A page dedicated to preserving the history of the LGBT Purge, a period in Canadian history when people were surveilled, followed, and systematically fired from public jobs due to their orientation or identity.
Unknown to many, Bayard Rustin was the heart and soul of the civil rights movement in the United States. As Martin Luther King Jr.’s chief organizer, he helped translate the philosophy of nonviolence into direct action by organizing the 1963 March on Washington. So why isn’t he more famous?
The Queer Digital History Project is "an ongoing effort to document pre-2010 LGBTQ digital spaces online." The website is maintained by Avery Dame-Griff, who recognized that as our technological world evolved, many of the "ad-hoc spaces" created by and for the LGBTQ community became under-recognized.
June of 1969 was a revolutionary moment for queer rights. 50 years later, we’re celebrating Canadian artists who have shaped our country’s rich LGBTQ history
Before running for public office, Harvey Milk had already been many things: naval officer, high school teacher, bit-part actor and wandering hippie. This video describes the tenacity and courage of California's first openly gay public official.
You probably knew that LGBTQ people didn't have many rights in the 1950s -- but did you know that you could buy lesbian books in many drugstores? Learn more here!
Housed at the University of Victoria in British Columbia, the archive has special links on the left side of the page to people and organizations featured in their collection
