November 29, 2022 is Giving Tuesday! The Archives of Gerber/Hart are so much more than stacks of boxes in climate-controlled rooms. Every box—and there over a thousand—contains the stories, ideas, quirks, research, and ephemera that encapsulate the lives and works…
Gerber/Hart will have slightly different hours the week of 11/21 on Thursday and Saturday. Wednesday 11/23 – open 6:00 – 9:00 PM Thursday 11/24 – CLOSED Friday 11/25 – open 12:00 – 4:00 PM Saturday 11/26 – open 10:00 AM…
John D’Emilio is one of the leading historians of his generation and a pioneering figure in the field of LGBTQ history. At times his life has been seemingly at odds with his upbringing. How does a boy from an Italian…
Learn about queer women in the 1950s Chicago and all about one of the 20th century’s most important lesbian pulp fiction authors Valerie Taylor on this 3-mile running tour in the Loop! Guide Quinn Sluzenski will stop at real-life queer…
Sink your teeth into the throbbing vein of queer vampire films! Friday, October 28, 2022, FACETS explores the queerest of all horror subgenres, the vampire film, with DAUGHTERS OF DARKNESS (1971) and THE HUNGER (1983), while also spotlighting two luminous…
Join us for a very special exhibit opening of Gerber/Hart’s newest exhibit! De-Coded: Surviving the Law as a Sexual Deviant opens on Saturday, July 23rd, at 6 PM! Join curators Anna Mason, Whit Sadusky, and Jess Smoot along with historian…
40 years ago, Gerber/Hart Library and Archives was founded. Since then, many things have changed, but the mission of Gerber/Hart has remained the same: to collect and preserve LGBTQ history in Chicago and the Midwest, and to make it accessible…
For 40 years, Gerber/Hart has been the place to bring together, preserve, and make accessible the pieces of history for enabling research, presentation, and discovery of LGBTQ history in the Midwest. As Gerber/Hart continues to grow in its collections, services,…
Gerber/Hart’s podcast, Unboxing Queer History, has been notice by various news outlets. Please check out the following for additional information and interesting background about the podcast. Interviews include Unboxing Queer History co-creators and producers Ari Mejia, Erin Bell, Jen Dentel,…
Gerber/Hart is releasing Unboxing Queer History, an eight episode podcast. The episodes will be released throughout the spring on the first and fourth Tuesdays of the month. Episodes will be available on Spotify and wherever you listen to podcasts in…