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OutHistory.org presents free, evidence-based features and documents on U.S. lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer history.

We do homosexual, bisexual, and heterosexual history.

We do the history of people who did not conform to dominant norms of sexuality and gender -- and people who did.

We document how people came to experience themselves as hetero, homo, or bi, and the history of the heterosexual/homosexual binary.

We study the history of how people came to experience themselves as female or male, feminine or masculine, or as a queer combination, and how they questioned the m/f binary.

We study the influence of other nations on the U.S. and the U.S. influence on other nations.

Knowledge of past LGBTQ struggles inspires LGBTQ people and our allies in the present. But this history has not been easily and freely available. It has not been taught in schools. Our work frees this history from obscurity. We free this history from paywalls.

Recovering sexual and gender history is a form of activism. It inspires people to action in the present. It helps them make a freer future.

Our work is only possible with your help!

OutHistory.org is a project of the Fund for the City of New York, a not-for-profit corporation. All of your donations are tax-deductible.

You may also send checks, made out to “Fund for the City of New York” (please write OutHistory.org in the memo line) to:

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