ACT UP co-founder Eric Sawyer shares how an act of street protest mobilized $50 million for AIDS housing in New York.

DP: Michelle McCabe
Editor: Astra Price

OUTWORDS is the first-ever national project to record the stories of LGBTQ+ elders across the United States. We share our full catalog of interviews with LGBTQ+ elders, completely free of charge, on our website. We also have a book of interviews, called “The Book of Pride”. We partner with Flipgrid to share our stories with students and teachers around the globe; offer a wide range of webinars on timely LGBTQ+ topics and issues; and provide paid DEI consulting services to companies and organizations like Microsoft, AARP, and Everytown for Gun Safety. Visit us and sign up for our newsletter today at theoutwordsarchive.org.

Lisa Oakley shares her experience of being rejected from nursing homes for being transgender.

Interview Technician: Raym Ramos
Editor: Justin Streichman

OUTWORDS is the first-ever national project to record the stories of LGBTQ+ elders across the United States. We share our full catalog of interviews with LGBTQ+ elders, completely free of charge, on our website. We also have a book of interviews, called “The Book of Pride”. We partner with Flipgrid to share our stories with students and teachers around the globe; offer a wide range of webinars on timely LGBTQ+ topics and issues; and provide paid DEI consulting services to companies and organizations like Microsoft, AARP, and Everytown for Gun Safety. Visit us and sign up for our newsletter today at theoutwordsarchive.org.

HIV/AIDS advocate Gina Brown shares her experience of the stigma for women living with HIV, and the state of HIV in the South.

Interview Technician: Kristie Taiwo-Makanjuola
Editor: Justin Streichman

OUTWORDS is the first-ever national project to record the stories of LGBTQ+ elders across the United States. We share our full catalog of interviews with LGBTQ+ elders, completely free of charge, on our website. We also have a book of interviews, called “The Book of Pride”. We partner with Flipgrid to share our stories with students and teachers around the globe; offer a wide range of webinars on timely LGBTQ+ topics and issues; and provide paid DEI consulting services to companies and organizations like Microsoft, AARP, and Everytown for Gun Safety. Visit us and sign up for our newsletter today at theoutwordsarchive.org.

Social worker and krewe performer Michael Hickerson reflects on his life of HIV/AIDS outreach in Louisiana's African-American community.

DP: Natalie Tsui
Editor: Andrew Lush

OUTWORDS is the first-ever national project to record the stories of LGBTQ+ elders across the United States. We share our full catalog of interviews with LGBTQ+ elders, completely free of charge, on our website. We also have a book of interviews, called “The Book of Pride”. We partner with Flipgrid to share our stories with students and teachers around the globe; offer a wide range of webinars on timely LGBTQ+ topics and issues; and provide paid DEI consulting services to companies and organizations like Microsoft, AARP, and Everytown for Gun Safety. Visit us and sign up for our newsletter today at theoutwordsarchive.org.

Noel Alumit, Ken Gonzales-Day, Karina Samala, and Diana Oh in conversation. Four LGBTQ+ artists investigate the role of necessary, defiant imagination in creating the world we want to see.

Wednesday, September 23rd is Celebrate Bisexuality Day, but what does it mean to celebrate bisexuality in 2020? As LGBTQ+ rights and awareness grow, is bisexuality becoming more accepted, or does it remain invisible and stigmatized? And as activism and communities move increasingly online what even is "visibility" anymore? Join a panel of bisexual activist pioneers as we explore these questions and more in an unabashed claim to visibility and dignity.

With Loraine Hutchins, moderator; Luigi Ferrer, activist & HIV/AIDS educator; ABilly Jones-Hennin, activist & veteran; Lani Ka’ahumanu,co-editor (with Loraine Hutchins) of Bi Any Other Name: Bisexual People Speak Out; and Robyn Ochs, editor of Bi Women Quarterly.

Note: The Sophia Smith Collection of Women's History is at Smith College.

OUTWORDS is the first-ever national project to record the stories of LGBTQ+ elders across the United States. We share our full catalog of interviews with LGBTQ+ elders, completely free of charge, on our website. We also have a book of interviews, called “The Book of Pride”. We partner with Flipgrid to share our stories with students and teachers around the globe; offer a wide range of webinars on timely LGBTQ+ topics and issues; and provide paid DEI consulting services to companies and organizations like Microsoft, AARP, and Everytown for Gun Safety. Visit us and sign up for our newsletter today at theoutwordsarchive.org.

Andrea Pino-Silva moderates a conversation in response to the documentary film CURED, featuring CURED co-director Patrick Sammon; trans activist and lawyer Kylar Broadus; psychologist Dr. Charles Silverstein (CURED interviewee); and trans actress and activist Elizabeth Coffey-Williams.

About CURED: This award-winning documentary chronicles the battle waged by a small group of activists who declared war against a formidable institution — and won a crucial victory in the modern movement for LGBTQ equality. Described as “fascinating” (Hollywood Reporter), “riveting” (The Queer Review) and “astonishingly rich ... one of the best documentaries of this or any year" (British Film Institute).

OUTWORDS is the first-ever national project to record the stories of LGBTQ+ elders across the United States. We share our full catalog of interviews with LGBTQ+ elders, completely free of charge, on our website. We also have a book of interviews, called “The Book of Pride”. We partner with Flipgrid to share our stories with students and teachers around the globe; offer a wide range of webinars on timely LGBTQ+ topics and issues; and provide paid DEI consulting services to companies and organizations like Microsoft, AARP, and Everytown for Gun Safety. Visit us and sign up for our newsletter today at theoutwordsarchive.org.

Being a black man in the 1960s in New Orleans, Michael Hickerson was no stranger to racism. It was even more disappointing when he experienced it within the LGBTQ community. He didn’t let that stop his desire to help others, though, whether it was supporting those living with HIV, or helping people recover from the devastation of Hurricane Katrina.

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In the early 70s, Lani Ka'ahumanu began to realize that she was very much attracted to women. Only later did she fall for a man, which led her to realize that she was, in fact, bisexual. Despite a bi-phobic undercurrent in the community, Lani pressed forward and devoted her energy to fighting for bisexual representation and inclusion.

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In the 1970s, Elizabeth Coffey Williams visited John Hopkins University in the hopes of participating in its pioneering gender program. Despite a deep desire to complete her transition, she was met with resistance from the medical team.

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In the 1950s, Jim got caught up in a raid on a gay bar. His overnight stay in jail did not go as expected.


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OUTWORDS is the first-ever national project to record the stories of LGBTQ+ elders across the United States. We share our full catalog of interviews with LGBTQ+ elders, completely free of charge, on our website. We also have a book of interviews, called “The Book of Pride”. We partner with Flipgrid to share our stories with students and teachers around the globe; offer a wide range of webinars on timely LGBTQ+ topics and issues; and provide paid DEI consulting services to companies and organizations like Microsoft, AARP, and Everytown for Gun Safety. Visit us and sign up for our newsletter today at theoutwordsarchive.org.

First Person LGBTQ History. LKAPS President Jax Kelly interviews Mason Funk, Founder and Executive Director of OUTWORDS (http://theoutwordsarchive.org). Since 2016, Mason and his crew have interviewed our LGBTQ elders to preserve our history. Mason shares the process, how interview subjects are chosen and two brief videos of what you will find on the website. HIV undoubtedly plays a role in many of the stories according to Mason. "Ensuring that the history of the LGBTQ movement can never be erased, inspiring us to resist all forms of oppression with ferocity, community, and most importantly, pride." Donate to http://theoutwordsarchive.org/donate/. To learn more about Let's Kick ASS Palm Springs (AIDS Survivor Syndrome) go to http://LKAPS.org.

OUTWORDS is the first-ever national project to record the stories of LGBTQ+ elders across the United States. We share our full catalog of interviews with LGBTQ+ elders, completely free of charge, on our website. We also have a book of interviews, called “The Book of Pride”. We partner with Flipgrid to share our stories with students and teachers around the globe; offer a wide range of webinars on timely LGBTQ+ topics and issues; and provide paid DEI consulting services to companies and organizations like Microsoft, AARP, and Everytown for Gun Safety. Visit us and sign up for our newsletter today at theoutwordsarchive.org.

OUTWORDS commemorates those we lost in 2022: Trella Ann Laughlin, Marlon Fixico, Elana Dykewomon, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter, Lisa Oakley, Arden Eversmeyer, Eric Julber, Phyllis Jenkins, and Jim Toy. We celebrate all those who dared to dream, love, and live boldly. Your voices will ring out always.

OUTWORDS is the first-ever national project to record the stories of LGBTQ+ elders across the United States. We share our full catalog of interviews with LGBTQ+ elders, completely free of charge, on our website. We also have a book of interviews, called “The Book of Pride”. We partner with Flipgrid to share our stories with students and teachers around the globe; offer a wide range of webinars on timely LGBTQ+ topics and issues; and provide paid DEI consulting services to companies and organizations like Microsoft, AARP, and Everytown for Gun Safety. Visit us and sign up for our newsletter today at theoutwordsarchive.org.