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.
ReDistricted, an online comics anthology focused on Washington D.C.’s history, published a feature on Frank Kameny. Read the full two-page story by clicking the strip below. Story by Bizhan Khodabandeh and James Moffitt […]
“Self-admitted homosexual” was the bureaucratic pejorative for Thomas H. Tattersall, certified insane, federal employee, resident of St. Elizabeth’s federal psychiatric hospital during the 1950s in Washington, DC. A destination for […]
There’s a fear afoot in America. LGBT people have made much progress but are still second-class citizens in many respects. Now, under Donald Trump, there appears to be an intentional […]
Read MSDC’s new motion in opposition to the Department of Justice.
…the quest for accountability has fallen to the Mattachine Society of Washington and a blue ribbon Washington law firm, McDermott Will and Emery. (“Washington Post”, Rick Valelly, 1/19/2017) Throughout the […]
Unless you read the LGBT newspaper The Advocate or lurk about the State Department website, you may have missed it — but John F. Kerry accomplished something unprecedented on Jan. […]
Charles Francis sets three books down on the table. “These are the last three biographies of President Eisenhower,” he says. “Not one of them mentions Executive Order 10450.” That 1953 […]
When we talk about advances in civil and gay rights, we often talk in terms of famous firsts: Los Angeles’ first Black Mayor Tom Bradley or the state’s first openly […]
