United States of America

The home for archives from the United States of America.

LGBTQIA+ History in the United States

A general overview of LGBTQIA+ movements and historical events.

Turn of the Century 1890s-1900s

• Library of Congress first record using term "homosexual" in a piece titled "Cause and Cure of Anarchy" (1898) in the Omaha Daily Bee.

Post-War (1940s-1960s)

• Homophile Movement (1950s-1960s)
• Mattachine Society (1950s-1960s)

Stonewall (1960s-1980s)

• Christopher Street Liberation Day
• Gay Freedom Day

HIV/AIDS Crisis (1980s-1990s)

• ACT UP

State Archives

• State of California
• State of Michigan
• State of New York
• State of Oklahoma
• State of Washington
• Washington D.C.