafpride’s newsletter The Advocate)
• Deaf Mosaic Episodes
• Episode 312, “Living with AIDS,” March 1988
• Coverage of 1993 March on Washington
• Rainbow Alliance of the Deaf’s Tattler
• Capital Metro Rainbow Alliance’s Potomac Prism

Rainbow History Project Collections:

• Series III: Gay Women’s Alternative (GWA-DC)
• Series XIII: The Names Project: AIDS Memorial Quilt
• Series XIV: Tracks Scrapbook
• March on Washington Collection (Steven Frank & Ed Knight) (unprocessed)
• The Furies (P 3796)