My focus on these groups is intended neither to dismiss the groundbreaking organizations that predate them, nor to relegate current groups to a bygone “past.” Rather, I’m working to collect oral histories and archives of these organizations because of their deep relevance in the longer narrative of queer life.

The groups I’m studying are not “history” in the sense that they’re over, but they are “historic,” in the sense that they matter. They matter to past, current, and future members, and they matter as part of the historical record. In order to preserve these stories and the organizational knowledge of these groups, we need to begin recording. In order to do this work, I need your help.

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