The glass slides were so heavy, each nearly 4” square, designed for projection in an old “magic lantern” device at the nation’s first federal mental institution St. Elizabeths Hospital for […]
Vergangenheitsbewaltigung! Leave it to the German language’s ridiculously long compounds to provide a single word for the mission of the Mattachine Society of Washington: “Vergangenheitsbewaltigung.” The eight syllables mean “the […]
We “archive activists” discovered this animus-drenched memo at the National Archives in a box marked U.S. Civil Service Commission/ “Suitability”. Homosexuals were declared “Unsuitable” for government employment, the reason? “What […]
“Gay is Good” Salute to Dr. Eric Cervini! The Frank Kameny history, “The Deviant’s War” author Eric Cervini was honored as a Pulitzer Prize Finalist for history! How proud we “archive […]
For those of us who lived through the screaming silence of the Reagans during the AIDS crisis, especially so if you are gay, “Washington Post” columnist Karen Tumulty’s “Triumph of […]
An Interview with Glenn Frankel, author of “Shooting Midnight Cowboy” “Midnight Cowboy” stars Jon Voight (Joe Buck) and Dustin Hoffman (Ratso Rizzo) agreed with each other to do a […]
*** UPDATE 4/1/2021: A new biography of Nancy Reagan by “Washington Post” National Political Columnist Karen Tumulty gives the impression that Nancy Reagan was quietly supportive of efforts to get […]
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