In the December 2014 Issue...
DONATE -- Keep GLBT History Alive! VOLUNTEER -- Many Ways to Get Involved
As an "insider" you may be able to open the door...

Many companies around the world support LGBT organizations with financial donations. Often, the opinions of employees influence the company's choices about which groups to support. Some companies even make donations simply at the request of an employee. 

But a company's philanthropic decision-making process and preferences can be difficult for outsiders to know. 
For these reasons, we appreciate the kindness of "insiders," who can open doors that might otherwise be closed to us.

If you work for a company that supports (or might be willing to support) the LGBT community, please let us know by contacting Paul Boneberg at paul@glbthistory.org. Together, we can keep GLBT history alive!  
Article2New schedule for History Happens

In the new year, we'll publish this e-newsletter every other month. Your next issue will be the February issue. Between issues, we'll send you brief notices, as needed, to keep you informed about our programs and events.
ArchivesAndEighteenthIn the Archives and Out on 18th Street
In the Archives

Alexandria Deters at the Archives
Thanks to the help of several museums studies students and interns, our arts holdings are being fully inventoried, photographed and properly stored. A small grant from the City of San Francisco has allowed for the construction of oversize storage racks for paintings. 

Under the supervision of Managing Archivist Marjorie Bryer and Museum Advisor Elisabeth Cornu, our summer interns Fuchsia Spring and Alexandra Barrows helped with the first part of the cataloguing, and fall intern Alexandria Deters has continued to catalog many posters, photographs, and smaller paintings. Some beautiful treasures have come to light through this project and will be displayed at the Museum in the future.
Out on 18th Street

"History is Now: The Dragon Fruit Project" is an intergenerational oral history project by and about the LGBTQ Asian & Pacific Islander community. In a series of videos, project participants share their experiences of isolation, oppression, activism and love during the last five decades.
 
"I'm so impressed with young LGBT folk today," says Lia Shigemura, one of the interviewees. "My generation... didn't have that understanding that they have a place in this world and that they don't have to apologize for that place." 

"History is Now: The Dragon Fruit Project" is a must-see section of "Queer Past Becomes Present," the current exhibition in the Main Gallery of the GLBT History Museum.

 

EventsUpcoming Events
First Wednesday means free admission
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December 3 is the first Wednesday of the month, which means free admission all day to The GLBT History Museum, courtesy of the Bob Ross Foundation.
The G Spot: Gentrification, Transformation and Queer San Francisco


G Spot, our 2014-15 special program series, spotlights how processes of urban renovation that once helped create spaces for queer community and culture now threaten to erase their presence. G Spot events happen at the GLBT History Museum, and are free. Register online and view the list of suggested readings. 

 

Gabriel Haaland (photo by Luke Thomas, FogCityJournal.com), Tom Temprano

December theme: GLBT People and the Machine 

 

Thursday, December 4, 7 - 9 p.m.

IN CONVERSATION: Gabriel Haaland, SEIU Local 1021; and Tom Temprano, Harvey Milk Democratic Club 

 

January theme: Neighborhood Turf Wars and Questions of Territory 

 

Thursday, January 8, 7 - 9 p.m.  

IN CONVERSATION: Anna Conda, Harvey Milk Democratic Club; and Maria Poblet, Causa Justa.


 


 

Saturday, January 24, 3 - 5 p.m. 

ARTS Program: Valencia Street Was Queer: An Interactive Walking Tour: Michelle Tea, Vero Majano, others TBA.

Special hours and closures

On Wednesday, December 24 the GLBT History Museum will close early at 3 p.m., and on Thursday, December 25 will be closed all day. On December 31 the Museum will close early at 3 p.m., and on Thursday, January 1 will be closed all day.

Our Archives will be closed on Thursday, December 4; and Thursday and Friday, December 11 and 12.
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