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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.

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Featuredby Mattachine Society of Washington, D.C.

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 […]

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LGBTQ People Suffered Traumatic Treatments at St. Elizabeths Hospital for the Mentally Ill

May 13, 2021by Mattachine Society of Washington, D.C.
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A “Uniquely Nasty” Memo from Our Past

May 13, 2021by Mattachine Society of Washington, D.C.

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 […]

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Eric Cervini’s “The Deviant’s War” wins The Randy Shilts Award for Gay Non-fiction

May 13, 2021by Mattachine Society of Washington, D.C.

“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 […]

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A Nancy Reagan Parallel Bubble Universe

April 22, 2021by Mattachine Society of Washington, D.C.

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 […]

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“Midnight Cowboy”: An Archive Rated “X”

April 5, 2021by Mattachine Society of Washington, D.C.

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 […]

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How the Gays Saved Key West

March 8, 2021by Mattachine Society of Washington, D.C.

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 […]

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My Personal Fight Against Online Hate

February 19, 2021by Mattachine Society of Washington, D.C.

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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The Mattachine Society of Washington, D.C. conducts archive activism–identifying, conserving and interpreting the LGBT historical record.

MSDC is organized and approved for charitable and educational purposes as a 501(c)(3) of the IRS code, and is incorporated as a non-profit corporation in the District of Columbia.

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