The ugly history of LGBT discrimination
“The theme of the Trump Administration with regard to LGBT people is erasure. And in this time of erasure, it is vital that gay, lesbian, and trans Americans understand their […]
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.
StopConversionTherapy.org
Visit the Mattachine Society of DC’s new website, StopConversionTherapy.org.
Beyond Boy Erased: The Resilience of Conversion Therapy
This month Boy Erased — a film starring Nicole Kidman, Russell Crowe, Lucas Hedges, Joel Edgerton, Troye Sivan, and Cherry Jones, and based on the memoir by Garrard Conley — […]
Break Glass: Facilitating Conversations to End Hate – Featuring MSDC Advisory Board Member V.L. Cox
The Virginia Holocaust Museum will feature the poignant and timely work of V.L. Cox with its upcoming exhibition, Break Glass: The Art of V.L. Cox – A Conversation to End […]
Mattachine vs. Conversion Therapy
“This was truly a Trump power-panel of evangelical policy hawks—even at a museum dedicated to the Bible,” Charles Francis, president of the Mattachine Society of Washington, D.C., an LGBT history […]
McDermott and Mattachine
MSDC and Vincenz Featured in Philadelphia
William Way LGBT Community Center announces two exhibits featuring the history of LGBTQ rights in the United States Philadelphia, PA, June 14, 2018 — Following the success of its national […]
I was 19, gay and ready to be ‘cured’ by conversion therapy
Here’s what Garrard Conley had to surrender the morning he arrived at the Love in Action facility in Memphis, Tennessee in 2004: his phone, his wallet, his driving licence and […]
