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 […]

We were thrilled this year to be contacted by Texas artist Wes Holloway about his interest in our archive activism on St. Elizabeths Hospital (for the Insane) in Washington, D.C. […]

June 22, 2022: Wilford Kale for The Virginia Gazette “WILLIAMSBURG – A new archive collection has been established at the College of William & Mary that focuses on American LGBTQ […]

Mattachine Society of Washington, D.C. documents to be housed in the new American LGBTQ Political and Legal History archive. May 24, 2022: The Mattachine Society of Washington, D.C. has donated […]