GayBarchives = Gay + Bar + Archives
In an effort to make research easier for those interested in the history of the Gay/ LGBTQ/ Queer community we have assembled this extensive list of online resources. While we make no guarantees or endorsements of the sites listed below we believe they will make it easier to navigate the massive amount of information available on the web and will be of use to librarians, historians, authors and others interested in Gay, Lesbian, Transgender, Bisexual, Pansexual, 2-spirit, Non-binary and other segments of the queer world.
We invite you to suggest sources we may have missed by contacting us.
Find Links to the books we recommend HERE.
LGBTQ+ Archival Links:
INTERNATIONAL:
AUSTRALIA:
CANADA:
CENTRAL/ EASTERN EUROPE:
ENGLAND/ U.K./GB:
FRANCE:
GERMANY:
HUNGARY:
NEW ZEALAND:
SOUTH AFRICA:
SWITZERLAND:
UNITED STATES:
National LGBTQ Resources
Library of Congress
Society of American Archivists LAGAR
Stonewall National Museum & Archives
US - Rural
JD Doyle's Queer Music Heritage Website
World Queer Story
USC
OutHistory - Jonathan Ned Katz
Gay Bar Archives [Queer/LGBTQIA+ Safe Spaces]
OUTWORDS Los Angeles
Digital Transgender Archives
US Digital Public Library Association
National Center for Civil and Human Rights
The Committee on LGBT History
National Park Service [2016]
Queer Comics Database
National Center for Lesbian Rights
LGBTQ Religious Archives Network
Drummer Magazine/ Leather Archives
UNITED STATES:
GAY ARCHIVES BY STATE
ARIZONA:
- Arizona Queer Archives
- Hip Historian Blog
- Arizona LGBT History Project
- Hip Historian Videos
- Ion AZ Magazine Archives
- Tucson LGBTQ Museum
- Arizona State University BJ Bud Collection
ARKANSAS:
CALIFORNIA:
- [Central Coast] SLO Queer History Archive
- LA UCLA LGBTQ Archives
- Los Angeles - Outwords Archives
- Los Angeles Queer Maps Project
- Los Angeles - Lavender Effect
- Los Angeles - Mazer Lesbian Archives
- Palm Springs LGBTQ Archives of the Desert
- SF SF Gay History
- SF GLBT Historical Society
- SF James C. Hormel LGBTQIA Archives
- SF Jack Curtis Dubowsky's Submerged Queer Spaces
- SF Castro LGBTQ Cultural District
- SD San Diego Lambda Archives
- San Diego Gay Bar History
- Northridge- California State University Bullough Collection
- One National Archives [USC]
- CSU Fullerton Queer Studies Resources
- National AIDS Memorial [San Francisco]
- SF Bay Area Reporter Digital Archives
COLORADO:
CONNECTICUT:
DELAWARE:
FLORIDA:
- USF LGBTQ Collections
- USF LGBTQ + Research Collections
- Gulfport Public Library LGBTQ Resources
- Stonewall Museum Website [Ft Lauderdale]
- Stonewall NMA Website [Ft Lauderdale]
- UCF GLBTQ History
- LGBTQ History Museum of Central Florida
- GayBarchives Florida Bar Tribute
GEORGIA:
- The Georgia LGBTQ Archives Project
- GSU LGBT Digital Collections
- Emory University LGBTQ Collections
- Gay Atlanta Flashback
- Touching Up Our Roots GA LGBTQ Story Project
- Atlanta LGBTQ History Project
- Auburn Ave. Library African American Lesbian and Gay Print Culture Collection
- GayBarchives Atlanta Gay Bar Tribute
- Atlanta Gay Publications
HAWAII:
ILLINOIS:
INDIANA:
IOWA:
KANSAS:
KENTUCKY:
MAINE:
MASSACHUSETTS:
- The History Project
- The Boston Phoenix Archives
- Northeastern University LGBTQIA+ Archives
- Bear History Project
- Amherst College Library and Marshall Bloom Collection
- U Mass - Amherst LGBTQ Special Collections
- Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America
- Sexual Minorities Archives/New Alexandria Lesbian Library
- Digital Transgender Archive [Boston]
- Jenni Olson Queer Film Collection [Harvard]
- Mount Holyoke College Archives & Special Collections
MINNESOTA:
- U of MN Library Tretter Collection - GLBT Studies
- MN Historical Society - MNopedia LGBTQIA+ Resources
- Quatrefoil Library [Minneapolis]
- Over the Rainbow: Queer and Trans History in Minnesota
MISSISSIPPI:
MISSOURI:
MONTANA:
NEBRASKA:
NEW HAMPSHIRE:
NEW JERSEY:
NEW MEXICO:
NEW YORK:
- Gay Center Archives
- Greenwich Village Historic Preservation
- OutHistory
- NYC Trans Oral History
- Fordham University Archives & Digital Collections
- The CENTER Archives
- OUTWEEK Internet Archives
- Lesbian Herstory Archives
- NYC LGBT Sites
- Fire Island Pines Historical Society website
- Buffalo [NY] Bar History
- Human Sexuality Collections [Ithaca]
- CUNY LGBT Gender & Sexuality Studies
- Project X Archives
- ACT-UP Oral History Project
- AIDS Educational Posters
- Cherry Grove Archives Collection
- I'm From Driftwood [Brooklyn]
- Leslie-Lohman Museum
- Madeline Davis LGBTQ Archive of Western NY
- Out Alliance Library &Archives
- River Campus Libraries AIDS Posters [Rochester]
- Visual AIDS HIV Visual Arts
NORTH CAROLINA:
NORTH DAKOTA:
OHIO:
PENNSYLVANIA:
- William Way LGBT Community Center [Phila]
- Philadelphia LGBT Mapping Project
- Pittsburgh Queer History Project
- John J. Wilcox Jr. Archives [Philadelphia]
- Lafayette College Queer Archives Project
- LGBT Center of Central PA History Project
- Lehigh Valley LGBT Community Archive
- Philadelphia Area LGBT Collections Survey
SOUTH CAROLINA:
TENNESSEE:
TEXAS:
- Houston LGBT Publications Archives
- Houston LGBT History
- University of Texas San Antonio
- The Dallas Way
- Gulf Coast Archive & Museum
- J D DOYLE Archives
- University of Houston LGBT History Research
- University of North Texas LGBTQ Archive
- University of TX at San Antonio - LGBTQ Publications
- Oral History of Harassment of San Antonio Gay Bars (1993)
- Texas Archive: Gay Bars
- DFW Gay Publications
UTAH:
VERMONT:
VIRGINIA:
WASHINGTON/ PACIFIC NORTHWEST:
WASHINGTON DC:
WISCONSIN:
ADDITIONAL QUEER RESOURCES:
U.S. Mapping Gay Guides:
U.S. LGBT T Shirt Archives:
U.S. Gay & Lesbian Review:
Leather Archives & Museum
Legal Resources NY
Religious Resources
American Archive of Public Broadcasting
Queer Digital History Project
glbtq encyclopedia project
Jim Burroway Digital Archives
GayBarchives Oral History Videos
Fordham University Archives LINKS
Did we miss an archive featuring
information, photos and ephemera from
our colorful gay and lesbian past?
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GayBarchives: Exploring Gay History One Bar at a Time!
The list above includes academic archival projects compiled by federal, state and local governmental entities as well as private institutions and individuals. We endeavor to include any and all such resources as possible, particularly those focusing on the history of the gay, lesbian, transgender, queer, 2SLGBTQ+ and non-binary communities.
If you are aware of any websites or projects documenting gay or LGBT history that we have not included, please let us know.
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To go directly to the specific storefront for each collection of designs, click on the state name listed below. State names that are underlined have their own collection due to the large number of designs available. Each listing contains some historical information regarding that bar, and there are links at the end of most listings directing you to additional information.
All other states are collectively grouped in one storefront until the number of designs for those states increases. *Wyoming has no listings at this time. Our goal is to build the World's Largest Archive of the Logos and Stories of Gay Bars from Our Past. *There are currently no listings for Wyoming.
LISTINGS BY STATE:
CLICK ON THE STATE NAME TO VIEW THE COLLECTION FOR THAT STATE
Alabama: More archived gay bar logos and stories are needed.
Alaska: 3 bars so far. More archived gay bar logos and stories are needed.
Arkansas: More archived gay bar logos and stories are needed.
Idaho: More archived gay bar logos and stories are needed.
Iowa: More archived gay bar logos and stories are needed.
Kansas: More archived gay bar logos and stories are needed.
Kentucky: More archived gay bar logos and stories are needed.
Mississippi: More archived gay bar logos and stories are needed.
New Hampshire: More archived gay bar logos and stories are needed.
New Mexico: More archived gay bar logos and stories are needed.
North Dakota: More archived gay bar logos and stories are needed.
Oklahoma: More archived gay bar logos and stories are needed.
Rhode Island: More archived gay bar logos and stories are needed.
South Dakota: ONLY ONE LISTING. Please contact us with your suggestions.
CLICK HERE TO VISIT OUR NEW TEXAS PAGE [coming soon]
*Wyoming: NO LISTINGS YET. No known gay bars ever existed here.
INTERNATIONAL LISTINGS:
This page was designed to help you navigate the multitude of options available for
research into the history of the LGBTQIA+ community.
The list of queer archives is updated regularly as I discover more archival projects. If you are aware of a gay history project or resource that is not listed,
please contact me so that it can be added.
Another look into our gay history through the lens of our gay bars gone by.
GayBarchives is a combination of the words Gay, Bar and Archives.
The gay community has a rich and colorful history. So much of that history has been whitewashed by the media, or ignored entirely. Even in the 21st Century our rights are under attack. It is our goal to make that history known and accessible to everyone.
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GayBarchives = Gay + Bar + Archives
Visit our FLORIDA PAGE at GayBarchives.com/Florida
OTHER RESOURCES
We are building the World's Largest Archives documenting the logos and stories of the gay establishments that were so important to the growth and evolution of LGBTQ rights and freedoms.
Please help us by suggesting the bars you would like to see us add to #GayBarchives
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