ACKNOWLEDGMENT & APOLOGY: The Time Has Come
Why do LGBT Americans need it? Aren’t the tens of thousands of federal investigations, firings and discharges of suspected homosexuals a thing of the past? Why must Congress say […]
Category Archives: Archive Activism
We believe in the power of history. Our “Archive Activism” uncovers the historical, original , newly declassified documents, many for the first time, to educate and motivate a new generation of thought leaders, the legal community and the media.
Senate Resolution of Acknowledgment and Apology—21 Senate co-sponsors join Senators Kaine and Baldwin
Mattachine Society of Washington, D.C. Salutes Senate Resolution of Acknowledgment and Apology July 7, 2021: The Mattachine Society of Washington, D.C. strongly supports the Senate Resolution of formal acknowledgment and […]
A Reckoning with Psychiatry’s Past: The American Psychiatric Association Steps Forward
We are living through a time of reckoning, a time of acknowledgment and apology for catastrophic mistakes forgotten and erased. For The American Psychiatric Association (APA) this process began long […]
America’s Promise of Reconciliation and Redemption: The Need for an Official Acknowledgment and Apology for the Historic Government Assault on LGBT Federal Employees and Military Personnel
Do you want to remember or forget? A Mattachine Society of Washington, D.C. and McDermott Will & Emery white paper calls for the U.S. Government to acknowledge and apologize for […]
The St. Elizabeths “Magic Lantern” Slides: “Guilt/Guilt/Guilt”
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 […]
“Archive Activism”
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 […]
LGBTQ People Suffered Traumatic Treatments at St. Elizabeths Hospital for the Mentally Ill
A “Uniquely Nasty” Memo from Our Past
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 […]
