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.
“LGBTQ rights activist, psychotherapist, and documentary filmmaker Lilli Vincenz, who played an important role in helping to organize groundbreaking gay rights protests outside the White House and Philadelphia’s Independence Hall […]
I am thrilled to announce my book Archive Activism, Memoir of a “Uniquely Nasty” Journey will be published this August by the UNT (University of North Texas) Press. The book is about […]
By Charles Francis for Washington Blade As Archive Activists, we eagerly awaited this year’s opening of Republican campaign consultant Arthur J. Finkelstein’s papers at the Library of Congress. Donated by […]
The University of Virginia’s student newspaper “The Cavalier Daily” (CD) published archival features from 1975, when Board of Visitors appointee Bert Ellis “canned” an event featuring gay rights pioneer (and […]
We were thrilled this year to be contacted by Texas artist Wes Holloway about his interest in our archive activism on St. Elizabeths Hospital (for the Insane) in Washington, D.C. […]
June 22, 2022: Wilford Kale for The Virginia Gazette “WILLIAMSBURG – A new archive collection has been established at the College of William & Mary that focuses on American LGBTQ […]
Mattachine Society of Washington, D.C. documents to be housed in the new American LGBTQ Political and Legal History archive. May 24, 2022: The Mattachine Society of Washington, D.C. has donated […]
Thinking historically, with an archivist’s mindset, about Virginia’s direction today by: Charles Francis, Mattachine president “Inherently divisive concepts” in history and education are targeted for review and elimination in Virginia, […]
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