SAVE THE DATE! Our Annual Membership Meeting will take place on Thursday, June 4 at the Marigny Opera House (725 St. Ferdinand St., New Orleans). Doors open at 6:30 p.m. The gathering includes a short business meeting, an update on what the Archives Project has been...

GRAND OPENING! The Grand Opening of our new Queer History Exhibit and Digitization Center was a tremendous success. Over 150 people gathered for a reception and second-line to the new space on April 11. The New Orleans City Council issued a proclamation honoring our...

We are excited about the upcoming Grand Opening of our new Queer History Exhibit space! Pictured above is our board president, Guy LaMothe, working hard preparing the space and installing the exhibit. We hope you can join us on Saturday, April 11, for the Grand Opening. We will gather at 3:00 p.m. at 318 N. Rampart St. in New Orleans (Mardi Gras Museum of Costumes & Culture) for a reception. At 3:30 p.m. we will second-line around the block to the new space for a ribbon-cutting ceremony (311 Burgundy St.). Come join us as we get our history out of the closet!

Progress on New Space We’ve been working hard on preparing our new exhibit space. Pictured above are a few of the display walls which will feature information panels, photographs, and timelines on Louisiana's rich queer history. The space will feature a permanent...

Preparing the New Archives Project Space We’ve been busy over the last month preparing our new space in the French Quarter. The new space, located at 311 Burgundy Street, will feature an exhibit on local queer history as well as an office which will serve as a...

Collection Donations In 2025, we were able to facilitate the donation and processing of several major collections. A partial list of collections placed include: an oral history with Shreveport AIDS activist Robert Darrow, documents and ephemera related to the...

Winter Wonderland is Nov. 29 The fifteenth annual Winter Wonderland will take place on the evening of November 29 at the AllWays Lounge in New Orleans. The event will feature an open bar, a complimentary buffet, a 50/50 raffle, an auction, a variety show, and award...

Cultivating Lesbian Community The Archives Project, in partnership with The Historic New Orleans Collection, recently honored Sharon Dauzat and the Daughters of Bilitis in an event at the Williams Research Center. For many years, Dauzat led the New Orleans chapter of...

Sharon Dauzat & Daughters of Bilitis to be Honored on October 15 Join us at the Historic New Orleans Collection for an evening honoring the legacy of the Daughters of Bilitis, a lesbian social and civil rights organization. The program will include an archival...

Louisiana Gets First Historical Marker Noting a Gay Person           A Louisiana Historical Marker honoring physicist and philanthropist Peter Putnam was placed recently near 3127 East Main Street in Houma, Louisiana. In 1979, Putnam funded the Gay Liberation...