How excited are you for the new Barbie movie? I know we can’t wait! In fact, we’re so excited that two of our volunteers, Olivia and Steven, are currently working on a temporary exhibition and accompanying zine to be revealed…
We are so excited to be partnering with Dorothy, an amazing neighborhood lesbian cocktail lounge in West Town for a Queer Elder History Panel on Thursday, June 15th, at 7 PM! Gerber/Hart volunteer Kaitlyn Griffith will lead a conversation with…
What better way to celebrate Pride Month than with a Gerber/Hart booksale? Get ready to stock your shelves! This Father’s Day weekend, celebrate with a very special Gerber/Hart booksale! In addition to great deals on LGBTQ and non-LGBTQ fiction, non-fiction,…
Happy Pride 2023! As the largest LGBTQ+ library and archives in the Midwest, June is always an exciting month at Gerber/Hart – and we are thrilled to share some of that exciting news now: Our acclaimed podcast Unboxing Queer History…
Join us at 5 PM on Thursday, May 11th, at the Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality in Hyde Park for a conversation with author Erik Rebain about his new book, Arrested Adolescence: The Secret Life of Nathan Leopold.…
Please note: Gerber/Hart will be closed Thursday, April 20th, while we celebrate our Spring Benefit off-site at Sidetrack! We will reopen for regular operating hours on Friday, April 21st, from 12:00 PM – 4:00 PM. We hope to see you…
Gerber/Hart is excited to host authors James Klise and Kim Oclon on Saturday, May 6th at 1:00 PM. Both I’ll Take Everything You Have and The War on All Fronts are LGBTQ+ YA coming of age stories set in the Midwest. Join us to…
Gerber/Hart is excited to host an evening of queer music with three local bands – THEM Queers, The Boi & The Ghouls, and Measuring Marigolds! More information to come soon! $10 suggested donation at the door. Register for tickets here!…
In the summer of 2020, Gerber/Hart Library and Archives received a donation of photos, negatives and contact sheets depicting Black men who posed for Third World Studio, which was owned and operated by Chicagoan Jim Jager from 1976 until his…
Board member Jacqui Shine recently wrote about processing an incoming donation of photos from an estate sale. The album of photos shows a truly beautiful look inside a couple’s life in the early 1960s. Thank you to Jacqui for processing…