“Fucking prick! FAGGOT” We archive activists go back to the recordings to cope with the shock of the mass J6 pardons. Listen yourself to the riot video recording played at […]

Hungary’s strongman Viktor Orban, visiting Mar-a-Lago tomorrow, ” is a great leader and a strong man”, says candidate Trump. By Charles Francis and Jeff Trammell (updated March 7, 2024) There […]

A compelling memoir of ‘Archive Activism’ By Richard J. Rosendall We live in a time of attempted erasure, of books banned and minorities demonized in one party’s pursuit of undemocratic […]

Memoir by Charles Francis highlights ‘secrets’ held at LBJ Presidential Library By Lou Chibbaro Jr. for the Washington Blade A newly released book called “Archive Activism: Memoir Of A ‘Uniquely Nasty’ […]

Our activism was born in these forgotten papers—and lies—generated decades ago, retooled and weaponized for our time. By Charles Francis The following is an excerpt from the book, “Archive Activism: […]

“LGBTQ rights activist, psychotherapist, and documentary filmmaker Lilli Vincenz, who played an important role in helping to organize groundbreaking gay rights protests outside the White House and Philadelphia’s Independence Hall […]

By Charles Francis for Washington Blade As Archive Activists, we eagerly awaited this year’s opening of Republican campaign consultant Arthur J. Finkelstein’s papers at the Library of Congress. Donated by […]

The University of Virginia’s student newspaper “The Cavalier Daily” (CD) published archival features from 1975, when Board of Visitors appointee Bert Ellis “canned” an event featuring gay rights pioneer (and […]