I am excited to announce a new element of this blog, the 'Remember When' series. Don't dwell to much on the title (I didn't) but do ask yourself the question. Do you remember when in 1973, the American Psychiatric Association decided that homosexuality was no longer a mental illness? Do you remember when the Matachine Society became one of the first organizations fighting for the betterment of the lives of homosexuals? You probably don't. I certainly did not come across this stuff in my high school history classes.
We will be periodically posting vignettes of interesting and important moments in queer history, providing links, videos, and other cool online resources to (hopefully) inspire a curiosity in the past and provide context for our own project interviews when they are published here. Stay tuned for our first posting next week!
And if you know of a historical moment that you think we should feature, by all means send it our way! You could even write the post yourself!
-Andrew
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