It is inspiring to see the Smithsonian magazine describe gay civil rights pioneer Frank Kameny’s pair of handwritten notebooks held in the Archives Center of the National Museum of American […]

Watch a preview of “Lou’s Legacy: A Reporter’s Life at the Washington Blade” on PBS’s website.

It was their day. DC drag star “Ella Fitzgerald” and veteran Washington Blade reporter Lou Chibbaro Jr. were each honored with an official Mayoral Proclamation from DC Mayor Muriel Bowser declaring […]

The Mattachine Society of Washington, DC to premiere documentary film Lou’s Legacy: a Reporter’s Life at the Washington Blade. “Is the Mattachine Society still around?”, people ask incredulously when I […]

With Executive Orders flying, now is a good time for LGBTQ Americans to refresh ourselves on the grandaddy of them all that continue to target us.  This is President Eisenhower’s so-called […]

“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 […]