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This is the official resource for the Pride Guide in Washington D.C. May 27-30 2022, including a proclamation from the mayor. It introduces a welcome statement and a rundown of how DC Black Pride will be run/formatted. There were various workshops…

Five DC women discuss the coming out process for women in the 1970s and 1980s--not just how they came out as lesbians, but also what challenges they faced and what resources they found in DC for getting them through the coming out process and…

These are the articles of incorporation for the DC chapter of Black & White Men Together.

Panelists focus on discrimination against African-American members of the LGBTQ community in the 1970s and 1980s, and the formation of community groups and programs that fought back against such discrimination, including the DC Coalition of Black…

20 pins from the 1980s and 1990s have been received and photographed; these were sent to RHP by a donor around the time of Mr. Wnuck's death. Mr. Wnuck's Obituary.

In 1977, the Council of the District of Columbia adopted a resolution certifying the week of June 12 through June 18 as Gay Pride Week.

Patterns of police harassment and entrapment of gays in DC and the Gay Activists Alliance's work to end harassment and build a new relationship with the Metropolitan Police Department.

Discussion focused on origins of the Gay Activists Alliance - DC in 1971, its early activities, and its connection with the Kameny for Congress campaign, with a particular emphasis on the campaign to rescind the American Psychiatric Association's…

A 2009 letter from DC Department of Corrections Director Devon Brown and Acting Attorney General of DC Peter J. Nickles to the DC Trans Coalition Director Jason Terry regarding the implementation of the Policy on Gender Classification and Housing in…

Panelists represented the Spartans and the Centaur motorcycle clubs and discussed the origins, founders, club traditions, and events, including runs, leather cocktails, Mid-Atlantic Leather Weekend, and the creation of Brother, Help Thyself.LISTEN…

The Ladder was a periodical published between 1956 and 1972 by the Daughters of Bilitis (DOB), a homophile organization based in San Francisco with chapters around the country. Co-edited by Phyllis Lyon (under the pseudonym Ann Ferguson) and Del…

Discussion of the origins, strategies, tactics, and legacies of four local direct-action groups: DC's Gay Liberation Front, the Lesbian Avengers, ACT-UP, and OUT. Lena Lett moderated. Bruce Pennington described the beginnings of DC's own Gay…

Origins and activities of African American social clubs, especially Best of Washington, Metropolitan Capitolites, and Associates. LISTEN ONLINEDay 1, Part 1 of 5Day 1, Part 2 of 5Day 1, Part 3 of 5Day 2, Part 4 of 5Day 2, Part 5 of 5

A two-day discussion of the artistic/intellectual currents of 1979 in the African-American LGBTQ community, bisexuality, and the creation of the National Coalition of Black Gays.Day One (25 May 2001). Panelists discussed the issues and events of 1979…

Lesbian feminists--Washington (D.C.)--20th century
Lesbian Avengers (Organization)

A 2010 letter from Captain Edward Delgado of the Metropolitan Police Department regarding DC Trans Coalition Director Jason Terry's request for statistical data on bias crimes against transgender individuals and transgender individuals' requests for…

A document calling for justice for thirteen transgender women who were murdered between 2000 and 2011. The second page names each of the victims and illuminates that only three of the cases (depicted in black font) were brought to justice, whereas…