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The Women’s House of Detention: A Queer History of a Forgotten Prison

June 3, 2022 by Editorial Staff 1 Comment

The Women's House of DetentionThe Women’s House of Detention, a landmark that ushered in the modern era of women’s imprisonment, is now largely forgotten. But when it stood in New York City’s Greenwich Village, from 1929 to 1974, it was a nexus for the tens of thousands of women, transgender men, and gender-nonconforming people who inhabited its crowded cells.

Some of these inmates — Angela Davis, Andrea Dworkin, Afeni Shakur — were famous, but the vast majority were incarcerated for the crimes of being poor and improperly feminine. Today, approximately 40 percent of the people in women’s prisons identify as queer; in earlier decades, that percentage was almost certainly higher. [Read more…] about The Women’s House of Detention: A Queer History of a Forgotten Prison

Filed Under: Books, History, New York City Tagged With: Crime and Justice, Cultural History, Gender History, Greenwich Village, LGBTQ, New York City, Social History, womens history

A Queer History of the Women’s Suffrage Movement

May 30, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Public Faces Secret Lives by Wendy RouseIn the new book Public Faces, Secret Lives: A Queer History of the Women’s Suffrage Movement (NYU Press, 2022) Wendy L. Rouse of San Jose State University reveals that the suffrage movement included individuals who represented a range of genders and sexualities. However, owing to the constant pressure to present a “respectable” public image, suffrage leaders publicly conformed to gendered views of ideal womanhood in order to make women’s suffrage more palatable to the public. [Read more…] about A Queer History of the Women’s Suffrage Movement

Filed Under: Books, Events, History Tagged With: Cultural History, Gender History, LGBTQ, Massachusetts Historical Society, Political History, Social History, Suffrage Movement, womens history

Salons: American Rebels, French Etiquette and Lesbian History

April 18, 2021 by Jaap Harskamp 1 Comment

Salon at the Hôtel de RambouilletWhen Benjamin Franklin traveled to Paris in 1776 seeking support for the Revolution, the old charmer became a popular guest at the city’s glittering salons. His successor Thomas Jefferson continued his PR work and established contacts with the city’s most prominent salonnières. Thomas Paine too was a visitor of various salons. Thanks to their socio-diplomatic involvement, the American Revolution became a central topic of discussion at such gatherings. [Read more…] about Salons: American Rebels, French Etiquette and Lesbian History

Filed Under: Arts, History, New York City Tagged With: American Revolution, art, Art History, Cultural History, French History, LGBTQ, modernism, womens history

Division of Human Rights Hosting GENDA Virtual Town Hall

January 22, 2021 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

genda town hallIn honor of the second anniversary of the passage of the Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act (GENDA), the Division of Human Rights (DHR) and other NYS agencies, in conjunction with Gender Equality New York (GENY) and New York Trans Advocacy Group (NYTAG), are hosting a virtual town hall on Monday, January 25th. [Read more…] about Division of Human Rights Hosting GENDA Virtual Town Hall

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Capital-Saratoga, Events, Hudson Valley - Catskills, Mohawk Valley, New York City, Western NY Tagged With: Division of Human Rights, LGBTQ

LGBTQ Pride Month Is History In Action

June 17, 2020 by Kelly Metzgar Leave a Comment

ANCGALGBTQI+ Pride Month is normally associated with colorful parades and marches and speeches by local, regional, and national leaders, but it’s part of an important political history as well.

Out of all the months in the year, why June? [Read more…] about LGBTQ Pride Month Is History In Action

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Capital-Saratoga, History, Hudson Valley - Catskills, Mohawk Valley, New York City, Western NY Tagged With: Adirondack North Country Gender Alliance, Civil Rights, diversity, Gender, Gender History, LGBTQ, Political History

The Education of Eleanor Roosevelt

April 21, 2020 by Jaap Harskamp 1 Comment

Marie Souvestre in LondonBorn in Brest, the daughter of a novelist and educated in Paris, she was a lesbian, a feminist, and a formidable educationist. Today her presence may be largely forgotten, but she left a legacy on both sides of the Atlantic.

Marie Souvestre was born on April 28, 1830 in Brest, the daughter of a novelist. In 1846, her father Émile published the dystopian novel Le monde tel qu’il sera. Set in the year 3000, the story features remarkable predictions on the role of science in society, and contains reflections on future parenthood and education. He would certainly have inspired his daughter’s alternative ideas about learning in general, and the teaching of young women in particular. Having remained in the shadow of the mighty Jules Verne who stole the limelight, Émile Souvestre deserves renewed critical attention. [Read more…] about The Education of Eleanor Roosevelt

Filed Under: Arts, History, Hudson Valley - Catskills, New York City Tagged With: Cultural History, Education, Eleanor Roosevelt, LGBTQ, womens history

Geographies of Gender at Brooklyn Museum

March 3, 2020 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Natasha Jean Jacobs by Grace PendletonThe Brooklyn Museum is set to celebrate their exhibit Out of Place: A Feminist Look at the Collection during Women’s History Month on March 7th, as part of their First Saturday programs.

Throughout the evening, women and nonbinary artists from across Brooklyn explore how gender maps onto our bodies, our histories, and our political movements. Highlights include an artist talk with Naima Green, a Night Market, and music from Sammus. [Read more…] about Geographies of Gender at Brooklyn Museum

Filed Under: Events, History, New York City Tagged With: Brooklyn, Brooklyn Museum, feminism, Gender, LGBTQ, womens history

New York State Museum’s LGBTQ+ Collection

October 17, 2019 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

history cafeThe New York State Museum has announced the first History Cafe program of the season, “Protest, Pride & Community: Representing LGBTQ+ Stories in the Museum’s Collection,” set for Tuesday, October 22nd at 6 pm.

New York State history is rich in stories of LGBTQ+ people, their accomplishments, and their fight for equality. Until recently, these stories were underrepresented in the New York State Museum’s collections. Senior historian Ashley Hopkins-Benton will talk about the LGBTQ+ artifacts the Museum currently has, the hidden stories in the collection, and how the museum plans to work to grow the collection in the future. [Read more…] about New York State Museum’s LGBTQ+ Collection

Filed Under: Events, History Tagged With: Albany, LGBTQ, Museums, New York State Museum

Art 50 Years After Stonewall Exhibit Opening in Brooklyn

March 3, 2019 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

STAR by Tuesday SmillieThe Brooklyn Museum has announced “Nobody Promised You Tomorrow: Art 50 Years After Stonewall,” an exhibition featuring twenty-two contemporary LGBTQ+ artists whose work honors the fight for queer liberation in the years since the 1969 Stonewall Uprising – on view May 3 through December 8, 2019. [Read more…] about Art 50 Years After Stonewall Exhibit Opening in Brooklyn

Filed Under: History, New Exhibits, New York City Tagged With: Art Exhibit, Brooklyn Museum, LGBTQ, New York City

NYC Community Center Archiving the LGBTQ Revolution

January 10, 2017 by Michael Green 2 Comments

lgbt achives and libraryTucked away on the 4th floor of a much-repurposed 1850s school building in Greenwich Village, the LGBT Community Center’s National History Archive is a cultural and historical refuge-within-a-sanctuary.

The Community Center has been operating at 208 W. 13th Street since 1983. The entire building is intended to be a safe and welcoming place “where everyone is celebrated for who they are.” Today, the Center is an effervescent hub, and sponsors a broad-range of activities and programs for the lesbian, gay and transgender community, including health and wellness, arts and entertainment, and counseling. [Read more…] about NYC Community Center Archiving the LGBTQ Revolution

Filed Under: History, New York City Tagged With: Archives, Gender, Greenwich Village, LGBTQ, NYC, PolHist

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