Hot Wire Panel
“At a time when it was difficult to be taken seriously as a female artist or musicians, and lesbians had a difficult time finding halls that would rent to them, printers that would print openly lesbian fliers, and most lesbians…
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Mountain Moving Coffeehouse Interview
“The original idea was to provide a social and cultural space for lesbians and women…It was a meeting place where women could be themselves, be free to be themselves, and be entertained and have a good time.” Kathy Munzer Mountain…
A Month of Pride Parades
Throughout the month of June, Gerber/Hart will be releasing newly digitized recordings of Chicago Pride Parades and parade rallies going back to the first one in 1970: Chicago Pride Parades. This collection is missing a few years, especially after 2000.…
New Virtual Resources
For a full list of new online resources and virtual programming go to gerberhart.org Episodes of The 10% Show, a monthly Chicago-based cable access news magazine that ran between 1989-1990. Video Potpourri : a selection of videos from Special Collections…
Q: Activism at the Margins of Identity
Emerging as an outgrowth of the AIDS pandemic and the activism it brought forth, the 1990s saw a new wave of advocacy sweep through queer communities in Chicago and across the country. Political hostility, gay-for-pay media representation, and ongoing threats…
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Lavender Women & Killer Dykes
In the 1970s and 1980s, as the women’s liberation movement was gaining momentum, lesbians worked both within and outside of the feminist movement to create a better, more inclusive world for all women. In Chicago, lesbians organized community centers, music…
Slogan and AIDS-themed Pins
Queer Zine Exhibit
