Year End Letter
Dear Supporter, We are not living in ‘normal’ times, but has history ever been ‘normal’ for gay Americans? Not since the reign of J. Edgar Hoover have LGBT Americans faced […]
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.
Dear Supporter, We are not living in ‘normal’ times, but has history ever been ‘normal’ for gay Americans? Not since the reign of J. Edgar Hoover have LGBT Americans faced […]
Justin Trudeau’s epic apology to sexual minorities in Canada for decades of “systemic oppression, criminalization and violence” stands as a stark reminder for LGBT Americans that our history of ruinous […]
The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History recently acquired an archival collection related to the work of John J. Smid, a former minister and proponent of conversion therapy. The collection […]
What can the passing of Hugh Hefner possibly mean to LGBT Americans? “Hef’s” world at the Playboy mansion in Los Angeles was a dazzling Sixties mash of hetero sex and […]
Government documents related to former FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover’s purge of gay and lesbian federal government employees will be released after McDermott Will & Emery attorneys scored a pro […]
U.S. District Court Judge Royce C. Lamberth Orders Department of Justice and FBI to Expand Searches; Review and Release More Documents Related to Eisenhower “sexual perversion” Executive Order July 31—In […]
July 19, 2017—The Mattachine Society of Washington, DC. donated two significant documents from the now-defunct and once largest “ex-gay” conversion therapy ministry “Love In Action”(LIA) to the Smithsonian’s National Museum […]
Charles Francis, president of the Mattachine Society, which conducts research and offers education programs focused on gay and lesbian policies, noted that a 1964 Mississippi State Sovereignty report targeted Smith and […]