Kicking Off Our Silver
Anniversary Year!
The GLBT Historical Society was
founded 25 years ago this month: At a public meeting held March 16, 1985, some
40 members of the community voted to establish what was then known as the San
Francisco Bay Area Gay and Lesbian Historical Society. We're planning a series
of exhibitions, programs and other special events throughout the year to mark
our silver anniversary. Stay tuned to History
Happens for details. In the meantime, if you're a Facebook user,
consider joining on our Facebook cause page: We're less than 350 people short
of 2,500 supporters -- a goal we'd like to reach by our birthday on March 16.
Visit our cause here.
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"Suppressed, Silenced, and Shunned:
The Story of the Pink Triangle in Hitler's Reich"
 Thursday, March 4th
6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
657 Mission Street,
San Francisco, CA
Dr. Susan Eischied of Valdosta State
University will explore
the history of the gay victims of the Holocast in a special presentation at the
GLBT Historical Society on Thursday, March 4th. "Suppressed, Silenced and Shunned: The Story of the Pink
Triangle Prisoners in Hitler's Reich" is one of a series of events
commemorating gays who were persecuted, imprisoned, and murdered during the
Holocaust. The remembrance will culminate in the world premiere of a new piece
composed in their honor, which will be performed on Saturday, March 6th as part
of the Old First Concerts Artists Series. For more information go to www.pinktriangleproject.com.
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Exhibit Opening! Man-i-fest: FTM Mentorship in San Francisco from 1976-2009
 Friday, March 5th
6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
657 Mission St.
San Francisco, CA
Facing
hostility and discrimination from the medical community and hypersexualization
by both gay and straight communities, transgender individuals have relied on
mentor relationships, personal stories and photos to educate each other about
transition. In order to mentor and provide education for each other, many
transmen have chosen to make public the most intimate details of their private
lives.
Man-i-fest follows the letters of
Lou Sullivan to David, highlighting the topics and mentors that shape the FTM
community in San Francisco from 1976-2009. The central items in the exhibit
come from Gateway: the newsletter of Golden Gate Girls/Guys; FTM; the Lou
Sullivan Society; and Lou Sullivan's photos of his transition. Join us for the opening reception this
Friday, March 5th from 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
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Talking Back: Queer History Fully Exposed Presents "Passion Plays: Queers of Color and Performance"
 Thursday, March 25th
6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
657 Mission St.
San Francisco, CA
They make us
laugh, they make us cry, they turn us on, they incite conversation, they
challenge what it means to be part of a queer community and what it means to
perform. This panel will feature
performers discussing
their experiences in finding or creating a
space for themselves to do their artwork and the challenges they faced from the
queer community as well as their audiences in creating this space for
themselves as queers of color. From the 1970's to the present
decade, this panel will look at these performers'
innovative contributions to the community through their own words and testimony. Panelists Include Melanie DeMore, Landa Lakes, Xandra Ibarra, and Juba Kalamka |
Picture of the Month
Photograph by Napoleon Sarony courtesy of Bill Lipsky
When vaudevillian Ella Wesner, the foremost male
impersonator of her day, performed in San Francisco in September, 1871, the Figaro,
a local paper, lamented that the "ladies can't go to the Bella Union (because
the establishment also had a drinkery), they would all fall in love with
(her)." She never married, although gossip linked her romantically to notorious
robber baron Jim Fisk's
mistress, with whom she eloped to Paris after his death. Her request that she
be buried in a suit was honored when she died in 1917.
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Ongoing at the GLBT Historical Society
New Research Hours:
Wednesday - Fridays: 11:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., by appointment only.
Saturdays: open to the general public 1 p.m. - 5 p.m.
Museum Hours:
657 Mission Street, Suite 300,
Tuesdays - Saturdays: 1 p.m. - 5 p.m.:
Main Gallery: Relaunch of Passionate Struggle
- Second Gallery: Man-i-fest: FTM
Mentorship in San Francisco from 1976-2009
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March 2, 2002
San Francisco Lesbian Gay
Bisexual Transgender
Community Center opens.
March 6, 1923
Shortly after The God of Vengeance opens in New York City, its producer and
twelve cast members are arrested and charged with "presenting an obscene,
indecent, immoral and impure theatrical production" because of its lesbian love scene, the first in a Broadway play.
March 7, 1934
Article 121 makes sodomy between
men illegal in all the republics of the USSR.
March 12, 1984
The European Parliament approves
its first resolution in support of lesbian and gay rights.
March 16, 1985
Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Historical Society is founded.
March 23, 1988
Israel decriminalizes same-sex acts between consenting adults.
March 25, 1985
When The Times of Harvey Milk wins the Academy Award for Best Documentary, the first on
a gay subject to do so, an estimated 1 billion viewers hear its director,
Robert Epstein, express his thanks "to my partner in life, John Wright."
March 28, 1969
San Francisco's Society for
Individual Rights president Leo Laurence and his lover are featured in a
photo-illustrated article in the Berkeley
Barb.
March 29, 1988
After eight years in court, Georgetown University
loses its fight, based upon its status as an institution of the Roman Catholic
Church, to keep lesbian and gay groups off campus.
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March 6, 1475
Michelangelo Buonaroti, artist
March 7, 1964 Wanda Sykes, comedian, actress
March 9, 1902
Will Geer, actor
March 11, 1897 Henry Cowell, composer
March 14, 1887 Sylvia Beach, publisher of James Joyce's Ulysses
March 15, 1985
Fred C. Martinez, two-spirit Native American student beaten to death
in 2001, when he was 16 year old, for being gay
March 17, 1938 Rudolf Nureyev, dancer
March 21, 1962 Rosie O'Donnell, comedian, actress
March 25, 1947 Elton John, singer and composer
March 26, 1911 Tennessee
Williams, playwright
March 31, 1934 Richard Chamberlain, actor
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