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.
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, […]
Ever since we completed research—-our archive activism— at the Leontyne Price Library at HBCU Rust College in Holly Springs, Mississippi, we longed to read something about the great Leontyne Price […]
by: John Gallagher One of the darkest stains on American history was the persecution of LGBTQ people. Bar raids, employment purges, entrapments — the tactics used to harass and ruin […]
Long before Jimmy Buffett, the gay community saved Key West. Did Buffett ever mention in public the gay community in Key West? Let Mattachine hear if he ever said the […]
Why do LGBT Americans need it? Aren’t the tens of thousands of federal investigations, firings and discharges of suspected homosexuals a thing of the past? Why must Congress say […]
Mattachine Society of Washington, D.C. Salutes Senate Resolution of Acknowledgment and Apology July 7, 2021: The Mattachine Society of Washington, D.C. strongly supports the Senate Resolution of formal acknowledgment and […]
