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Portrait of Eric Cohen and Jonathan Blumenthal, founders of LGBT volunteer group Burgundy Crescent Volunteers and recipients of 2015 Community Pioneers Awards.

Portrait of Ruby Corado, transgender activist and founder of Casa Ruby, recipient of a 2015 Community Pioneers Award.

Portrait of Wallace Leo Corbett Jr, AIDS educator and recipient of a 2015 Community Pioneers Award.

Portrait of Kathleen DeBold (right), Mautner Project and Lambda Literary Awards administrator and recipient of a 2015 Community Pioneers Award, and her partner Barbara Johnson.

Portrait of Atul Garg and Yassir Islam, founders of KhushDC and recipients of 2015 Community Pioneers Awards.

Portrait of Annette “Chi” Hughes, founding member of Sapphire Sapphos and AIDS educator, recipient of a 2015 Community Pioneers Award.

Portrait of Susan Silber, provider of LGBT–friendly family law in the D.C. area, recipient of a 2015 Community Pioneers Award.

Portrait of Jill Strachan, leader of local LGBT arts organizations and recipient of a 2015 Community Pioneers Award.

Portrait of Michele Zavos, provider of LGBT-friendly family law in the D.C. area and recipient of a 2015 Community Pioneers Award.

Portrait of Annie Kaylor of Annie's Paramount Steakhouse, recipient of a 2015 Community Pioneers Award.

The Rainbow History Project partnered with LC-GLOBE to present the lunchtime panel “Lost Lesbian Spaces” at the Library Congress. The panel addressed the swift disappearance of local lesbian spaces, such as bookstores and bars, since the 1980s. Dr.…

Gravestone of Henry Gerber (1892-1972), founder of the United States' first known homosexual organization, the Society for Human Rights in Chicago.

Lesbian activist Lilli Vincenz featured on the cover of the Ladder, the magazine of the San Francisco lesbian organization the Daughters of Bilitis. This is the first known instance of an Out Lesbian choosing to show her face on the cover of a…

Presented at the D.C. Historical Studies Conference, 27 Oct 2006.

This article, published in the Florida newspaper Agenda, documents the diversity, size, and vivacity of the 2015 Capital Pride celebration. It includes a quote from Rainbow History board member Jeff Donahoe, who led a walking tour on the morning of…

In this interview-style article, Rainbow History board member Dr. Bonnie Morris discusses the disappearance of lesbian spaces such as bars and bookstores in the DC area.

AU student Rebecca Day interviews Dr. Bonnie Morris, a long-time resident of Washington, D.C. who identifies as a lesbian woman and works as a professor and writer.

This Washington Post article discusses "Inside/Outside the Beltway," the first gay soap opera aired in the D.C. area. The show premiered in Fairfax County as a segment on the show "Gay Fairfax." The article highlights the producer's intention to…

In this article in the Gay and Lesbian Review, Rainbow History board member Bonnie Morris highlights the tensions surrounding women's music festivals and their policies regarding transgender inclusion. She argues that the term TERF…

Do It With Friends WPFW-FM 89.3. Bruce Pennington, a founder of the Stonewall Nation Media Collective, produced and broadcast radio program WGTB and WPFW from 1973 to 1982.

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White t-shirt, Do Ask Do Tell,

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Silence = Death

Fight AIDS, ACT UP, Silence = Death, Ignorance = Fear

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The NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt

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Interlocking Male/Female symbols, Keith Haring