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.
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 […]
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 […]
“Gay is Good” Salute to Dr. Eric Cervini! The Frank Kameny history, “The Deviant’s War” author Eric Cervini was honored as a Pulitzer Prize Finalist for history! How proud we “archive […]
For those of us who lived through the screaming silence of the Reagans during the AIDS crisis, especially so if you are gay, “Washington Post” columnist Karen Tumulty’s “Triumph of […]
An Interview with Glenn Frankel, author of “Shooting Midnight Cowboy” “Midnight Cowboy” stars Jon Voight (Joe Buck) and Dustin Hoffman (Ratso Rizzo) agreed with each other to do a […]
by: Guy Ross Long associated with the testosterone-fueled macho marketing of Ernest Hemingway, Key West in fact has benefited far more from a very different variety of creative energy. Hemingway […]
My Personal Fight Against Online Hate by Christopher Wolf Chris Wolf is Senior Counsel Emeritus at Hogan Lovells US LLP in Washington, DC and the co-author of Viral Hate: Containing […]
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