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Matisse Dupont, Director of Engagement & Advancement, matisse.dupont@historyproject.org

Mik Hamilton, Archivist

mik.hamilton@historyproject.org 

Joan Ilacqua, Executive Director

joan.Ilacqua@historyproject.org

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Women at New Words celebrating “Cuentos: Stories by Latinas” (1983) Lillian Gonzalez and Mili Roca: a feminist answer to traditional salsa. The women performed at New Words bookstore in celebration of “Cuentos: Stories by Latinas&r
Abe Rybeck poses with fellow band members Scott Madden, Felice Shays, and Lynn Brown as Adult Children of Heterosexuals, performing high camp cabaret in Cambridge, MA. Adult Children of Heterosexuals formed in 1992, and consisted of several Theater
🌈 The 2025 HistoryMaker Awards are just ONE WEEK away! 🎉 Join Queer History Boston on Sept 30 as we honor QHB’s founders & Kimm Topping at our annual celebration of Boston’s LGBTQ+ past, present, and future. 🎟️ Tickets + Host Com
Crowd of the 1992 Boston AIDS Walk participants stretches down Beacon Street in Boston with the giant Citgo sign in the distance. Coll. 104 Gay Community News Photograph Collection Thanks Heather for finding this photo! Were you there? Have a stor
Earlier this summer our amazing intern Kali went full queer zine fairy ✨ sneaking our soft-launch zines into little free libraries, zine swaps, bulletin boards, and even magnet-bags on light poles all over Boston. Did you spot one out in the wild? ?
Page and Petra: Being Trans in the 1980s (1988). “Page and I were like matching bookends. We both had rebellious platinum blonde hair, slender figures, and were fond of black outfits & light foundation to contrast our heavily winged eyes &
The History Project is now Queer History Boston! For over four decades, we’ve safeguarded the stories of Boston’s LGBTQ+ community as The History Project. Now, we’re stepping into a new era with a name that better reflects who we a
This panel of the Names Project AIDS quilt celebrates the life of Michael O’Leary (1949-1986), a member of Men of All Colors Together Boston- the Boston chapter of the National Asssociation of Black and White Men Together. Men of All Colors Tog
✨ Jamaica Plain ✨ A group of people sitting in a room, posing with a shiny sign which says: “Jamaica Plain.” Coll. 104 Gay Community News Photograph Collection 📸 Unknown Thanks Allegra + Myla for finding this pic! Were you there? Ha