The History Project is a Boston-based community archives focused on telling and preserving the history of New England LGBTQ people.[1][2][3][4] It is one of the largest independent LGBTQ archives in the United States.[5] They continue to offer programs and collect materials related to the LGBTQ history of New England.[2]

History

The History Project was founded in 1980 when several prominent LGBTQ Boston activists and community members, including Libby Bouvier, received a $300 grant from the City of Boston to document Boston LGBTQ history.[6] A number of the original founders were involved with Boston area publication Gay Community News. [7]

In 1996, the History Project curated an exhibit at the Boston Public Library entitled 'Public Faces/Private Lives,' which detailed the lives of LGBTQ Bostonians. [8]The exhibit drew over 50,000 visitors. The contents of this exhibit were later published in 1998 into the book Improper Bostonians. [3][9]

HistoryMaker Award

Each year, The History Project honors chosen community members and organizations with the HistoryMaker award to recognize their impact.[10] The award was first given in 2009. Honorees include:

References

  1. ^ MacQuarrie, Brian (2025-03-03). "National Parks in Massachusetts are Reeling After Job Cuts". The Boston Globe.
  2. ^ a b Pray, Adri (2024-03-07). "Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon in Jamaica Plain Will Amplify Queer Women's History: The History Project Will Edit More than a Dozen Articles Honoring Influential Queer Women with Massachusetts Ties". The Boston Globe.
  3. ^ a b "The History Project: Improper Bostonians". BiblioEvents. 2024-03-30. Retrieved 2025-03-08.
  4. ^ "Boston's LGBTQ Past". Boston By Foot. Retrieved 2025-03-08.
  5. ^ Pennington, Juliet. "Joan Ilacqua Likes to Mix History and Cocktails (and Mouse Ears) on Vacation: The 32-Year-Old Plymouth Native is the First Executive Director of the History Project, a Boston-Based Nonprofit that Maintains One of the Largest Independent LGBTQ Archives in the Nation. We Caught Up with Her to Talk about all Things Travel". The Boston Globe.
  6. ^ Allis, Sam (2010-04-13). "LOOKING BACK". The Boston Globe. pp. G.12.
  7. ^ "Gay Community News at 50: The queer outlet that went from Boston to the world". www.wbur.org. 2023-10-24. Retrieved 2025-03-08.
  8. ^ "Public Faces / Private Lives | The History Project". www.historyproject.org. Retrieved 2025-03-08.
  9. ^ "Experiencing Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Boston – AHA". American Historical Association. Retrieved 2025-03-08.
  10. ^ a b Fox, Jeremy (2024-11-15). "Transgender Community Looks Back -- and Ahead". The Boston Globe.
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