On Thursday, July 23, Rainbow History Project hosted a training session at the DC Center the LGBT Community. We trained seven new volunteers, ranging from university students to retirees, to collect oral histories. Volunteers came with various backgrounds, from anthropology to genealogy to history. One volunteer explained that she was participating […]
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(Rainbow History board member Vincent Slatt. Photo by Sarah Welz Geselowitz.) On Tuesday, June 30th, the last day of Pride Month, the Rainbow History Project held a public information session at the Southeast Neighborhood Library. Board member Vincent Slatt discussed the history of the organization and our ongoing work, including […]
Listen to the panel. Couldn’t make it to our June 16 panel Lost Lesbian Spaces? You can now find the full audio recording and accompanying images on our online archives. The Rainbow History Project partnered with LC-GLOBE to present the lunchtime panel “Lost Lesbian Spaces” at the Library Congress. The […]
(Dr. Bonnie Morris shares a photo of herself and her students at the Hung Jury, one of the “lost lesbian spaces” discussed in the panel. Photo by Sarah Welz Geselowitz.) On Tuesday, June 16, the Rainbow History Project partnered with LC-GLOBE to present the lunchtime panel “Lost Lesbian Spaces,” which […]
(Board member Jim Marks poses at Rainbow History’s booth at the Capital Pride Street Festival. In front of him are historical LGBTQ-related artifacts for visitors to browse – including several old newspaper articles by Jim himself! Photo by Sarah Welz Geselowitz.) On Sunday, June 14th, we welcomed the public to our […]
On the morning of Saturday, June 13 – hours before the Capital Pride Parade – Rainbow History board member Jeff Donahoe teamed up with local historian Brock Thompson to offer free walking tours of historic gay DC. Dozens of locals and visitors participated. Photos by Sarah Welz Geselowitz. Click to enlarge: (Jeff Donahoe […]
(Thanks to the DC Public Library for this flier. Click to enlarge.) Rainbow History Project: Collecting and Preserving D.C.’s LGBT History Tuesday, June 30 | 7pm Meeting Room of the Southeast Neighborhood Library | 403 7th Street SE Washington DC, 20003 The Rainbow History Project is the archive for preserving the city’s LGBT history […]
(Annie Kaylor, one of this year’s Community Pioneers. Photo provided by the Kaylor family.) 2015 Community Pioneers Exhibit Month of June | 12-6pm (Mon.-Fri.), 11am-3pm (Sat.) Metro DC Community Center (external link), 2000 14th Street NW, Suite 105 Washington, DC 20009 Last month, the Rainbow History Project recognized a dozen Community Pioneers for their […]
(Participants in a 1972 Gay Pride event. Find this image and other gay pride artifacts under our “gay pride” tag.) Rainbow History Booth at the Capital Pride Festival (external link) Sunday, June 14, 2015 | 12pm-7pm Booth space O-209 and O-210 | Map (external link) (Please note that our booth is […]
(1975 advertisement for Lammas Books, which shut its doors in 2000. This image contributed by Mark Meinke to our online collection Gay Businesses and Venues.) LOST LESBIAN SPACES: Rainbow History Project’s Pride Month event A lunchtime panel at the Library of Congress Tuesday, June 16, 2015 | 12:00-1:00 p.m. LM-139 (Madison Building, 1st floor) Come join local […]